Author: Cheryl Pentella

Ask the Expert, Lunch & Learn, Cooking on Tap at Healthy New Albany

If you are looking for ways to get through the cold winter months, Healthy New Albany may have the answer. Healthy New Albany is offering a wide variety of programming to help people achieve greater mindfulness, better nutrition and stronger resilience during the winter months. The organization’s community calendar offers …

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New Albany Lecture Series Goes Virtual

Despite the pandemic, the New Albany Community Foundation, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary, continued its tradition of providing compelling forums featuring some of the world’s most influential thought leaders. This year’s series, virtual and free to everyone, offered timely programs on civil discourse & debate, health and mental …

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New Albany Businesses Receive City CARES Grants

New Albany has allocated $200,000 in federal CARES Act funding to more than 50 small businesses in the community through its New Albany CARES Small Business Grant Program. Every New Albany company that applied and met the eligibility requirements received funding. The grants, ranging from $3,000 to $15,000, are designed …

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City Provides New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Two new electric vehicle charging stations are now operational in the parking lot behind Village Hall, 150 W. Main Street. The ChargePoint Express 250 stations are level 3 direct current (DC) fast chargers and equipped with both CCS1 and CHAdeMO connectors. With a maximum output of 62.5 kW each, they …

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COTA to Resume Fares on January 11

The Central Ohio Transit Authority will begin charging fares again on January 11 for COTA Plus and fixed-route bus lines. COTA temporarily suspended fares when it began requiring rear-door boarding to reduce contact between drivers and passengers during the pandemic. COTA is installing protective barriers between drivers and passengers on …

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