The Northern Kentucky Health Department recently held a symposium on “smart development” or as they titled it “livable communities”. They have posted the presentations on their website (link above) and there is some good stuff on there. Feel free to look at the presentations yourself but I am providing a summary below: 1. Slide 21 […]
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Update on Newport Pavilion
This week’s edition of the Cincinnati Business Courier gives an update on the Newport Pavilion shopping center off 471 and Memorial Pkwy. Despite the progress that has been made this spring the time line continues to slip for openings and Bear Creek Capital continues to be tight lipped regarding final tenants. I placed multiple calls […]
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Get Fit with the Fort
The Northern Kentucky Health Department posted this blurb on their Current Events page: This program brings together several organizations, including the Fort Thomas Recreation Department, Fort Thomas Business Association, Fort Thomas Fire Fighters Local 1928 and the Health Department, to recognize the importance of physical activity. The groups have joined efforts to reduce rates of […]
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A Feel Good Story
While I do not normally report on these types of stories, there was an article in this week’s Recorder about the Fort Thomas Junior Football League that I had to mention. Some of the highlights of this article include: the league’s rule that every child play at least 1.5 quarters per game the coaching help […]
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Fort Thomas Participating in South Bank City Living
There is an upcoming event in Northern Kentucky with goal of promoting city living in the river cities. Here is a description from their website: On Sunday, June 22 from 2 to 6 p.m. as an initiative of the Kentucky Heritage Council; Southbank Partners and Northern Kentucky Main Street will be sponsoring the Southbank Downtown […]
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Recreational Trails Grants Available
There was an announcement today by the state of Kentucky that the Recreational Trails program awarded grants to 25 local governments and non-profits around the state. According to the program details, “RTP grants may be used to provide assistance for acquisition of easements, development and/or maintenance of recreational trails and trailhead facilities for both motorized […]
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Why Retail?
A reader recently posted this comment – ‘why the emphasis on retail?’ I thought it was a good question and deserved a response. First let me say that I don’t believe that retail development should be the number one priority for any community. When I go down the list of things that I want in […]
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Growing Pains Article from Cincinnati Business Courier
This weekend’s edition of the Cincinnati Business Courier has a front page story called ‘Growing Pains’ that focuses specifically on Hyde Park and Mount Lookout’s efforts to restrict creative development in an older community with little to no available land for new housing stock. This is a problem that is all too familiar for Fort […]
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Deer Hunting Update
At the council meeting on Monday a report was issued by Don Martin reviewing the recent deer hunt (article overview in the Enquirer). The report is published on the Fort Thomas city website but to save you some time I have provided some highlights below (with a little commentary). Some notes: 1. In 2006 there […]
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Development newsletters
I ran across a development newsletter the other day from Clemson, SC. This appears to be the trend among small cities and communities trying to attract retail to their communities. This brings up a great point about the efforts that Fort Thomas could employ. Many of you may be thinking but Clemson, SC must have […]