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It almost completely depends on the average income of the neighborhood. Walnut Hills has about 5-10 years to get a high-rise approved for construction before the NIMBYs spilling over from EWH get too vocal. Even less time for Evanston. Nothing over 5 stories will be built east of Walnut Hills in Cincinnati because of the demographics

Wow, this news went from bad to great... The county only gave up lots 1 & 13, which they were just going to make greenspace anyway. The city sounds like they'd do more with them.

This is the type of candidate (black, female) I can see continuing to beat strong Republican candidates in Hamilton county. A lot of the middle-class suburbs are increasingly minority and Cincinnati has a large black population. Hopefully Portune chooses her and avoids pointless in-fighting. Andy Black will cruise to victory if Democrats don't choose someone that can get out the vote.

I'm sure Kroger kind of sucked up the market for a food hall. I wouldn't open one with Kroger and Findlay Market, there's not room for another one that could sustain itself.

Mature trees were murdered because of this, what a bunch of insecure turds.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Good for them for using the leverage they have in controlling the narrative. Any savvy business person would do the same thing.

There's a few differences. There are so many venues, that the music is essentially white noise. They are still indoor, and the sound is no where near as loud as what Treehouse has bumping all hours of the daytime on weekends as well.

Yeah, it's not that there are lots of loud noises downtown, it's that this place specifically is blasting music and is an outdoor venue. Sitting on that rooftop and listening to Jersey Shore wannabes try and DJ every night would be annoying.

I would honestly hate living in this complex simply because of Treehouse Bar. Trashy music is blasting all the damn time

Surface parking indefinitely, until they decide it's time to pursue the mixed use development

For christ's sake Cranley, you LOST, the music venue is going on lot 27. An office building is already going in on lot 26, a cheaper micro-apartments type building would certainly fill better than the expensive residential options at The Banks now. What a turd Also, can council stop the mayor and manager from killing a zoning change? Or is this an executive decision?

151 units, required tree planting, and the restoration of the Stewart house? This development seems like a win for Madisonville. My only complaint is the need for 211 parking spaces.

If 22 somehow fails, they should just up the Nov 2020 measure to a full 1% so it still repeals the earnings tax.

So you're against referendums? What about the legislature not being pure in their advocacy? Is it not the point of referendums to remove egregious laws that were passed in bad faith because of ulterior motives?

If this is the case, then we should repeal the law

No, he's pretty disliked in liberal circles elsewhere, the cronyism is pretty well documented. The democratic bench is so weak in our state that I could see him being the best of the bunch in 2022. I don't think that translates to a win, but unless a Sherrod Brown clone pops up out of nowhere, Democrats aren't getting the governors mansion... until 2035+, when 3C population overwhelms the old people living in the countryside.

Homeownership programs to get low-income people in houses (Habitat for Humanity, The Port's rehab program, etc) is vital to fixing this dilemma. If I lived in a neighborhood with cheap rentals, of course I wouldn't want too much investment because I'm guaranteed rent increases. Build a plan with that and incentives for minority-owned businesses. I think a better neighborhood comparison would be Evanston or Madisonville, which had white speculative investors holding onto rental properties for a while until the dam broke and now investment and values are skyrocketing there, kicking out long-term renters. The work being done in Bond Hill/Roselawn with minority businesses should also be the model for what's left of old Avondale, to at least give minorities a chance at making money when a neighborhood takes off.

Yeah, I was honestly shocked to see that Republicans actually stood up to wasteful government spending. I figured Warren County would be all over this. It seems like the best way to kill this again would be to get Beshear in office in KY to stop the KYTC study from happening.

New dense buildings need to be built with wood, it's ridiculous that this hasn't caught on, especially amid steel tariffs. The other half of the equation: the housing stock of the 80's-today further out in the metro will be affordable. New houses have gotten incredibly expensive, yes, but there's a glut of 80's and newer houses in the far northern and southern suburbs that will be had for a bargain, like the 20's-60's houses in inner-ring suburbs a decade ago. Tastes have changed, smaller houses and yards that are closer to the city are more desirable for young Gen Xers and Millenials with families. There will be affordable houses available in Cincinnati, but they will be a 35 minute drive from Fountain Square on the weekend.

This is the common issue across the US that only Portland and Minneapolis seem to want to address appropriately. Unless we want to be a soulless metro that is stuck in its ways, housing prices are going to go up anywhere and everywhere in the metro area. Build out more density and smaller units to combat the growing demand for living in a great city. I also think that you'll see a lot of the far northern and southern suburbs housing prices drop by 2030. They aren't well-built houses and it seems as though Millenials (if we ever own houses) want to live in first-ring suburbs and get "the best of both worlds."

Here we go, the worst case scenario is about to happen: 1. COAST trolls their way to getting the streetcar divorce to happen (and oh, what's this? they aren't dropping the issue now that it is happening? Color me shocked!) 2. Sales tax fails as all of the anti-tax people come out to prevent huge sales tax increase in March. 3. County makes more bus route/service cuts (continues to bleed ridership) 4. County can't keep the lights on because the state hates funding for big cities

Given our current route set up, SORTA members would never use the bus system to even get to work if it is in Norwood, which should be a requirement.

Interesting, I'm of the other opinion. I went down last night hoping the crowds would be a little bit smaller and it was jam-packed. I'm glad they expanded it to Covington this year, but they need to continue to expand it and spread out the mass of people, because crowds that large can really put a damper on the whole thing. Expand it around the FCC stadium and into Newport as well in 2021. Close more streets, allowing spillover into the streets was the definitely much better for crowd control. Have SORTA charter specific one-time routes for BLINK as well. I'm not sure how well the park and ride idea on existing routes worked.

They're not necessarily rich because of that, but the rich certainly have an unhealthy obsession with getting the highest score possible in your bank account at the expense of everything else in their lives (marriage in this instance)

^ Wow they even got funding to bring it from Listermann's close to the Uptown Gateway, that's something I figured wouldn't be in the cards for a while (and now at least puts those developers on alert that they need to make space for it). Also, wave goodbye to another segment of light rail ROW... not that we were ever going to get it anyway. I'm sure XU will build their segment as the others come into place. The only remaining piece for WW is the awesome bridge in Ault park AND the bridge over the Duck Creek AND the bridge over Rt 50. The link to the Little Miami trail is important, but getting the funding for it will not be easy.