The Enquirer tells us today that at Monday’s council meeting there was concern about the city’s ability to secure the houses from the VA – largely based on price. A few thoughts: The concern seems to be based on no new information. Council is concerned that they can not make a deal work based on […]
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Third Places in Fort Thomas
I referenced in a recent blog birthday post about Starbucks being one of the only good public gathering spots in Fort Thomas. Shortly after that post I stumbled upon the concept of ‘third places’ in a recent article on Soapbox Media in reference to a book entitled Retrofitting Suburbia. By way of background, wikipedia provides the […]
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Fort Thomas & The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky
Want a holiday gift for the dad or grandfather that is impossible to buy for? Try the Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. Words just do not describe the amount of information that is in this volume. Weighing in at over 1,000 pages, it includes over 2,100 entries written by more than 300 authors. I was fortunate […]
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Random Updates
As we move into the long Labor Day weekend a few things you might be interested in: You may have seen that the African Children’s Choir was recently in Fort Thomas and while I was not able to go my family had an amazing encounter with the group this week. Peter, my young son was […]
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Why I Am Excited About the Future of the Midway
The more I think about the prospects of the Midway the more excited I get. We are just a few short months away from some serious momentum. Lets take a quick inventory of some of the important changes that are imminent in a very short space: Nevada Building purchase & redevelopment Tower Homes Farmer’s Market […]
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Now . . . Some Good News
I wanted to focus this post on a few pieces of good news related to Fort Thomas lately: 1. Being a newer transplant to Fort Thomas I didn’t realize that Jeff Walz was a Fort Thomas kid. For those of you less sports inclined, he is the coach of the lady Cardinals (U of L) […]
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Devou – Not the First Urban Mountain Bike Trails in Cincinnati
I enjoy reading the weekly alternative media outlet in Cincinnati – Soapbox Media. It is a great weekly news source dedicated to providing positive coverage of development and business related news. With that being said, I have to disagree with their headline from today’s issue – “First urban mountain bike trails coming to Devou – […]
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Crime Update – Fort Thomas
There are recent reports about some burglary crimes in Fort Thomas including the Tower Park area and home break-ins in the center of town. This is according to the police reports although we don’t hear which street the crime occurred on. I wanted to remind my readers that there is a great resource on the […]
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An Opportunity to Give Back
Debbie Buckley, the city’s Renaissance Coordinator, sent me an email today for this great event: This coming Saturday, December 13, 2008, Fort Thomas is honored to be part of a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Veterans Nursing Home in Fort Thomas at 1:00. This will be the first of it’s kind and everyone is looking […]
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Officers’ Quarters in Tower Park
We appear to be 1 hurdle away from new housing in Tower Park. The long sought after sale of the 14 officer homes in Tower Park (many with views of the Ohio River) is only 1 signature away from being the property of the City of Fort Thomas. It has been nearly 5 years since […]