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In fact, the soccer stadium itself was justified as ‘for the children’ by Sittenfeld when he flipped from ‘no way’ to supporting it. He claimed his conversation with the teacher’s union persuaded him due to the additional tax revenue the schools would get. 🙄

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It's the PD that requires an official amendment - approved by the city after public hearings. Agreed that neighbors should ask for a new CBA - if they even want to negotiate at all, or just oppose additional nights of events at the stadium.

It's not.

But has FCC requested and obtained the changes to their PD that will be required? There are limits on the number of events they can host each year.

Residents, not surprisingly, prefer to park on the street - close to home, easier to manage moving groceries, kids, etc in and out car and into home.

You should check. In court, the 'developer' admitted they did not have financing. Extremely doubtful - this is not an experienced crew.

It's NOT being held up in court. That case has been over for ages. It's been a hole in the ground with NO action for almost two years.

Assumed this was a reference to the boutique hotel proposed by The Pitch management. It's been years and all we got was a hole in the ground.

There is no boutique hotel.

That boutique hotel has been a hole in the ground for over a year — doesn't seem to be making any progress. Not sure they ever had the financing. Anyone have other news on it?

Agreeing with @tonyt3524— this statement is remarkably similar to what PJ said before he flipped from 99% likely a no vote (so he said), stadiums aren't a good investment for cities (citing research), etc to 'I'm holding this press conference because NOW I am persuaded'.

It might. And too many STRs can certainly drive away residents...and homebuyers.

Landlord tenant law is not the applicable law. Cincinnati considered regulating STRs a few years ago. There was no claim made by anyone that it would not be allowed under Ohio law. In the end, Airbnb successfully supported local lobbying to eliminate Council support. THAT might happen again - but unless the Ohio law has changed in the interim, regulation limiting STRs is possible here.

What is the basis of this statement? NYC recently eliminated STR and sustained the new law over Airbnb litigation.

Agreed! Also true of the big hole in the ground across from the stadium? What the heck happened to that development? They tore down the canal building months ago and haven't progressed an inch since!

Two new single family homes.

RyanLammi is correct. The diet plan was moving forward, after multiple community meetings and compromises, until it mysteriously wasn't - except some people in the know were so angry, they shared publicly that it was FCC asking Cranley to make changes to the diet.

1) Still in litigation 2) Still needs approvals for ROW of alley and possibly additional changes to plans 3) Rumor is they don't have financing in place

Agreed. Complete disrespect for the culture of place. In addition to tearing down buildings, the impact of this massive structure creating an enormous barrier between the two neighborhoods is undeniable. So far, we haven't seen any positive impact on the West End economy for long-term residents. (Arguably, the opposite with the loss of locally owned businesses.)

And foot the bill???? Why would you ever think they would do that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

There are height limits in the PD Zoning as approved by the city.

Maybe that motivated some...but what we heard loud and clear: "Closing Woodward will only move the activity, not end it. What's the plan to end it?" "Where is the concern for the crime that is happening on Green between Republic and Vine? Very bad and disruptive activity, but because it's not a problem for business, there's no action." "We're tired of losing our historic street grid. It's an important part of what makes our neighborhood unique and special."

Noting: The neighborhood and most Main Street businesses opposed this street closure.

https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/metropolitan-housing-authority-approves-west-end-land-option-agreement-with-fc-cincinnati