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loans and use funds earmarked for downtown housing to finance the project. CDDC and
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Commons is adjacent to two parking garages. The Columbus Commons Main Garage is located at 55 E. Rich St and the Columbus Commons Underground garage is located at 191 S Third Street. Both provide easy access to the park for events. Additionally, revenue from these garages helps to support
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Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion was designed by FTL Design Engineering Studio, the same firm that designed the Capitol Concert Pavilion in Washington, D.C., the Carlos Moseley Pavilion in Manhattan, and the Cirque du Soleil Theater at Disney World. The design for Columbus is exclusive: a
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The park is lined with twelve 2,000-square-foot (190 m) garden plots. Just as
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