Who We AreParsons Area Merchants Association (PAMA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports existing businesses and property owners in the Parsons Avenue Corridor and throughout South Columbus.
PAMA works to achieve vibrant and sustainable economic development in South Columbus, especially promoting existing businesses, local food and green businesses, local artists, and other local businesses and social services that support and develop the South Columbus workforce and our families. PAMA promotes and supports local entrepreneurs to create and grow new sustainable businesses, and PAMA promotes and supports the diversity of South Columbus as an economic and social development strength. |
Where We ServeWe are happy to serve businesses within the Columbus South Side Area Commission boundaries.
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PAMA Board of Trustees
Executive CommitteeKathryn F. Green, President
Oracle Corporation Open , Vice President Carla Fountaine, Treasurer Nationwide Children’s Hospital Lisa Snyder, Secretary The Neighborhood Design Center |
TrusteesAllegra Angelini
The Fort Donna Bates Past President, PAMA Board Brian Daniel Dawghouse Pizza Tom Roesch Iron Fortress Security Harrison Zeller Community Development for All People Ex Officio MembersBrian Higgins
Parsons Avenue Redevelopment Corporation Anne Heidrich Columbus Metropolitan Library - Parsons Branch |
PAMA PARTNERS
PAMA works with South Side organizations and stakeholders to strengthen the South Side.
Parsons Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC)
Parsons Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC) works to eliminate blight, develop affordable housing, and catalyze redevelopment on the Parsons Avenue corridor. Their goal is to ensure that their work helps to break down the racial and economic barrier that Parsons Avenue has historically been and to bridge the two halves of our often-divided community.
PARC's mission is to support the redevelopment of Parsons Avenue by facilitating a sustainable center of commercial activity that creates a sense of place serving all South Side neighborhoods.
PARC's mission is to support the redevelopment of Parsons Avenue by facilitating a sustainable center of commercial activity that creates a sense of place serving all South Side neighborhoods.