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1. 1. Parsons Avenue - Officers Trustees

   www.parsonsavenue.org/officers - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/26/2008   Last Visited: 8/26/2008

   Ned McNamara

2. 2. Untitled Document

   www.parsonsavenue.org/officers - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/23/2007   Last Visited: 6/23/2007

   Ned McNamara, Chairman of the Board

3. 3. ThisWeek Newspapers

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   Published on: 8/13/2004   Last Visited: 8/13/2004

   Job growth is the key to helping rejuvenate the Parsons Avenue corridor and the South Side, according to Ned McNamara, president of the Parsons Avenue Merchants Association (PAMA) board of trustees.
   
   "The South Side needs more jobs for young men," McNamara said."Men want blue collar jobs where they can get their hands dirty.We used to have factories down here and we had other kinds of development, too, and Parsons Avenue seemed to flourish."
   
   McNamara has lived in Columbus for the past 40 years and was one of the founding members of PAMA in 1986.He isn't the only member of the community who believes job growth is the key to the region prospering.
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   McNamara said he believes if the South Side and Parsons Avenue are successful in bringing some new businesses to the region, other development will have to follow.
   
   "We definitely could use another sit-down restaurant down here and probably a fast-food restaurant, too," McNamara said."We need the type of stores a small time community supports like shoe stores and bicycle repair."
   
   McNamara said he would also like to see an industrial park come to the South Side.
   
   "Look at where the jobs are going right now," McNamara said."They are all going to places like Circleville, Delaware and Heath.That's where the communities are.These factories and companies wouldn't be going to small communities like that if Columbus wanted them here."
   
   McNamara said he is in favor of establishing a committee of some type -- made up of members of the community and city administrators -- that would travel to neighboring cities such as Cleveland, Cincinnati and Detroit to witness how they have rejuvenated their communities with new industry and jobs.