Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Downtown Columbus will soon be the home of the only urban ecology center in the state — and the first in the country located so close to a major city.
Located in Whittier Peninsula, a designated Important Bird Area critical habitat, the Grange Insurance Audubon Center will transform a blighted and underused area of the City into an urban bird oasis and conservation center.
And because more than 100 schools and 30,000+ students are located within a five-mile radius of the site, the Center will empower urban youth to enjoy and protect nature right in their own backyard.
Some 50,000 people are expected to flock to the Center within the first three years of its opening in summer 2009.
The Grange Insurance Audubon Center initiative is led by private-sector corporations such as Grange Insurance and Audubon Ohio, and public-sector organizations such as the City of Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks.
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