MARCH EVENT PHOTOS

March’s global theme: Local

Columbus speaker: Jim Sweeney

Jim Sweeney is a nationally recognized leader in creative placemaking, neighborhood revitalization, and community-driven urban development, with more than 25 years shaping the transformation of Columbus’s historic Franklinton neighborhood. A lifelong Columbus resident, Sweeney brings a rare combination of policy expertise, on-the-ground development experience, and cultural vision that has made him one of the most influential voices in the city’s contemporary urban landscape.

Across all his work, Sweeney champions walkability, affordability, cultural expression, and small-scale, character-rich development. His belief is simple: neighborhoods thrive when local people shape their future. In Franklinton, he has spent two decades proving exactly that.

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