Good Works Columbus
A newsletter trying to make Columbus a little better
https://www.goodworkscolumbus.org
- Whistle kit making event, a litter pickup, a new affordable housing survey, feed your neighbors with @lasagnalove.bsky.social and more in this week's newsletter 🧂 buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- This Saturday we are riding in solidarity with Minnesota, Angry Catfish and our friends in the Minneapolis bike community. Meet in the parking lot at 1, ride rolls at 1:30 from Paradise Garage
- More ride details for Saturday from PG
- Thankful for Axios Columbus covering this important issue. There's a list of ways you can help at the bottom of the article including places to donate, places to volunteer, and resources to stay engaged.
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- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusDo you wish there were more places to sit down in our city? We're fixing that! Join us on Sunday, 1/1 to build benches. No prior experience needed!
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- Hey y'all, hope you're staying warm out there ❤️ This week's newsletter includes CSB annual meeting, FIRST Collective meeting on how to get involved, a Columbus housing survey, a script for calling our senators and telling them to DEFUND ICE, and more here: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- Warming center locations and how to prepare for the upcoming winter storm from Human Service Chamber of Franklin County www.humanservicechamber.org/bracing-for-...
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- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusColumbus voters approved historic investments in affordable housing and neighborhood development. Now, Council wants to hear from you. Share your thoughts on how housing bond funds should be invested by taking our short, anonymous survey: tinyurl.com/48s7xde6
- "The Community Shelter Board organizes the Point-In-Time Count and this year had a record number of volunteers: 318, which is almost 80 more than last year."
- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusFares are waived on all COTA services Friday, Jan. 23, through Saturday, Jan. 24, to help you stay safe and get where you need to go during the extreme cold. We’re keeping an eye on the weather and will share updates if the advisory lasts beyond Saturday. Stay warm, Central Ohio!
- Know your rights training, a Ohio Rail Development Commission meeting, lots of ways to help our unhoused neighbors, a couple online actions, and more in this week's newsletter! Plus don't forget your tickets to @thewaroncars.bsky.social event next week! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- @transitcolumbus.org meeting tonight, Linden Green Line public meetings today and tomorrow, Columbus City Council Housing, Homelessness & Building Hearing tomorrow, plus more in this week's newsletter 📰 buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- We're back with our first newsletter of 2026! ICE watch training, Linden Green Line community meetings, Franklin County homelessness point-in time count volunteer opportunities, and more in this week's newsletter. buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusTwo Columbus events tomorrow, 12/20, each supported by several organizations.
- Last newsletter of the year - FIRST Collective meeting: learn how to do outreach and learn other ways to support our unhoused neighbors ❤️ - Columbus Dispatch Union support ✊ - plus more in this week’s newsletter! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- The FIRST Collective meeting has been rescheduled to January
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- Columbus Homeless Memorial Thursday, December 18, 2025 6-7pm Trinity Episcopal Church 125 E Broad St.
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- Forgot to plug this in the newsletter this week. You can still apply. Help make Columbus more bike friendly!
- Yay Bikes! is looking for new board members. They are a volunteer-led nonprofit working to advance mobility justice in Central Ohio. If you bike in the Columbus area and want to work towards improving the experience for all please consider applying! 🚲 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusExtreme cold is expected this weekend, with potential snow in the forecast. No one should have to face it alone. Warming centers and shelters across Columbus are open to provide a safe place to stay warm. See the graphic for locations.
- Yay Bikes! is looking for new board members. They are a volunteer-led nonprofit working to advance mobility justice in Central Ohio. If you bike in the Columbus area and want to work towards improving the experience for all please consider applying! 🚲 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Poets for @matternews.bsky.social event, a year end @transitcolumbus.org celebration tonight, and some online actions in this week’s newsletter buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusHey y'all! It's Giving Tuesday and $2 Tuesday! Give a few bucks if you're able so we can keep supporting unsheltered neighbors. 🌈 Cashapp $heer2serve Venmo theheertoserve You're valid, loved, and matter.
- Show your local mutual aid organizations some love on Giving Tuesday. Money helps but so does time ❤️
- Mutual aid orgs in central Ohio ❤️ First Collective: linktr.ee/firstcollect... Heer to Serve: linktr.ee/Heertoserve MASS Ohio: linktr.ee/mass.ohio Central Ohio Food Not Bombs: linktr.ee/centralohfnb JUST 614: linktr.ee/just614
- AEP rate increases public hearings, COTA service change meetings, a Hilliard housing survey, and more in this week’s newsletter! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- Also, it’s still 2025 not 2026 🙃
- Support Columbus Metropolitan Library workers union effort, a Franklin County Safe Streets survey, a Black Friday trash cleanup, a housing advocacy program, and more in this week’s newsletter buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- A BRT pop-up session tonight, a @matternews.bsky.social silent art auction this week, an AEP rate hike petition, a call to action to fight Trump’s attack on homelessness, and more in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- A fundraiser for @matternews.bsky.social, a @transitcolumbus.org meeting tomorrow night, tree planting at STAR house, and more in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- Today’s a great day to get out and vote
- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusHey y'all! Community request for help for two neighbors who just got housing. If you're able to help, please text Frank and Michelle at the number listed below. You're valid, loved, and matter!
- Happy Monday y’all! This week’s newsletter includes a voting guide for tomorrow’s election, Cranksgiving Columbus (a food drive on two wheels 🚲), a @matternews.bsky.social fundraiser next week, and more! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusAs resources get more scare, donating items is one way to ensure we send less to the landfill and repurpose and reuse items that still have value. Find a list of places to donate items compiled by Columbus Food Rescue here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Final week of early voting before the General Election! Good Works Columbus endorses Jesse Vogel for Columbus City Council and encourages readers to vote @senatormeow.bsky.social Sample Meowlet Check out that and volunteer opportunities in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- Big Table events on passenger rail and on housing, upcoming tree plantings, one more week for ADU survey input, and more in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- Correction: Cranksgiving Columbus is Saturday, November 8th not November 10th* 🚲 🦃
- Tonight!
- Unionizing 101, Columbus Tree Coalition, a @transitcolumbus.org meeting, and more in this week’s newsletter! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
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- A new statewide transportation survey, a sustainability survey from MORPC, an upcoming repair cafe, and more in this week’s newsletter: buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusColumbus! Today is the last day to register to vote or update your registration ahead of the November election. Updating your registration takes less than 5 minutes and allows you to vote at the precinct closest to you on Election Day.
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- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusWe are at Barack Recreation Center today helping distribute trees to residents with Green Columbus. Didn’t reserve one? Stop by at 12:45pm to snag any that are left.
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- Hot off the press! This week’s newsletter includes a mobility justice advocacy summit, a Complete Streets public hearing, a housing “YIGBY” hearing, a slow streets online survey, and more! 🚲 buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- Tire amnesty event this Saturday at OSU’s French Field House 🛞
- Statehouse advocacy 101, Scioto River cleanup, Open Streets volunteer opportunity, a @matternews.bsky.social community conversation, and more in this week’s newsletter 📰 buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusCouncilmember Otto Beatty III will hold a second public hearing on proposed zoning code updates that would allow Accessory Dwelling Units in residential neighborhoods. Come share your thoughts or fill out our ADU survey and be part of shaping housing options in Columbus: tinyurl.com/4v49s63v
- Reposted by Good Works ColumbusHey friends! This week’s newsletter is out with a new survey on ADUs 🏠, a Green Drinks event with TrashParty614 tomorrow night 🍻, some ways to get involved with @transitcolumbus.org 🚍, and more! buttondown.com/goodworkscol...
