The sale of the Nevada building (see history of the building in a previous post here) has been rescheduled for January 29th at 10am at the Newport Courthouse. Hopefully the sale will complete this time. This is an important property for the revitalization of the Midway district. The building has good parking in the back, […]
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Disappointing News Story from Channel 12
I came home from work today to a disappointing news story on Channel 12. According to the news story some of the worst fears related to the new deer hunting ordinance appear to be coming true. In the news story (there is also video provided) there are at least 2 disturbing reports that include random […]
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Coffee Shop Being Considered in Midway
A reader of this blog is seriously considering opening a gourmet coffee shop in the Midway district. The space they are considering for the shop would be the old ceramic store in the Midway, a couple doors down from the Pub. Their early vision for the shop would include a fireplace, long serving bar, all […]
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Lawsuit Filed to Stop Deer Hunting
Additional news has broken since my post yesterday. First there is word from Channel 5 that a lawsuit has now been filed to stop the deer hunt. I have attached a link to the article here. Additionally, those mentioned in my previous post continue to gain momentum in there efforts to overturn deer hunting in […]
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Opposition Mounts to Deer Hunting
I recently received an email from a friend who received an email from a concerned mother, Kathy Surrett. In this email, which she sent to many local news media outlets, she outlined some of her primary safety concerns: 1. There will be no minimum requirement on how large of a tract of land the owner […]
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Fort Thomas Walkability
One thing that makes Fort Thomas such an attractive community is the walk-ability of the community. A recent article in the Ground Floor – a blog on Urbanism – talks about how Gen X sees walking communities as attractive places to live. In the last paragraph of the post there is an interesting quote: “In […]
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Fort Thomas Demographics
As I mentioned in a previous post, Focus on Retail, one of the three main ingredients to attracting retail is the demographics. Also in a previous post we compared socio-economic numbers for Fort Thomas to comparable, model retail locations. In this post I would like to focus on the age demographics of the community. According […]
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Deer Hunting in Fort Thomas
OK – this is my last post on deer hunting. This blog was supposed to be about development and working to try to bring retail to Fort Thomas but I can’t ignore a very short-sighted decision by our city council last night as this has ramifications on our ability to attract retail. The reason I […]
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Deer Hunting Vote Tonight
Tonight is a final vote by city council on the deer hunting proposal that has worked its way around the council and committees now almost a year. The council meets at 8 tonight to take a final vote. If you feel strongly about this issue one way or the other then be sure to attend. […]
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Bellevue Incentives
A recent article in the Cincinnati Post provides another great example of an area town thinking outside the box in regards to defining an objective (promote more owner occupied housing) and then offering real incentives to affect change (initially $2,500 per unit and now $5,000). In this case the objective is reducing multi-families and helping […]