Healthy Living in the Near East Side, Geography 580S, OSU

Accessing Resources for Healthy Living

This part of the site is designed for Near Eastside Columbus residents and community organizations that need maps and information about access to healthcare and other resources for healthy living.

Parks of the Near Eastside (2011)

This map explores the interesting history of select parks in the Near Eastside of Columbus, Ohio. The map was produced by OSU undergraduate students: David Benson, Megan Carmel, Carly Frazier, and Ryan Loar.

Free and Primary Care Health Clinics for Adults with Limited Incomes (2010)

This map shows Free and Primary Care health clinics in Franklin County. Each symbol corresponds to a clinic. The name, address, contact number, and COTA bus routes for each clinic are provided on the back.

Dental, Vision, Women's Health Clinics for Adults with Limited Incomes (2010)

This map shows Free and sliding-fee-scale dental, vision, and women’sclinics in Franklin County. Each symbol corresponds to a clinic. The name, address, contact number, and COTA bus routes for each clinic are provided on the back.

Both maps was requested by Gene Bailey at Columbus Public Health. The maps were designed by Geography 580S students: Naomi Adaniya, Sam Carter, David Starr, Wes Trainum.

Walking Routes of the Near East Side (2010)

This map is intended to help people be active by walking their neighborhood, hopefully also inspiring a sense of community pride and better knowledge of the area.

The map was inspired by ideas from Christine Greene, Healthy Places Coordinator at Columbus Public Health.

The maps were designed by Geography 580S students: Josh Flood and Scott Matheson.

Community Gardens of the Near East Side (2010):

This map seek to inform community members where community gardens are located. The map shows locations, contact and general information about community gardens in the Near East area.

The map was designed by Geography 580S students Hunter Sidener, Mark Temple, and Stephen Steel in collaboration with LaShawn Capito at Central Community House.

Stores that sell fresh fruits and vegetables and accept food stamps (2009):

This map shows stores that sell fresh fruits and vegetables in the neighborhood. The map also shows whether or not the stores accept food stamps.

This is a 2 sided 8.5 by 11 inch handout. One side has a map of locations that accept food stamps. The other side notes whether or not they sell fresh fruits or vegetables (contact information and bus route information is also included).

This map was requested by the Central Community House and Columbus Public Health. The map was designed by Geography 580S students: Hudson McFann, Bryan Dailey and Frank Struna.