There was an article this week in the Wall Street Journal about the housing needs of the newest generation purchasing homes and finding neighborhoods to locate to – Generation Y. The article entitled “No McMansions for Millenials” focuses on what attracts millenials to a community and housing. I have discussed in previous posts the importance […]
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St Catherine’s Starts All Day Kindergarten
With all the successes of the Fort Thomas Independent Schools it is easy to lose sight of the success of the Catholic schools here in town. Just recently St Thomas was named a Blue Ribbon school and the successes don’t end there. St Catherine’s school is another example of this success and it is growing. […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of January 10th
The new year started off right with more news than all of December from the previous year. Let’s jump right into the run-down: 1. First a quick clarification on Mark’s comments regarding the Enquirer furlough. We received a message from Amanda Joering, the Recorder’s beat writer for Fort Thomas. To clarify, she was not on […]
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Corporate Neighbor Leaving Fort Thomas
The Business Courier reported this week that Fort Thomas is losing a business to Cincinnati. Real Property Management, a company that has been featured multiple times in local media, has apparently decided to move across the river to Cincinnati. Real Property Managment’s current location is in a small office complex behind the YMCA near the […]
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Judy the Crossing Guard – Keeping our Streets Safe
Each weekday morning as I head to work I am filled with a moment of dread as I approach the intersection of Highland and Fort Thomas Ave on my way to 471 and eventually to my office. It is inevitable – the moment of indecision as you look Judy the Crossing Guard in the eyes trying […]
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Kingdom Hall for Sale
I ran across a listing online the other day for office space for sale on Memorial Parkway. This obviously piqued my interest since I could not recall where office space existed along Memorial Parkway. As I clicked on the link it became apparent that the facilities (Kingdom Hall) for the Jehovah’s Witnesses is for sale […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of December 13
1. Smoking Ban – As expected the Campbell County Court passed the smoking ban this week with Ken Rechtin the lone hold out on the vote. There was a bit of drama during the session as it opened with a surprise amendment that would have exempted any businesses that have 18+ year age limit. The […]
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Parks Investment Misguided
My three year old son has recently fallen in love with the trails around Tower Park and by proxy I have fallen in love with them as well. We went hiking this weekend (despite the cold and mud) and it gives him a chance to run, jump, get dirty, and generally burn off some energy so he […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of December 6th
A few news and notes from this past week that you may be interested in: 1. Received a Nixle message about a “Pre-Winter Advisory” for this weekend from the City of Fort Thomas. The instructions were to remove your cars from cul-de-sacs and turnabouts to allow plows to clear the streets more easily. The message […]
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You may have seen my recent post on the third anniversary of the site. To avoid an overly lengthy post I avoided talking about the top events, people, and places that have driven the interest and growth in the site. I combed back over the site statistics to identify the most popular topics on the […]