This was my first year as a full-time professional reporter, and I’m happy to say that I’ve had a chance to work on a variety of meaningful stories with a great team of people. Here are five stories that were most meaningful to me. They’re stories that gave me a chance to report on something […]
Tag: housing
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Florence apartments sustain holiday flooding
Written by Madeline Ottilie of WCPO It was a Christmas nightmare for some residents at a Florence apartment complex this week when water started rushing into their units. “The smell is the worst,” Constance Johnson said. She and her daughter had to spend Christmas night in a hotel and left wrapped presents behind. Property management […]
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Boone County residents raise concerns over apartment complex plan
A developer’s plan for an apartment complex is being met with resistance by some Boone County residents. The project calls for Continental Properties to build 312 multi-family units on 20 acres along Paddock Drive between Richwood Road and Stirrup Lane, and Frogtown Connector Road. “We would like to be given an opportunity where we can […]
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Walton senior community developers highlight new site, honor first responders
Carolyn Collins has family and friends in Northern Kentucky, so when the opportunity for the former Mississippi resident to move to Walton presented itself, she was ready to spring into action. Now, she is a part of Walton’s newest senior housing community: Haven Crossing. City officials, developers and other partners joined Collins and Haven Crossing […]
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Understanding NKY’s housing shortage
Listings for two-bedroom condos in Newport’s luxury riverfront housing complex Ovation went up on Zillow this week, with purchase prices starting at $975,000. Nearby on 5th Street, an apartment complex called The Cadence of Newport has two-bedroom apartments listed for $1,495 per month. Yet, many in the community still remember the apartments by their former […]
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Funding for Section 8 housing in Newport uncertain: ‘It would take years to help everyone’
The list of those looking for Section 8 housing in Newport is hundreds of people long, and the housing authority hopes for more funding. Neighborhood Foundations, Newport’s housing authority, submitted its Section 8 Management Assessment Program Certification to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which affects the agency’s funding. The certification is […]
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Insight on the Fort Thomas Housing Market
If you’ve been monitoring the housing market at all, you’ve probably noticed inventory flying off the shelves at what seems like a record rate. According to Zillow (onlineReal Estate Network), home sales in Fort Thomas for April 2012 were 26. For April 2013, 21 homes were sold. Comparing May 2012 to May 2013, we see […]
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Census & Fort Thomas
There has been a lot of stories in the past few years about the census and its impact on funding at both the federal and state level. A high profile example has come from across the river as Mayor Mallory has successfully challenged census estimates in the past. A recent article in Soapbox indicates that […]
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How is Fort Thomas Faring in the Current Recession?
It has been a long winter in the country as we have seen the credit markets seize, bailouts, and massive layoffs and it is always good to take a pulse in the community. I know a few Ft Thomas residents personally who have felt the pinch but I thought I would offer a few data […]
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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 […]