Small businesses finding survival amid growth in central Ohio [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Any small business owner today will tell you that things are tough. Inflation. Rents are getting higher. Fewer people are consuming. And big developers are swooping in.

“These businesses have been an anchor for the neighborhood,” Tim Vetty said last month before the Downtown Development Commission regarding an apartment tower proposal that would wipe out several brick buildings along South 4th Street near Rich Street.

“To have a proposal before you like this that tears down historic buildings and those buildings have thriving businesses in them right now today is – simply put – not forward-thinking,” said Vetty, who lives across the street from the potential development. 

This story is part of 10TV’s “Boomtown”initiative — our commitment to covering every angle of central Ohio’s rapid growth. This includes highlighting success stories, shining a light on growing pains …