Upscale Bexley, Ohio, one USA’s top 100 richest neighborhoods, to allow chickens

Urban chickens have caught on in other Ohio cities such as Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo

By Mike Bowersock
NBC
November 16, 2010

Excerpt:

Bexley, which is home to Capital University, upscale retail and high culture, soon may be home to chickens — legally.

One area of the East Side suburb is ranked among the country’s top 100 richest neighborhoods — with a median family income of $322,000 dollars.

That same city likely will approve urban chicken farming.

Urban chickens have caught on in other Ohio cities such as Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo.

The idea hasn’t been flying elsewhere in Central Ohio, though.

Last year, Andy Smigelski, a 16-year-old Grandview Heights resident, went to city council with a plan to put up a chicken coop in his back yard.

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