I recently came across an article by ‘Solutions for America’ on downtown revitalization. I am not fully aware of all the politics of this organization but they make some great points in the article about revitalization. While most of the article is focused on big city downtowns many of the points that are made are […]
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Home Depot out at Newport Pavilion
The Cincinnati Business Courier reported in their Friday edition of the paper that Home Depot has abandoned one of the three anchor tenant spots in the Newport Pavilion shopping center off 471 between Grand & Memorial. The other two tenants, Target and Kroger, are still committed and the developers Bear Creek Capital are now planning […]
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Traffic Counts in Fort Thomas Business Areas
A reader’s comment on my previous post made a great point about traffic counts and its impact on the ability to attract retail. As a result I did a little digging and came up with the following information as it relates to traffic counts in Fort Thomas (I believe these numbers are vehicles per day): […]
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Another Story About Milford Renaissance
The Enquirer has published another article on Milford’s development. While there is not a lot of new ground covered in this article there are a few items that are of interest for Fort Thomas. Before I jump into those points I want to say that it was just 6 or 7 years ago that I […]
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Fort Thomas Conservancy Forming
A group of citizens are forming a Fort Thomas Conservancy with the stated mission of creating ‘a grassroots, nonprofit organization charged with promotion of the protection and preservation of natural areas and green space, along with the responsible management of wildlife and the development of park amenities and trails for the enjoyment of nature within […]
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Candidates For City Council
As has been widely reported in the area media (Cincinnati Enquirer, Pat Crowley Blog) there was a large amount of interest in the local council races. The community recorder plans to have a brief summary of each of the candidates in their upcoming issue. Many of you will see that I have also thrown my […]
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Bank of Kentucky Buys the Nevada Building
Today the Nevada building sold at auction to the Bank of Kentucky. While I am not sure the full motivations of the Bank of Kentucky, the purchase appears to be speculative. According to the article in the Enquirer the bank felt that it can sell for higher than $240,000 (the price paid) and feels there […]
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Madeira Development Plan
According to our friends over at Building Cincinnati, another area community is working hard to develop the same type of community and feel that the residents of Fort Thomas desire. Some highlights from the article include: Madeira plans to use Camargo road as the main gateway for the town and are focusing their efforts on […]
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Gallery Zaum
I know this is old news but I wanted to at least comment on it before it was too distant a memory, but a few months ago we lost a good business along the central business district to Newport and their Monmouth business district – Gallery Zaum. I spoke with the owner to better understand […]
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Big Crowd Tonight at Council
A large crowd showed up tonight at the City Council meeting. I would estimate the crowd to be about 100. After listening to about 40 minutes of commentary it was clear that about 90% of the crowd was against the current ordinance allowing deer hunting in the city. Of the 10% that were not there […]