Columbus tried the 3rd party organizaton to control tax money to revamp downtown. Columbus was trying to be Carmel. Our new mayor came in, broke up things and got elected by exposing the questionable dealings of the previous admin and nonchalances using taxpayer money. One of the classics was the organization telling taxpayers...'we don't have to tell you how we spend your money'.
Within a year of her taking down the organization it came out the Carmel's version was way underwater and needed a bail out. It never made big news...but I saw that if we had kept the previous admins wishes going by the time my daughter was in HS(5 yrs) Columbus would have been crying and wanting a bail out from taxpayers.
Also, our mayor then threw a temper tantrum repeatedly about property tax limits...but thats nothing to do with downtown(other than its how he would help fund the downtown redevelopment.)
Within a year of her taking down the organization it came out the Carmel's version was way underwater and needed a bail out. It never made big news...but I saw that if we had kept the previous admins wishes going by the time my daughter was in HS(5 yrs) Columbus would have been crying and wanting a bail out from taxpayers.
Also, our mayor then threw a temper tantrum repeatedly about property tax limits...but thats nothing to do with downtown(other than its how he would help fund the downtown redevelopment.)