Columbus, Ohio
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Rickenbacker Woods Foundation
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This project will create site development elements for the Rickenbacker Woods Foundation including various interpretive features and site infrastructure to support events, visitation, and other activities. The ‘Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House’ is a National Historic Landmark, one of only three in Franklin County (Ohio Statehouse & Ohio Theatre). The site also honors Granville T. Woods, a world renowned African American scientist and inventor. He invented several items which allowed for safer electric railways and other public uses of electrical power. He is a member of the National Inventors Hall of fame.
The Rickenbacker Woods Foundation strives to ignite the spirit of innovation and perseverance embodied through the lives and legacies of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and Granville T. Woods. This new park project will transform an existing site to provide youth access to pathways, play area, interpretive features, landscaping and site elements.
