Transportation

Transportation

From the Airport

- Uber or Lyft: On-demand transportation accessible by mobile applications
- Taxi Cab: 614-444-4444
- COTA Airconnect (Central Ohio Transit Authority) now serves the Airport and Downtown Columbus area, including the NUEL host hotel, the Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown
- If you're driving to the Hampton Inn & Suites downtown, valet parking is available for $10.
If you're driving to the OSU Campus meeting location, please print this parking permit and place it on the dash board of your car. Parking details

Monday

Travel from the Hampton Inn & Suites in Downtown Columbus to the meeting located on The Ohio State University campus via complimantary 12 passenger vans.
- Vans depart the hotel at 8:15. for those attending the pre-meeting policy session.
- Van will depart the hotel at 11:30 am. for those attending the lunch session (vans will accomodate NUEL Steering Committee members transportation for the afternoon meeting)
- Van will depart the hotel at 1:30 pm for Steering Committee members attending the 2-4 pm meeting
- Vans will depart the OSU meeting location at 3:15 and 4:00 pm. to return participants to the hotel for the NUEL member reception, 4:30 - 5:30 pm.
- For the networking dinner, vans will transport NUEL participants from the Hampton Inn & Suites to Buca Di Beppo, departing at 5:45 (Vans will return to the hotel at 8:00 and 8:30 pm)

For those who would like to walk, check out this map (Buca is in the Arena District and follow North Market location back to hotel) or use Buca's address for your google maps: 343 North Front St, Columbus, OH and the hotel address 'home': 501 N. High St., Columbus)
For those who are driving, parking for Buca di Beppo is “Arena District” parking, generally located in parking garages within the district: http://arenadistrict.com/parking

Optional transportation: The COTA bus line #18 line travels to/from downtown and campus (stop #3523 W. Lane and Fyffe Rd is closely located to the meeting location) and the COTA #2 line travels on High Street, which provides options to explore the downtown areas in the evening.

Tuesday

- Vans depart the Hampton Inn & Suites at 8:00. 8:15, and 8:30 am. transporting participants to Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center for the bi-annual meeting
- Vans depart the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center at 4:15pm stopping by the Hampton Inn & Suites en route to Huntington Park (Clipper's Networking Dinner, 5:00 - 6:30 pm catered dinner, first pitch at 6:35 pm)
- Vans depart Huntington Park, transporting participants to Hampton Inn & Suites, with one van leaving at 8:00 pm and the other van leaving at the end of game

For those are walkgin to dinner, check out this map (Huntington Park is in the Arena District and follow North Market location back to hotel) or use this address for your google maps: 330 Huntington Park Lane, Columbus, OH and the hotel address 'home': 501 N. High St., Columbus)
For those who are driving, parking for Huntington Park is "Arena District” parking, generally located in parking garages within the district: http://arenadistrict.com/parking

Optional transportation: The COTA bus line #18 line travels to/from downtown and campus (stop #3523 W. Lane and Fyffe Rd is closely located to the meeting location) and the COTA #2 line travels on High Street, which provides options to explore the downtown areas in the evening.

Wednesday

- Vans depart Hampton Inn & Suites at 8:00, 8:15, and 8:30 am transporting participants to Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center for the bi-annual meeting
- Vans depart Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center at 4:15pm, stopping at the Hampton Inn & Suites en route to the Franklin Park Conservatory, which begins at 5:30 pm
- Vans depart Franklin Park Conservatory at 9:00, transporting participants to the Hampton Inn & Suites 

For those who are driving to Franklin Park Conservatory, the address is 1777 E Broad St, Columbus, OH.

Thursday

- A Tour bus will pick participants up at the North Market (beside the Hampton Inn & Suites) for the City Tour at 8:30 am (plant to arrive by 8:15) - returning to the North Market at noon.

- NUEL Steering Committee members will meet on Thursday morning at the Hampton Inn & Suites

To the Airport

Uber or Lyft: On-demand transportation accessible by mobile applications

Taxi Cab: 614-444-4444

COTA Airconnect (Central Ohio Transit Authority) now serves the Airport and Downtown Columbus area, including the NUEL host hotel, the Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown

Event Locations

  • Hampton Inn & Suites: 501 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215, 614-559-2000
  • Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center: 2201 Fred Taylor Dr, Columbus, OH 43210, 614-247-6904
  • Buca di Beppo (Columbus): 343 N Front St, Columbus, OH 43215, 614-621-3287 (the entrance is across alley from Nationwide Arena – Buca di Beppo is located on the underground level, below “Dick’s Last Resort” – their sign is easy to see)
  • Huntington Park: 330 Huntington Park Ln, Columbus, OH 43215, 614-462-5250
    • For those driving, parking for Huntington Park and Buca di Beppo is “Arena District” parking, generally located in parking garages within the district: http://arenadistrict.com/parking
  • Franklin Park Conservatory: 1777 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43203, 614-715-8000 (follow access road to the South-East corner of the Conservatory to the “Community Garden Campus” and park in any spot along the access road)

Stranded? Call or text Jared Morrison on his mobile # 740-403-8224.