#summeroftsr

The Summer of TSR Champions

As part of the 2017 DJBC Tumblr Summer Tour was to capitalize on the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)’s May Transit System Review (TSR) changes (Remember those?  A lot of people still HATE them).  The goal and purpose was to have fun riding these new routes and going around town to as many things as possible with the little time that I actually had over a four month span.

WINNERS: First Place (TIE)- Lines 2 (East Main/North High) and 6 (Cleveland/Sullivant) Third Place - Line 10 (East/West Broad) Fourth Place - Line 1 (Kenny/Livingston)

BEST TRANSFER EVENT (Used 2 or More Routes): First Place - Columbus Arts Festival (Went Three Times, using THREE combined different routes each time) Second Place - Urban Scrawl XI (Went Twice, with THREE routes contributing total) Third Place - Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival (Three Routes Were Used in Round Trip) Fourth Place - Franklin County Fair

EVENT on Most COTA Lines OUTSIDE of Downtown (within Columbus City Limits): First Place (TIE) - Comfest and Doo Dah Parade (Lines 1, 2, 5, 8, and CBUS); German Village Haus und Garten Tour (Lines 1, 4, 5, 8, and CBUS)

Summer of TSR - How Did I Get There?

For all of the places that I went around town this summer, I had to ride the bus to most, if NOT all of them.  How did I get there?  Well, here’s which line and how.

Line 1: Columbus Arts Festival - SUN Comfest - SAT Greek Festival - SUN (Secondary) Gahanna Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival (Transfer Point: Livingston Ave & S Hamilton Rd) Dublin Irish Festival (Transfer Point: Kenny Rd & Merrimar Circle/Henderson Rd)

Line 2: Columbus Arts Festival - FRI PM Pride Short North Doo Dah Parade Bexley 4th of July Fireworks Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival HOT Times Festival (twice)

Line 3: Franklinton Fridays - July & August Grandview Hop - July (Secondary) Digfest

Line 4: CrestFest

Line 5: Harvest on the Green (dual Kossuth Street Garden/Ganthers Place Garden Festival) (Secondary) The Ohio State Fair Greek Festival - SAT

Line 6: Field of Heroes/May Fourth Friday Summer Jam West 934 Fest Urban Scrawl Otterbein Homecoming Independent’s Day

Line 7 Eastgate Centennial

Line 8 The Ohio State Fair (via Line 5) Merion Village Festival Oktoberfest (via Line 32)

Line 9 Melanincholy Festival Urban Scrawl

Line 10 Asian Festival Columbus Arts Festival - FRI AM Jazz & Rib Fest Columbus Food Truck Festival (Secondary) Franklin County Fair (Transfer Point: Hollywood Casino) Independent’s Day

Line 11 (Secondary) Bexley 4th of July Parade (Exit: E Main St & Holtzman Ave/Alum Creek Dr) Harvest on the Green (Transfer Point: Mound St & S High St)

Line 21 Franklin County Fair

Line 22 Old Oaks Boulevard Blast Grandview Digfest

Line 24 Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival

Line 32 (Secondary) Oktoberfest

Highlights from CrestFest 2017

Eastgate: 1917-2017 Centennial

In 1917, the subdivision of Eastgate was developed and founded on the Near East Side of Columbus.  It was an affluent suburb within the city.  Six Tuskegee Airmen, former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert M. Duncan, and WVKO pioneering icon Eddie Saunders are among those who have called the Near East Side enclave home through the first century of Eastgate.

Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival 2017

Highlights from the 2017 Tomato Festival in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, celebrating ALL things tomato in the birthplace of the Tomato.   The festival has been going on in the East Side suburb of Columbus since 1966, and it celebrates Reynoldsburg’s legacy as the place where the commercialized paragon tomato was born.  The festival was held at Huber Park on Davidson Drive, just south of Main Street, just west of Blacklick Creek.

A doll-house replica of the Livingston House (where tomato farmer Alexander W. Livingston and his family lived) was on display, along with festival merchandise, food trucks, a beer garden (tucked behind the Senior Center, next to the Stage).  I got there right after the Opening Ceremonies and the Crowning of the Tomato Queen on Friday evening, but it was great to see a festival all about tomatoes, and there were even motorcyclists meeting up at the Park.