There is a question that has come up time after time over the past couple of years that I have been involved with pushing for more retail in Fort Thomas; Is there a parking problem in Fort Thomas? The question came up again during the candidate forum in the campaign for Fort Thomas City Council […]
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Another Area Deer Hunt
There was an article on Cincinnati.com today about the town of Mariemont becoming the latest Cincinnati area community to sponsor a deer hunt. In addition to the details of the hunt the article presented a pretty good synopsis of all area deer hunts. Here are some observations: 1. Other areas with proposed / past / […]
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Our 1 Year Anniversary
I started this blog on November 20, 2007 and it has been a fun ride. I thought I would share some interesting statistics with you: The site has had over 5,300 page views from over 1,500 different visitors. The most read stories and their topics are: 1. Newport Pavilion 2. Newport Pavilion 3. Fort Thomas […]
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Fort Thomas Home Prices
I am a registered user of Zillow – a real estate website that uses a unique way of valuing properties across the US. As a registered user I received an email today that indicated that my house had increased, YES – INCREASED in value. As you could imagine I was a bit skeptical even though […]
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Election Recap
As you surely know by now I will not be one of six people representing Fort Thomas for the next two years on City Council. I did however want to offer my insights and thoughts on the process, results, and where we go from here. 1. The result– We basically switched out Barbara Thomson-Levine for […]
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Happy Halloween
I thought you might like a fun picture of the mayor poking fun of the deer hunt during trick or treat. The hunt begins again today and I hope it truly is a laughing matter.
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The Nevada – An Anchor for Rebirth?
The Enquirer confirmed today what some of you may have heard or at least seen as you drove past the Nevada building. David Hosea has purchased the Nevada building and he has big plans for redevelopment. The tab for the renovations will run $250,000 and in addition to renovating the apartments along the Avenue the […]
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What? A Strategy?
The newest edition of the SoapBox has an article about an upcoming event to celebrate progress on the Covington “Third Century Strategic Plan”. I know this is a blog about Fort Thomas – so how is this applicable to us? I found a few things about this very applicable to Fort Thomas: 1. They have […]
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Newport Pavilion Update
Bear Creek Capital has updated their website (nice new look by the way) and they have some updated information – including my new contact, Adam Fights. Adam had a few updates on the development at Memorial and 471 including: Kroger should start to rise out of the ground any day While it has become difficult […]
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US 27 Re-alignment
As many of you have probably experienced driving between the Y and Highland Heights the state has re-configured the old 4-lane road to a 2 lane road with a center turn lane. I was very disappointed that more defined and wider bike paths were not included in the reconfiguration. A recent article on Cincinnati.com sheds […]