"His product does not go 'Boom,'" Lantry said. The site's owner, James Lantry, said he wouldn't be bringing Jordan's business to his property if he had concerns about safety. Jordan said he wants to move the business so it's in a more central location, and because it's closer to his Upper Arlington home. Ingredients include bone meal from pigs and chicken litter, along with salt and other compounds. "It is basically taking natural or certified organic ingredients and blending it to a specific formulation," Jordan said. He said the ingredients he uses to make his fertilizer are safe, and he uses no explosive nitrates. "Education is the biggest factor," Jordan said. It employs five people, including Jordan. Jordan said he runs a safe business, called Winchester Gardens. "We’re trying to clean up the area and have more attractive businesses," she said. "Why would you want to bring a fertilizer plant into an area that's hard to get to, right by the railroad track and viaduct?" Bates said.īates mentioned problems with other companies in the area, including the massive 2015 fire at a Marion Road recycling plant, and explosions at a metals-recycling plant. "Fertilizer plants create dust," she said.
Tuesday, May 9, at Resurrection Baptist Church, 258 Hosack St.ĭonna Bates, the association's secretary, said she and others in the community don't believe the fertilizer operation is appropriate now for the neighborhood, despite its industrial history. The Reeb-Hosack-Steelton Civic Association will be holding an informational meeting on the development at 5:30 p.m. Jordan wants the city of Columbus to approve a zoning variance for his business that would move to 5 Merritt St., tucked just east of the South High Street viaduct and north of the CSX railroad tracks in the Reeb-Hosack neighborhood. The owner of a "boutique" fertilizer operation wants to move his business from the heart of Canal Winchester to the heart of Columbus' South Side, a move that has some South Side residents concerned.
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