June was a great month for home sales in Fort Thomas Kentucky. After spending months in single digits in sales volume – 17 homes were sold in the city. I personally know three people who have purchased a home here. That is the good news but the not so good stat of the month includes […]
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Recent Observations in Fort Thomas
1. Found a good blog via twitter by Breanna Gaddie who bills herself as a photojournalist. She has some good pictures on the site and from time to time visits Fort Thomas. Her most recent post includes a dinner at Pergola. Speaking of Pergola, I am hearing more and more people talking about how Pergola […]
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Ruth Moyer Rain Garden
On Saturday, July 11th a group of Fort Thomas residents gathered at Ruth Moyer to install a rain garden in front of the Ruth Moyer front steps. You may be familiar with this area by the caution tape that generally surrounds it as it is prone to standing water after large rains. The group of […]
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News on Twitter
I have added a new Twitter Search feature on the right hand side that shows the latest Tweets on Fort Thomas (limited to the last 5 tweets – interested in more then click here). There are some truly fascinating comments about people working in places around town, eating at restaurants, and even running in the […]
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Kentucky News & You
I know I generally keep these posts focused on local (Fort Thomas) news but a couple of items from Frankfort have too much potential impact on our community to ignore. As you may have heard there was a special session recently that required our legislators to return to Frankfort for discussion and voting. In this […]
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Woodfill – Wow, What a Miss
Staggering blow today with news that Woodfill’s bids have come in 12.5% over budget or $1.1m. Given the current economy this is a huge miss in estimation and will eat into ‘urgent needs funds’ that could have been used in other places in the district. I know I have mentioned this before but doesn’t this […]
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River Cities Trail & Fort Thomas
Yesterday we got an update on the Vision 2015 plan (although the website doesn’t appear to be updated) and one of the items reviewed was ‘a bold vision of trails, open space and entertainment venues for the riverfront‘. This vision is the same vision mentioned in this past post on Fort Thomas Matters from March […]
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Work on the Midway
While ultimately I do believe the Midway can look great, on my way to the Y yesterday my worse fears were realized regarding the street scape work along Fort Thomas Ave. Removing the trees and burying the lines highlight the public housing that exists next to the Midway. In the poll on the right side […]
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Future Hillside Development in Fort Thomas
While this isn’t a blog about Cincinnati some recent proposed zoning changes could have huge future implications for Northern Kentucky and subsequently Fort Thomas. The proposed zoning would prohibit new building in the sightlines of 35 of 48 high-priority public view corridors identified in a 2007 study by the Hillside Trust Inc. The proposal could […]
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Highlands and Pergola – A Source of Pride
Two things from Friday give me great pride in Fort Thomas. The first is Highlands High School – again ranked among the elite public high schools in the nation climbing a whopping nearly 200 places in the Newsweek rankings to 572. Highlands rankings from the past 5 years show an incredible leap in the past […]