It has been a great year for Fort Thomas Matters and we hope to continue to add value to the community by providing the best news and commentary on Fort Thomas. A few highlights of this past year: Overall traffic to the site has tripled since our second anniversary Cincinnati.com added Fort Thomas Matters as […]
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Random Notes
Here are a few notes on some very disconnected topics: I confirmed with the Campbell County courthouse today that Mary Brown is running unopposed this year for mayor and the current incumbent council members have 1 challenger – Jeremy Cantor. Jeremy ran last time but did not run an overly effective campaign. Here is to […]
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Kentucky State Politics & Fort Thomas Impacts
My last post focused on local races but I would be remiss to not at least mention the races for the state house. Both the local state senator and local legislator are up for re-election this November. The stakes are high in this election as well. By way of a brief summary here are few […]
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Fort Thomas Real Estate Update
As the snow and cold temperatures descend on the Ohio Valley this is a bit of a dead time for the real estate market. However since my last post on the Fort Thomas real estate scene the first housing stimulus tax credit expired and was replaced with an extension of the first for 1st time […]
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What’s Next for the Newport Pavilion?
So Kroger made a big splash at the Newport Pavilion with their grand opening last week and the question that may arise is ‘what’s next for the Pavilion?’ The following represent some significant challenges for the development: The main problem with tenants and Newport is the length of the construction and delays. You may have […]
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Annexed Land Behind Mildred Dean Elementary
The city of Newport outmenouvered Fort Thomas yesterday with news of the annexation of unincorporated land behind Mildred Dean Elementary and adjacent to St Elizabeth Hospital. This is important because Mildred Dean will be closing soon and it opens up development possibilities. Who, you might ask, would be interested in that real estate? Afterall it […]
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Pergola – Other Options?
Pergola is still open for the remainder of this week serving coffee and baked goods (and as reported in Polly Campbell’s blog post on Cincinnati.com offering refunds on gift certificates). A nice show of good faith. The conflict between Pergola’s owners and the property owner is the reason for the shut down and there is […]
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Green Grants Available & Some Possible Uses
This past week the state of Kentucky received another $26 million in energy grants from the Department of Energy, bringing the grand total of funds received from the State Energy Program of the recent stimulus plan to $52 million. The state has commented that they plan to use these funds to retrofit schools and public […]
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Highlands Football Gets National Praise
All the major sports news outlets are singing the praises of the Bluebirds only a few short days after their big win over St X. Here are links to the major services: USA Today – Highlands moves up to #23 Rivals – Highlands at #20 (one of only 2 teams in the top 25 with […]
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Sidewalk Along Memorial Parkway
The Kentucky Post has an interview with Don Martin where he indicates work has in fact started again on the sidewalk along Memorial Parkway. I had actually assumed that work had finished near the city line with Bellevue and would never be completed. I am excited to see that it will be connected with Taylor […]