Nurturing Business Growth
Who We Are
Parsons Area Merchants Association (PAMA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports existing businesses and property owners in the Parsons Avenue Corridor and throughout South Columbus.
PAMA works to achieve vibrant and sustainable economic development in South Columbus, especially promoting existing businesses, local food and green businesses, local artists, and other local businesses and social services that support and develop the South Columbus workforce and our families.
PAMA promotes and supports local entrepreneurs to create and grow new sustainable businesses, and PAMA promotes and supports the diversity of South Columbus as an economic and social development strength.
Where We Serve
We are happy to serve businesses within the Columbus South Side Area Commission boundaries.
PAMA Executive Committee
Allegra Angelini , Vice President
The Fort
PAMA Trustees
Brian Daniel
Dawghouse Pizza
Remington Lyman
Reafco
Harrison Zeller
Habitat for Humanity
Ex Officio Members
Brian Higgins
Parsons Avenue Redevelopment Corporation
Anne Heidrich
Columbus Metropolitan Library – Parsons Branch
PAMA Partners
PAMA works with South Side organizations and stakeholders to strengthen the South Side.
Parsons Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC)
Parsons Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC) works to eliminate blight, develop affordable housing, and catalyze redevelopment on the Parsons Avenue corridor. Their goal is to ensure that their work helps to break down the racial and economic barrier that Parsons Avenue has historically been and to bridge the two halves of our often-divided community.
PARC’s mission is to support the redevelopment of Parsons Avenue by facilitating a sustainable center of commercial activity that creates a sense of place serving all South Side neighborhoods.
ALTHOUGH DIFFERENT IN MISSION FROM PAMA, PAMA AND PARC OFTEN WORK TOGETHER ON PROJECTS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.