My daughter, son in law and granddaughter are relocating to the Marysville/North Lewisburg area.  She has taken a position as a professor at Ohio State and my son in law has transferred within his existing company with a territory running west of Columbus along the I-70 corridor.

The have a nice house and a small acreage under contract on Route 245 between North Lewisburg and Marysville. The house is in nice shape but they want to make a few changes and will need a contractor/carpenter.

My wife is in a complete panic about having her only daughter and 5 year old granddaughter 7 hours away, so I may be looking at a weekend/future retirement home in the area.  I would probably purchase a lot in North Lewisburg with the idea of building a small house and a shed. I would need someone to do the foundation and the shell of the house. I would probably do the interior myself, minus the drywall.

I would love to find an Arfcomer or someone recommended by an Arfcomer to help us out.  I would also love to get any info I could on the general area, places to shoot, places to eat, cool things to see, etc.  My daughter says there's a gun shop in North Lewisburg but she hasn't had a chance to check it out yet.  They will be moving mid-July and my wife and I have been thinking about driving out this weekend or next to check out the area.

Thanks in advance for any info anyone can give me!
Bob

(Sorry I can't be of much help here) But visit Columbus, an amazing place to be and alot to do there, since it is pretty close.

Don't live that far east, but it's a nice area. I have a good buddy in Millersport that could be helpful if needed. He knows a lot of eastern and south eastern Columbus pretty well.

Best of luck to you all and keep us up on how everything is progressing!

That's in my general area.

Great area. Still mostly rural but you can be in Columbus if you want in a short drive.

There's a great BBQ spot off 245 in north lewisburg.

Hemisphere coffee in mechanicsburg is great


Der Dutchman in plain city has a great breakfast buffet

There's a ton of little towns all around that area. All are pretty nice. Great places to live and raise a family. Marysville is close and has all the retail you need for daily life, Columbus is close if you want a mall or speciality stores.

Unfortunately I can't recommend a contractor I have personally worked with.

Any public ranges in the area?

Logan Co Fish and Game is not to far north west. Not public but only like $35.00 yearly dues.

Thanks! I'll look into it.

Richwood is a very nice club not too far north of there.  It's more expensive, but has excellent facilities.

Thanks, I'll look into that one also.

This is my AO, Logan County Fish and Game is probably the cheapest range in the state let alone the area, Blackwing in Delaware is the nicest.  LCFG has some clubs/events that shutdown the rifle range from time to time so you should check the website calendar before heading out there to shoot.

Thanks!

The Heartland Ranch Gun Shop in North Lewisburg is worth a visit. His prices are high but the store is very, very nice. Get lunch across the street at Cardinals Pizza.

Thanks.  Nice to have pizza and guns in a town of that size.

I'm just up the road from there and work in the East Liberty area. LCF&G is a nice range and they have a 300yd setup for long rifles also.
PM me if you have any questions. And Welcome!

Not too far south of you in the London area, a few others down here too.  I have a buddy (gun guy but not on ARFcom, too busy working) that builds mostly in the Plain City area.  I can put you 2 in contact with each other if you'd like, may be too far for him but it sounds like an easy project.  Last time I talked to him he was thinking about getting into 'tiny houses'.

Thanks, if we end up building instead of buying, I'll IM you.

I live in Logan County but work in Springfield. Madriver Gun and Knife shop are good people if you ever need an FFL.

We visited a couple of weeks ago. The gun shop and the BBQ were both excellent. The gun shop guy's wife also has a very nice antique shop in the same building.  There's a little drive up ice cream shop that was very good also.  Seems like a really nice little town.