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<i>Ahh, to be able to whip up $10 million for a neighboring city, how sweet. I always thought Cincy should have Lawenceberg pay for a bike trail or rail line to and fro. One long trail from DT to the casinos. That's the least they could do.</i> <b>Casino Money Used To Lure Honda </b> First posted: 6/29/2006 5:22:19 PM The city of Lawrenceburg, Ind. gave greensburg $10 million to put the deal over the top. The money is from the city's profit sharing agreement with the owners of Argosy Casino. It's part of a newly created fund to share the wealth in southeastern Indiana. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels praised Lawrenceburg as the Honda plant was announced Wednesday. "I want to thank Mayor Bill Cunningham who's here from Lawrenceburg for playing a significant part in making this happen," Daniels said at the press conference. "We could have spent the $10 million a lot of other places and created no jobs, but we just created 2,000. No brainer," Cunningham said. Lawrenceburg created a revenue sharing region this year to help nine counties outside Dearborn County with economic development which included Decatur County. Greensburg Mayor Frank Manus went to Lawrenceburg asking for $10 million site preparation dollars. "There was no hesitation whatsoever. They just came up with the money," Manus said. Full story at http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/06/29/honda.html

Oh, and you'll need a coffeehouse. http://www.kisscoffeehouse.com/locations.htm

And if only the new Brent Spence bridge, if built, would give them highway access from Queensgate/River Rd. But ODOT decided it will only give access starting from the Harrision Ave exit.

My hope is the Feds feel an obligation to stay in the Urban Core. But it would be just too easy for them to move to an already modern existing building and not have to mess with hassles building something DT. The city just better be ready to bend-over backwards to make it happen. My one experience with the company I work for contacted the city regarding expansion opportunities and the city pretty much blew us off. This was several years ago. We weren't big enough people-wise to make it worth their wild. So we move to NKY and have triple in size in five years. We probably still not worth the cities efforts. I think companies have to really want to stay DT and put up with the headaches because the city doesn't make it easy.

This should be interesting to see if the city can find a decent enough place that would prevent the Feds from moving to some paved over farmland in Clermont County. I doubt LPH would work, it's just too rough of area, unless they clear a large enough parcel of land and create a even larger buffer. Can the City find such a place for only $70 million. They may have to teardown a historical (ie - old) building - all hell could break loose.

Did anyone go to the open house? I believe The Roots are hitting the stage right about now. They probably never played in front of so many Suits before.

<i>I received an email about this project. It looks like an update of this project will come in July. Some updated renderings would be nice. And no, I'm not really in the market for these condos.</i>

<i>Yet another NKY project that looks to be on track.</i> <b>N. Ky. lofts planned for urban dwellers Plan modeled after Louisville project</b> BY JAMES MCNAIR | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER COVINGTON - The lure of building homes for Northern Kentucky's edgy urbanites has prompted a Louisville developer to sink $13 million into a 64-unit loft venture eight blocks from the city's riverfront. The Pulse Loft Condominiums will be edgy. The three-story row homes, designed and developed by The Louis & Henry Group of Louisville, will feature concrete floors, 10-foot-ceilings, movable walls and rooftop decks. Adorning the project on West Eighth Street will be as much as $70,000 worth of public art, up to half funded by the developer on a matching basis. E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060616/BIZ01/606160353/1076/BIZ

<i>Cleveland played some serious hardball and Cincy got screwed. I wonder if the Cleveland mob got involved.</i> <b>Casino facing stacked deck Legal challenges, late start doom plans for this year</b> BY JON CRAIG AND DAN KLEPAL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITERS COLUMBUS - Earlier this week, proponents of gambling at Broadway Commons spoke glowingly of printing Bengals-orange petitions to collect the signatures needed for a Nov. 7 vote. But Thursday, they canceled their planned press conference, acknowledging that the proposed slots parlor is all but dead for this year - the victim of legal challenges, a late start, and the fact that their rivals had hired all the major signature-gathering companies. Last month, Beck proposed building a $300 million hotel at Broadway Commons on the eastern edge of downtown with 3,500 slot machines. He called his venture Queen City Gaming Entertainment and even offered to pay the $2 million needed to gather petition signatures. The chief rival was Ohio Learn & Earn, a group trying to bring slot machines to Cleveland and six horsetracks - including River Downs in Anderson Township and Lebanon Raceway in Warren County. But Learn & Earn excluded the Cincinnati site from its ballot initiative. Full article at http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060616/NEWS01/606160383

<i>Man, this is pretty sleazy. Good Catholics would squeeze a dollar out of rock.</i> <b>Voucher violation or loophole? Catholic school parents accused of trying to get public vouchers</b> BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Cincinnati Public School District is blocking the efforts of some private school parents who allegedly tried to enroll their children in the public district in the last days of school to qualify for state tuition vouchers. That prompted some parents and officials from St. Mary's School in Hyde Park and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to extend their regrets for the actions of the last-minute enrollees. St. Mary's also is considering re-examining its voucher policies. [Edited for copyright issues. No link provided.]

<i>Bootylicious!<i> <b>Serena Williams to play here</b> BY DUSTIN DOW | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Serena Williams, a seven-time grand slam winner, has accepted a wild card into the field for July’s Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open. This will be Williams first tournament since January’s Australian Open. Williams has been sidelined by injuries since then. “I have decided to return to competitive tennis at Cincinnati’s Western and Southern Financial Group Women’s Open, the week of July 17,” Williams said in a statement. ... More at: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060614/NEWS01/306140014/1062/SPT

None of the articles I read indicate when the 5/3 building will be done. It's a shame it won't be done the same time as the square. WCPO has several pics. Here's one of the art on one side of the building. The others are too big to attach. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/06/13/fifththird.html

Three years worth of articles and still no low cost airline. Maybe the third time is the charm.

I iust don't get how gambling is the worst of the worst of all the sins out there. To be concern about the one or two welfare queens cashing their checks on $5 slots instead of feeding their children is absurd.There are a lot of normal people who gamble and live to tell about. A few of them are even Catholic. It's called personal choice. It's somehow acceptable for a person to drink and smoke themselves to death or buy enough guns to for each finger or drive like Tony Stewart during rush hour, but gambling is worst than it all, please. And to say Cincy won't benefit in anyway is even more absurd. DT needs a serious kick in the ass. To gloss over the large amount of taxes and even larger amount of jobs generated is short sighted. Gambling is here in one form or another, Cincy can and should reap the benefits.

<i>People want that tax money now. I'm surprise that Cincinnati police make less than police in surrounding communities. Maybe that doesn't include hazard pay.</i> <b>FOP Throws Support Behind Casino Plan</b> POSTED: 6:42 pm EDT June 9, 2006 UPDATED: 6:54 pm EDT June 9, 2006 CINCINNATI -- The Fraternal Order of Police threw its support behind a proposal to bring a casino to Cincinnati. FOP officials said Friday a casino would mean money to build a new jail and to help the Cincinnati Police Department compete with the salaries being offered by smaller departments. "We think it's absolutely ridiculous that we are losing the best and the brightest of the Cincinnati Police Department to small, suburban agencies that pay higher salaries," said Keith Fangman, vice president of the Ohio FOP. Supporters would have to get the measure on the November ballot, and last week, Attorney General Jim Petro said the latest petition drive came up 83 signatures short. More at http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/9350094/detail.html

Sometimes I think Cincinnati's image of being "family friendly" clashes with the idea of attracting or keeping the "young and creative people." I would think there would be room for both, but the power brokers have a vice grip on things and maybe "young and creative people" are scary and dangerous to them which could lead to road they don't want to go. Personally, I think someone should try to open a strip club just to stir things up. People won't know what is more evil, strippers or a casino.

SWEEEEP! Reds in first! How about that! Going to my first game of the year tomorrow. Better be a good crowd to cheer on the home team.

<b>Eastern Corridor To Include Light-Rail Route</b> POSTED: 5:39 pm EDT June 7, 2006 UPDATED: 6:17 pm EDT June 7, 2006 CINCINNATI -- Big changes could be down the road if you're a commuter on the East Side. The proposed Eastern Corridor project includes 17 miles of light rail, among other transportation improvements. "There's a tremendous demand for transportation in the eastern part of the Greater Cincinnati area, and this addresses those demands," Hamilton County engineer Ted Hubbard said. The rail line, at a cost of $1.4 billion, would be done in bits and pieces along existing stretches of track -- and, according to planners, without raising taxes. "If it were something I could use, I think it would pay for itself," East Side resident Connie Roenker said. Project planners said they hope developers and businesses see it the same way as Roenker. They're projecting an economic boost of $23 billion. If the plan is approved, construction is at least four years away. http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/9337346/detail.html

Anyone familiar with the Overtown area of Miami? Never been there, but one of my favorite Outsider artists is from there, Purvis Young You can visit his studio, but from what I understand, the neighborhood is pretty sketchy. Of course that area is the muse for his art.

I went to their website and it looks like only the ST PAUL TOWER condos have several units still available.

^Of course someone is going to ask what problems your having? I might as well ask.

What the new opening date? I know Fox 19 had contest to climb the bridge and that was suppose to happen June 1. I didn't win.

At this rate, BC will be a parking lot for another 10 years. We must have the Keystone Cops collecting signatures. If they can figured out how to collect 1,000 sigs. we're in trouble. Petro, I'm sure, is making this as difficult as possible.

<i>A tanker truck blew up near the construction site of the Ascent. Sounds like everyone got out safely. Unless there was a guy in the Port-o-Let.</i> <b>Hundreds evacuated</b> BY CINDY SCHROEDER AND RYAN CLARK | ENQUIRER STAFF REPORTERS A fuel tanker has exploded in Covington at Scott and RiverCenter. According to police scanners, HAZMAT teams have been called in. Authorities have cleared the Roebling Suspension Bridge of all traffic and pedestrians as a precaution. TANK buses are staged at Third and Greenup Streets in Covington for evacuees. Firefighters evacuated the Kenton County Administration building at 303 Court Street at 11:45 a.m. The building overlooks the construction site where the explosion occurred. The explosion occurred at the construction site for the Ascent at Roebling's Bridge, the new condos being built on the riverfront. Walt Duermit, the construction site inspector at the Ascent, said it was around 11:30 a.m. when the refueling line attached to a 1,500-gallon tanker truck exploded. Full article at http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/NEWS/60531003

I don't think anyone could find anything for less then 200K in the CBD. Parker Flats really grab my attention, but it's still a bit beyond my reach. And to expect to find that at a premier space as The Banks is a bit unrealistic. If diversity is what your looking for, City West seems to be the best of both worlds.