The city of Dayton has developed a proactive program to inspect all rental units in the city every two years, with the goal of identifying and addressing issues before they become a problem for tenants, landlords, and the city.
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Southgate City Council approves bid for street improvement program
Prior to its April 17 meeting, Southgate City Council held a public hearing on this year’s municipal road aid and streets improvement program. According to council member Paul Melville, the plan for this year’s street improvement project involves four streets. These include Electric Avenue from Walnut Street to Temple Place, Ridgeway Avenue (on the west […]
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Dayton approves agreement for federal infrastructure grant
Dayton city council voted to authorize Mayor Ben Baker to enter into an interlocal agreement with other river cities, the Campbell County Fiscal Court and Southbank Partners to provide matching funds for a federal RAISE grant to help fund parts of the Riverfront Commons project.
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Fort Thomas Renaissance Board shifts focus to city events
The Fort Thomas City Council approved a municipal order changing the mission and direction of its Renaissance Board, which will now focus almost exclusively on city events.
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Fort Thomas realigns board and commission reappointments
Fort Thomas city council approved 13 municipal orders to stagger the reappointments of board and commission members to fix an ongoing problem regarding the timing of reappointments.
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Bellevue’s logo gets a refresh by local designers
Yard & Co., a local urban design, planning and development firm, was asked to help the city of Bellevue refresh its logo and visuals, with a one-color version of the city’s quilted “B” logo and font changes.
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Southgate receives grant for benches in Community Center Park
At a brief meeting of the Southgate City Council, City Clerk Brandi Barton announced that the city had received a grant to install three benches in the city’s Community Center Park. The benches will be installed later in the summer after other park improvements are completed. The Duke Energy Foundation grant will reimburse the city […]
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Retiring Dayton superintendent Jay Brewer: We did this together
Dayton schools superintendent Jay Brewer is leaving the district after 12 years of leading it. But, he said, he’s not really retiring. He’s just taking a break before the second half of his life.
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Digging into history: Finding graves, honoring dead in Florence and beyond
Priscilla Chambers and Robert Lett have been researching their family history for many years, and have identified 127 people by name buried in the Florence Cemetery, including some who served in the Civil War and World War I.
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Dayton school district names new leader from within
Rick Wolf, currently the director of curriculum and instruction in the Dayton Independent Schools District, has been selected as the new superintendent, taking over from Jay Brewer, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
