The People’s Overlay: A Plain-Language Guide
A plain-language explanation of The People's Overlay — the citizen alternative ordinance submitted to the Columbus City Council before the June 9 vote on the Technology Overlay District.
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An Open Letter to Columbus City Council: The People’s Overlay
An open letter from Columbus residents to the City Council on Project Ruby and the Technology Overlay District — presenting The People's Overlay, a complete alternative ordinance with six protections missing from the Chamber draft, ahead of the June 9 vote.
PROJECT RUBY: Questions the Chamber Committee Must Answer
Ten topics, 36 specific questions — based on an independent analysis of the Chamber committee's data center ordinance review. What Columbus residents deserve to have answered before the City Council votes.
PROJECT RUBY: One Data Center, or the Beginning of Many?
What 865 acres, sunk infrastructure, and a new zoning law could mean for Columbus — long after the first building opens.
PROJECT RUBY: WHO WINS, WHO LOSES
A plain-language scorecard on every major player in the Project Ruby deal — and what they stand to gain or lose.
PROJECT RUBY & YOUR WALLET — Important Update: It’s Much Worse Than We First Thought
A closer look at the Development Agreement reveals issues every Columbus citizen should know about before any vote is taken.
PROJECT RUBY & YOUR WALLET
What Columbus Residents Need to Know About the Hidden Financial Risks
TAD for Dummies – Part 6: Wins and Losses — A Report Card on Columbus’s Tax Allocation Districts
Wins and Losses: A Report Card on Columbus’s Tax Allocation Districts A plain-English guide for Columbus, Georgia residents Thirty Years In: Time to Take Stock Columbus, Georgia didn’t stumble into Tax Allocation Districts. The city made a deliberate choice to…
Uptown Under Pressure – Part 2
UPTOWN COLUMBUS — UNDER THREAT Teen takeovers, stretched police, and a City Council searching for answers By Robert Haven | 706Reports.com May 27, 2026 SERIES PART 2 OF 3: THE RISE, THE THREAT, AND THE WARNING It took forty years…
From Blighted to Broadway – Part 1
UPTOWN COLUMBUS — ORIGIN STORY How Columbus reinvented its downtown — and decided to call it Uptown By Robert Haven | 706Reports.com May 2026 SERIES PART 1 OF 3: THE RISE, THE THREAT, AND THE WARNING There was a time…