District Eight
District 8 covers Columbus's South and Southeast Sides: the Mid East and Far South planning areas and the southern part of the South Side, reaching south to Rickenbacker's passenger terminal. The Scioto River forms part of its western border with District 7.
Columbus City Council District 8 is represented by Council Member Lourdes Barroso de Padilla, first elected in 2021. Under the current system, every Columbus voter helps elect all nine district seats.
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Your representation
Lourdes Barroso de Padilla
Committee assignments
The neighborhoods
City of Columbus planning areas in District Eight, listed by number of residents. “(part)” marks an area shared with another district.
Points of interest
- Scioto Southland Community Center — City recreation center in the 20.5-acre Scioto Southland Park, with a weight room, game room, sprayground and walking trail.
- Marion Franklin Community Center — City recreation center with a gym, fitness and ceramics rooms in the 23.9-acre Marion Franklin Park, which also has a pool and pickleball courts.
- Barnett Branch, Columbus Metropolitan Library — Rebuilt library branch that opened in December 2025 with 22,000 square feet, nearly double the old building, plus meeting and study rooms.
- Big Walnut Park and Far East Community Center — 136-acre Mid-East community park with the Far East Community Center, a dog park, ball diamonds and tennis courts.
- Three Creeks Metro Park — About 1,100-acre park where Alum, Big Walnut and Blacklick creeks meet; a city park leased to Metro Parks since 1998.
- Rickenbacker International Airport passenger terminal — Rickenbacker's passenger terminal, used by Allegiant Airlines flights, sits inside Columbus, though most of the surrounding airfield lies outside city limits.
Area commissions
The most local level of civic input — they review zoning cases and advise Council. Meetings are open to the public.
Who lives here
Compared to Columbus
Where District Eight ranks among all nine districts. The dot is District Eight; the line marks Columbus as a whole (the Census Bureau’s citywide figure).
Race & ethnicity
Households
Household counts are ACS 5-year estimates aggregated from the district's block groups. The tick marks the citywide family-household share.
About these figures. District totals are aggregated from census block groups. Median income, rent, and home value are pooled medians interpolated from block-group distribution tables. The Columbus marks for those medians, unemployment, and race and household shares are the Census Bureau’s published figures for the whole city. All are ACS 5-year survey estimates, so treat small gaps as within the margin of error. See full methodology →
This page describes the whole district. Want the same picture for your own block? You can look up your parcel on CivicWorth — it resolves representation, zoning, transit, and recent 311 activity down to the individual address.
Public safety
How District Eight’s modeled crime risk compares to Columbus as a whole, by category. These are Applied Geographic Solutions CrimeRisk indexes, which estimate the relative risk of each type of crime; they are not counts of crimes reported in the district. Bars to the left are below the Columbus index; bars to the right are above.
Source: Applied Geographic Solutions CrimeRisk indexes, via Esri. Pulled April 2, 2026; the export doesn't state the AGS reference year. Each figure is the district’s index as a percentage difference from the index for Columbus as a whole.
Get involved in District Eight
Attend an area commission
Area commissions meet monthly and take public comment on zoning and development in your neighborhood.
Find meeting times →Contact Council Member Lourdes Barroso de Padilla
For questions, concerns, or constituent help, call the Council Welcome Center or find the District 8 office's contact details on the member's official page.
Vote on the 2026 measures
This November, Columbus voters decide Issues 8 and 9, two charter amendments on how council is elected. Understand what's on your ballot.
Read the ballot explainer →More Columbus City Council districts
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Last reviewed: October 21, 2026