Recent Speakers

Posted by Michael Blackwell 
on May 16, 2015
 
We recently heard from our Interact Clubs. A big thanks to the following for their work with Interact, growing the next generation of Rotarians and helping young women and men experience the joy of giving to their communities: Cap Clegg, Greg Gleaves, Claudia Trusty, Asch Mikhail, and Raj Hora. A special thanks are due, too, to school advisors:  Megan Burton, John Witt, and Jill Harris.
 
Click here for a video of the Coffman Team:
 
Here is a video of the Scioto Team:
 
And here is the Jerome Team:
 
Seeing the Interact students present always gives a great feeling.  With so many young people doing so much, it makes one feel the future will be in good hands.
 
We also heard from this year's scholarship winners.  Thanks to Rick Schwieterman and the committee (Debbie Lutz, Bonnie, Cap, and Steve Osborne) for making the difficult decision of selecting winners form the over 90 talented students who applied.  Here are this year's winners. A complete list of their accomplishments, especially their community service, is available for the asking.
 
Coffman High School:
  • Jonathan Coyle
  • Michael Coyle
  • Kathleen Serio
  • Michelle Zych
Jerome High School:
  • Linda Gin
  • Rachel Haeuptle
  • Sarah Han
Scioto High School:
  • Vanessa Robinson
  • Nazar Salman
  • Zachary Spoelstra

William Murdoch, the CEO of Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, presented on Insight 2050 (https//www.getinsight2050.org) about the demographic changes expected in Central Ohio in the next 30 years and the likely effects of those changes in housing, retail, and transportation. Smart developers and employers should plan for changes away from single family houses towards mixed use developments, foregrounding "Infill" (revitalizing currently existing spaces rather than building new strip malls increasingly distant from urban centers). Dublin's Bridge Street Corridor Plan is looking very forward facing in light of Murdoch's presentation.