South side getting boost as Columbus Realtors Foundation makes largest grant in its history

An effort to rehab vacant and blighted homes on the city's south side is getting a big boost. The Columbus Realtors Foundation announced the biggest grant its history – $300,000 that will go to the South Side Renaissance, an initiative to turn 45 homes into affordable rental properties. “This contribution is significant for many different reasons, those that we can see today and those that are yet to come,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said in a release. “And that’s what’s so special…

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