A Pair of 'Tracks' for you Today

In our ‘Double Shot’ format we package a fully written story by Kevin Corvo with one of our audio shows.This week:* We get a better handle on the PR-6 zoning issue at play in Brown Township* We discuss the collapse of the Harlem / Westerville merger committee and how that approach and others might relate to our local issues* We also have a chuckle at the disaster that is the rail crossing on Scioto Darby at Dublin Road, ongoing mediation efforts and the paltry fines against the poor conduct of the rail company* And we discuss the future of passenger rail in Hilliard as prompted by the story belowHilliard was founded in 1853 as a railroad stop for steam-powered locomotives and was first known as Hilliard’s Station to the several hundred people who then called it home.Now, more than a century-and-half later, a train of another kind could make Hilliard known to many thousands of commuters throughout the Midwest and southeast United States.Hilliard is positioning itself as a stop for a future Amtrak passenger-rail station that would connect central Ohio- through Hilliard- on north-south lines from Detroit to New Orleans, and east-west lines from New York City to Dallas. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hilliardbeacon.substack.com/subscribe