Columbus nonprofit buys fire-damaged funeral home for redevelopment

Columbus' nonprofit development arm paid $475,000 last year for a dilapidated, fire-damaged former funeral home on the Near East Side that still held cremated remains. The city formed Next Generation in 2012 to acquire properties in target areas - particularly the Near East Side and Franklinton - that it could then market to developers. That's what the group plans to do with the former McNabb Funeral Home, 818 E. Long St., said Boyce Safford, Next Generation's execu