1. Today was the grand opening of the New Garden – see previous post that includes the menu. Â This continues the renaissance of the Midway district and is a nice addition to the dining options the exist in the middle of town. Â Over the past couple of years we have a new streetscape, a Farmers Market, a renewed Nevada Building, and now additional dining options. Â Now if we can just get the public housing out of the Midway and converted into retail that would be a nearly complete transformation. Â Anyone visit the New Garden today? We would love to hear your thoughts….
2. Â With new beginnings come endings as well. Â Cake Towne has closed their Fort Thomas location. Â It is a sad, and rather abrupt end to a promising business in the Inverness District. Â Cake Towne had brought a fair amount of positive attention to the Fort Thomas retail scene through participation in Groupon and other avenues and filled a need for a bakery in the area. Â Personally, I enjoyed being able to pick up cake balls for events or a cake for occasional birthdays but this apparently wasn’t enough to keep the business open. Â In a response from Cake Towne via Facebook they had the following to say:
It was a bad location. We were too far off the beaten path. We kept our Butler location though
3. Apparently there was a vacancy on the Fort Thomas School Board and apparently the state Department of Education had the authority to appoint someone to the open position. Â The DOE appointed Lisa Duckworth who seems to have strong qualifications for the job. Â According to the linked article:
Previously, she served on the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) boards at Moyer Elementary and Highlands High; served as PTO President at Moyer Elementary; served as a member (nine years total) of the Site-Based, Decision-Making (SBDM) councils at Moyer Elementary, Highlands Middle and Highlands High; and has also served on the Fort Thomas Local Planning Committee (LPC). Most recently, she has worked coordinating the annual community teacher appreciation breakfast.
4. Â And in a cool Fort Thomas resident making it big note – Fort Thomas resident Connie Hall has had a third book published and now available on Amazon.com. Â The book titled “Bible Bugs… Play Ball” can be found at the following link.