Katy Smith

1 week ago | columbusceo.com | Katy Smith

The Northern Lights Community Center, the bank’s 19th community branch location, offers traditional services, as well as financial workshops on a variety of topics. JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon dropped by the bank’s Northern Lights Community Center at 3233 Cleveland Ave. on Feb. 12, 2025, to celebrate with the Linden branch’s staff and local leaders.

1 week ago | columbusmonthly.com | Katy Smith

You may be aware that the sales tax in Franklin and parts of surrounding counties went up by 0.5 percent on April 1 to 8 percent, doubling the share collected by the Central Ohio Transit Authority to 1 percent. That’s not a huge amount, comparatively—transit has been funded by a 1 percent sales tax in Austin, Houston and Chicago since the 1970s and 1980s, for example.  Connect with the Columbus you don't know. Subscribe to Columbus Monthly's weekly Top Reads newsletter.

2 weeks ago | dispatch.com | Katy Smith

Max Brown was out of a job. It was 1974, and Ohio Gov. Jack Gilligan had very narrowly lost re-election to Republican Jim Rhodes, the governor who’d served two terms before him. It was a surprising result considering Gilligan was a Democratic governor and it was just a few months after the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Brown, who had been Gilligan’s communications director, thought the outcome of the election was preposterous.

3 weeks ago | columbusmonthly.com | Katy Smith

Here’s the inside story on how Max and Lenore Brown, with Herb Cook Jr. and some well-known investors, brought a fresh voice to the Columbus media landscape. Max Brown was out of a job. It was 1974, and Ohio Gov. Jack Gilligan had very narrowly lost re-election to Republican Jim Rhodes, the governor who’d served two terms before him.

1 month ago | columbusmonthly.com | Katy Smith

This issue marks the 600th of Columbus Monthly—the magazine’s 50th birthday. As its sixth editor, I had the distinct pleasure of turning the tables (something I’ve always enjoyed heartily) on a number of razor-sharp journalists who helped found and run this magazine. I got the assignment to write about the beginnings of Columbus Monthly. Connect with the Columbus you don't know. Subscribe to Columbus Monthly's weekly Top Reads newsletter. The story of CM Media Inc. is a great business tale.