Brand-new neighborhoods alongside longstanding communities. Inside the Outerbelt and near the outer edges of greater Columbus. Smaller condos and sprawling estates.
It would be the understatement of the century to say the 2021 BIA Parade of Homes will be significantly different from Parades' past.
View and download the 2021 BIA Parade of Homes Official Guide.
The Parade, presented by the BIA of Central Ohio, runs Sept. 23-Oct. 10. In addition to featuring new homes, as the Parade does every year, this year’s Parade also puts the spotlight on exciting communities in central Ohio.
Instead of 10-20 houses concentrated in one up-and-coming neighborhood, this year’s Parade features almost 60 houses all throughout the Columbus metro area – from Sunbury to Commercial Point, from Plain City to Carroll. And the list of locations is just one of the components that make this year’s Parade decidedly more diverse than ever before. The line-up of homes also offers a broad spectrum of home styles, sizes, price ranges and features, some in exciting new developments, some in well-established communities.
Contrast, for example, two of this year’s featured communities.
On one end, there’s Evans Farm, which has multiple houses on this year’s tour. Host site of the 2019 Parade, Evans Farm – situated in southern Delaware County – is being built in the New Urbanism style. That means it places a strong emphasis on walkability – accessible public spaces, easily traversed roadways, driveways that front on alleys rather than the main streets, convenient proximity to housing and shopping.
“It’s incredible to see the atmosphere,” says Dan Griffin, developer for Evans Farm.
On the other end, there’s Franklinton: quite literally the oldest neighborhood in Franklin County. There, community organization Franklinton Rising has just completed a total overhaul of a 100-year-old house – replacing everything but the studs, basement and load-bearing walls – to create an almost entirely new structure, which serves as this year’s Foundation Home. Though its appearance has changed dramatically, the house is still built to match existing neighborhood character and to be affordable to those who live and work in Franklinton.
“When you look at this house, or at any of the houses we’ve done, you just see a house that fits in with the neighborhood,” says Franklinton Rising President Tom Heffner. “We work hard to maintain the architecture and integrity of the neighborhood with the houses we rebuild.”
For the full list of homes on this year’s Parade, visit www.biaparade.com.
Builders in This Year’s Parade
- 3 Pillar Homes
- Arlington Homes
- Bob Webb Homes
- D.R. Horton, Inc.
- Donley Homes, Inc.
- Edwards Land Company
- Epcon Communities, Inc.
- Fischer Homes
- M/I Homes
- Manor Homes
- Maronda Homes
- P&D Builders
- Pulte Group
- Price Custom Homes
- Rockford Homes
- Schottenstein Homes
- Thrive Companies
- Trinity Homes
Communities on This Year’s Parade
- Autumn Grove (Grove City)
- Avondale, including Lakeside at Avondale and Avondale Woods (Dublin)
- Berlin Manor (Delaware)
- Beulah Park, including the Courtyards at Beulah Park and the Grove (Grove City)
- Butler Farms (Obetz)
- Carpenters Mill (Powell)
- Cottages at Hyatts (Delaware)
- Cottages at Northlake (Sunbury)
- The Courtyards at Clear Creek (Delaware)
- The Courtyards on Hyatts (Powell)
- The Courtyards on Hyland Run (Plain City)
- The Courtyards at Morse Circle (New Albany)
- The Courtyards at New Albany (New Albany)
- The Courtyards at the Ravines (Lewis Center)
- The Courtyards at River Bluff (Delaware)
- The Courtyards on Riverside (New Albany)
- Evans Farm (Lewis Center)
- The Farms at Jefferson (Blacklick)
- Farmstead (Grove City)
- Franklinton
- The Gardens of Villages at Westchester (Canal Winchester)
- Glacier Pointe (Plain City)
- Harpers Pointe (Powell)
- Highland Lakes (Westerville)
- Holton Run (Grove City)
- The Homes at Foxfire (Lockbourne)
- Howard Farms (Delaware)
- Jerome Village, including Eversole Run, Pearl Creek and Plum Ridge (Plain City)
- Liberty Grand (Powell)
- Longview Highlands (Pickerington)
- Meadow Grove Estates North (Grove City)
- Meadowmoore, including the Enclave at Meadowmoore and Meadowmoore Reserve (Pickerington)
- Morrison Farms East (Blacklick)
- Northstar Community (Sunbury)
- Old Harbor Estates (Lewis Center)
- Parkside (Westerville)
- Pine Hill Estates (Carroll)
- Quarry Trails (west Columbus) – VIRTUAL
- Ravines of the Olentangy (Delaware)
- Scioto Crossing (Commercial Point)
- Tarlton Meadows (Hilliard)
- Terra Alta (Delaware)
- Trail View Run (Grove City)
- The Villas of Castleton (Dublin)
- Weaver Ridge (Marysville)
- Woodcrest Crossing (Powell)
Garth Bishop is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.
