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One address in Columbus or Chicago. Council district, zoning, transit, 311 — joined and synthesized in under a second.

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Clintonville
4567 N High StUp the street from the Park of Roses.Inside the Zone In Phase 2 study area.
King-Lincoln
1408 Mt Vernon AveSteps from the restored Lincoln Theatre.Votes at the King Arts Complex.
South Side
780 E Frebis AveNear the 1905 Reeb Avenue community hub.Zoned industrial 'M' on the Frebis corridor.

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Lake View
3500 N Fremont StA North Side block off Southport.RM-5 zoning — ADU-eligible as-of-right.
Logan Square
3117 W Fullerton AveOn the Fullerton corridor near the boulevards.Represented in City Council Ward 35.
Kenwood
4900 S Greenwood AveIn the historic Kenwood mansion district.A single-family RS-1 lot on the South Side.

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What one address really tells you

Resolved to your parcel

We join 50+ public-records sources to the exact polygon you stand on — not the ZIP code you live in.

Synthesis, not search

The free preview tells you who represents you and what your district allows. The paid report explains the why.

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Journalists and 501(c)(3) nonprofits get 100 reports a month, free — because a better-informed Columbus is the whole point.

How Civic Worth works

Search any address, free

Type any Columbus or Chicago address. In under a second you get the Civic Address Card: who represents that parcel, how it is zoned, the nearest transit, and the most recent 311 requests nearby. No account, no charge.

The report explains the why

The card shows what is true of a parcel. The full report shows why it matters. It reads the same public record a planner or a land-use lawyer would pull, and cites every source: today's zoning and the Zone In draft, permit history and the unpermitted-work signal, assessed value and tax context, and demographic and displacement trends.

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Verified newsrooms and 501(c)(3) nonprofits get 100 reports a month at no cost. The people who report on a city should be able to read its public record.

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Zone In · Phase 2

About 66,000 Columbus parcels get a new zoning district in the Phase 2 draft.

Phase 1 of the Zone In rezoning passed in July 2024. The Phase 2 Public Review Draft is open for public comment through Oct 24, 2026. Search your address to see the current district beside the proposed one — every permitted use, height limit, and parking rule that would change.

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Civic maps

Columbus, mapped from the parcel record

23 interactive maps built from the public record — zoning, home prices, displacement pressure, transit, and more. Find your address on any of them, then see how your block compares.

What can be built here

How much land is locked to single-family only?

Displacement pressure

Where are the signals of rapid neighborhood change stacking up?

Housing market heat

What did homes here recently sell for?

COTA frequency

How often do buses actually come — and where don't they?

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Neighborhoods

Start with your neighborhood

Civic Worth covers the 19 Columbus area commissions. Open yours to see what the public record holds — zoning, council district, transit, 311 — and where the Zone In rezoning is heading.

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