A couple of thousand young job-seekers showed up for a job fair at COSI on Wednesday. Mayor Michael Coleman helped recruit employers to the fair after the federal government cut funds for its summer jobs program. The students and young adults turned out in droves for a chance to work.

There is a shortage of used cars in the Columbus car market. Demand, however, hasn’t changed.

Farmers Markets could be considered a luxury – a place to stroll around on a lazy Saturday morning. But not the farmers markets hosted by Columbus Public Health. These farmers markets make fresh fruits and vegetables more accessible by dispensing food aid benefits right on site.

A record number of people turned out Thursday for the first of the city health department’s farmers’ markets this year.

For many people the housing market is not the best place to be right now. It’s almost inevitable that at least once a day one will hear something about home foreclosures, the credit crunch and the R word – that’s recession. In this report, WOSU takes a look at how the nation’s economy is affecting the condominium market in Franklin County.