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AMC at Levee gets Imax By Scott Wartman • [email protected] • April 2, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090402/NEWS0103/304020079 NEWPORT- Newport on the Levee will once again have an Imax theater, but this time in the AMC movie theater. The AMC Newport 20 is converting one of its largest theaters into an Imax screen in preparation for a May 8 opening with the new "Star Trek" movie.

Some Ohio Counties See Unemployment Drop In February POSTED: 3:31 pm EDT March 24, 2009 UPDATED: 4:01 pm EDT March 24, 2009 CINCINNATI -- New unemployment numbers were released Tuesday for the state of Ohio. Once again, Adams County ranks near the top of the list for counties with the highest unemployment rate. Adams County had a 16.1 percent rate of unemployment in February, the third highest in Ohio. Huron County had the highest rate of unemployment at 18 percent. Hamilton County had the lowest rate of unemployment in Ohio's Tri-State counties with 8.1 percent, followed by Warren County at 8.7 percent, Butler County at 9.2 percent and Clermont County at 9.7 percent. February's unemployment figures show that 21 counties saw their rate of unemployment drop in February. Those counties are heavily dependent on the auto industry and saw many auto workers called back to work in February after extended temporary shutdowns. Full article at http://www.wlwt.com/news/19003604/detail.html

Zoo Ranked Among 10 Best For Kids Zoo Gets High Marks From Parents Magazine The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced Thursday that it's been ranked seventh on Parents Magazine’s first-ever 10 Best Zoos for Kids Survey. In a news release, Parents said it focused on honoring zoos that offer a range of interactive, family-friendly activities, while also fostering appreciation, knowledge and excitement about nature. "Introducing children to nature at an early age is so important. It sparks their imagination, inspires appreciation of a world beyond their own back yard and helps teach conservation," said Dana Points, editor-in-chief of Parents Magazine, in a news release. "All of the zoos on our list are dedicated to affordable family fun while ensuring that a day trip feels like a globetrotting adventure." Read full article here: http://www.wlwt.com/family/19074779/detail.html]http://www.wlwt.com/family/19074779/detail.html

Cincinnati lands gospel music convention Business Courier of Cincinnati The Gospel Music Workshop of America has picked Cincinnati as the location of its 2009 annual convention, according to the Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau. The CVB has scheduled a Thursday news conference on Fountain Square to divulge details of the event. The convention will take place July 25-31 in conjunction with the annual Macy’s Music Festival, according to a media advisory. Sources familiar with the event expect Cincinnati to notch about 12,000 room nights from convention attendees. The GWMA’s Web site describes the convention as a “week-long gathering including academic classes, evangelism and outreach, nightly music services, showcases, radio and television executives and promoters, exhibits and seminars.” Full article at http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/03/30/daily50.html?surround=

New mall signs first tenants Monroe outlets will be hiring By Laura Baverman • [email protected] • April 2, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090402/BIZ01/904020326/1076/BIZ Polo Ralph Lauren, Coach and Kenneth Cole are among the 15 retailers en route to the Cincinnati Premium Outlets scheduled to open in August in Monroe. Developer Chelsea Property Group released the first set of tenants Wednesday in anticipation of a job fair that it plans for early June. It hopes to fill as many as 800 positions. ...

Macy's debt rating downgraded The Associated Press • April 1, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090401/BIZ01/304010101/1076/BIZ NEW YORK — Moody's investors Services downgraded Macy's Inc.'s debt on Wednesday into junk territory, saying the department store chain's credit metrics have deteriorated along with its operating performance. Senior credit officer Maggie Taylor lowered her rating on the company's senior unsecured notes to Ba2, from Baa3. The new rating is two notches below junk status. ...

Convergys expands in Philippines The Associated Press • April 2, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090402/BIZ01/304020032/1002 MANILA, Philippines — Cincinnati-based Convergys Corp. opened three additional facilities in the Philippines Thursday and plans to employ 4,000 more workers by the end of this year, its top official said. Dave Dougherty, president and chief executive of Convergys, joined Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and other officials in ceremonies to inaugurate a new call center Thursday in a technology park in Laguna province near Manila. Convergys opened another call center in suburban Quezon city and a third in Cebu city in the central Philippines also on Thursday. ...

Makeover transforms Argosy $335 million adds glamour, room to casino By Alexander Coolidge • [email protected] • April 2, 2009 Argosy general manager Tony Rodio predicts that his casino will thrive with a bigger venue, a new theme and a new name regardless of the recession. Two weeks after announcing that Argosy would switch its name this summer to Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg, construction workers are installing signature details on a new barge that casino officials hope will draw new visitors. Workers have erected a dome - a miniature of the Hollywood Bowl, called "Hollywood on the Roof" - that will serve as the backdrop for a stage for some live performances, but will also serve as planetarium-like screen for films or television. Parts of the casino will be decorated with cityscapes meant to look like movie sets. The casino will bombard visitors with imagery on 200 flat-screen TVs and an 80-foot-long and 20-foot-high screen on a serpentine wall cutting across the main gambling floor. Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090402/BIZ01/904020322/1001/BIZ

Pet clinic moving downtown By Lisa Bernard-Kuhn • [email protected] • April 2, 2009 DOWNTOWN – A local veterinarian is relocating his Walnut Hills practice into new offices downtown on Plum Street. Dr. Robert Biederman Jr., is opening Plum Street Pet Clinic at 427 Plum Street, according to a news release from Downtown Cincinnati, Inc. The clinic will provide prevention, surgical, medical and diagnostic services for dogs and cats as well as pocket pets, ferrets and small birds. The clinic will also house 12 cat condos and 13 dog kennels. Biederman’s Cincinnati Central Animal Hospital is located at 650 E. McMillan Street in Walnut Hills and will relocate to 427 Plum Street on Tuesday. A ribbon cutting ceremony is planned that day at 1 p.m. MORE: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090402/BIZ01/304020034

Westwood residents take action By Jane Prendergast and Gregory Korte • April 1, 2009 Westwood activists frustrated by a vacant house they said drew drugs and prostitution boarded it up themselves Wednesday – finishing just as a call from a police contact warned them they were trespassing and should leave. Hours before, a city-paid contractor boarded up the house at 2186 Harrison Ave., having been ordered to do so after city officials learned of the activists’ plans and invitiations to the media. But Mary Kuhl and others from Westwood Concern said when they arrived, they found just a small board over a window in the door and two doors padlocked. So they went ahead, using electric screwdrivers to attach the plywood they’d already measured and cut. They finished the doors and windows, painting some of them Elder purple, and cleaning up the yard just as Kuhl’s cell phone rang. Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090401/NEWS01/304010091

Awesome! It's working for me too!

I sure hope!! It is a gorgeous building!!

With Legacy Place dead in the water and the success of the newly remodeled Plaza just up the road, hopefully some "concrete" plans surface this year about a new and better way to utilize the 26 acre Glenway Crossing area. It isn't completely dead, but has lost 4 major tenents in the past 6 months. Pleeeeeaaaase reconfigure the land occupied by the former Target and Circuit City!!! Make Pep Boys either relocate somewhere else within the center or whatever, just tear all three buildings down and start over!!!!!!! This has looked horrendous since day 1!!!!! Center seeking new direction By Laura Baverman • [email protected] • March 30, 2009 http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090330/BIZ01/903300318/ Darkening storefronts in Western Hills' once bustling Glenway Crossing retail corridor have forced Westwood community leaders and real estate brokers to consider a new path for the area's future. Its anchor, a busy but small Target store, moved up Glenway Avenue earlier this month for bigger and better digs in Western Hills Plaza. Turmoil at national retail chains like Circuit City, Steve & Barry's and Cost Plus World Market have left large spaces in several buildings in the retail-heavy section of Glenway Avenue. And the half-vacant 235,000-square-foot Glenway Crossing center has seen a revolving door of tenants in recent years. Click on link for article.

Rezoning approved for 17-year vacant East Price Hill building http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/04/rezoning-approved-for-17-year-vacant.html Cincinnati City Council has passed unanimously an ordinance allowing the rezoning of an East Price Hill building that has been vacant for 17 years. The zoning change at 801 Mt. Hope Avenue, from RMX Residential Mixed District to RM-0.7 Residential Multi-Family District, allows owner Incline Place, LLC to restore the building's commercial storefront and to create more than three residential units on the upper floors. The two-family building at 2704-2706 W Eighth Street, also rezoned, will be demolished to create a garage addition for the renovated building. 801 Mt. Hope Avenue, built some time between 1877 and 1892, originally contained ground-floor commercial space and up to eight apartments above. The last redevelopment prospects for the property came in 2002, when new owners announced a plan to rehabilitate it into four condominiums. Those owners sold the property two years later.

Price Hill sees drop in foreclosures By Kurt Backscheider • [email protected] • March 25, 2009 http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090325/NEWS/903250367/ Matt Strauss said against all expectations in a bleak housing market, home foreclosures are down and mortgage lending is up in Price Hill. "If you're ready to buy a home, there's no reason to wait," said Strauss, director of the Price Hill Housing Resource Center. Click on link for article.

^That's enough to make my day! Good news indeed!

It a shame how it still looks so new. Thanks for the pics.

Is a 'Nati buzz building? Area's young-adult population rebounds By David Holthaus • [email protected] • March 29, 2009 Hundreds of young professionals gathered last week to network and promote Cincinnati in a spirited cyberbuzz. Hundreds more YPs are expected this fall when the national Next Leaders Summit convenes downtown. Has the region turned hot for bright, young workers? Business leaders are optimistic that a brain drain of talent may finally be slowing. From 2005 to 2007, the number of young adults in the 15-county metropolitan area grew 4 percent, after dropping 13 percent in the previous 15 years. That's a two-year gain of 16,648 young men and women. "We're beginning to slowly, but surely, grow back," says Ellen van der Horst, president and CEO of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090329/BIZ01/903290311/1001/BIZ

I took your comment as meaning something else til I went back and read some earlier posts. My bad, no disrespect intended. Anyone know where Randy has been hiding lately?

Hahahahaha!!!!!

I concur!!!

^ Haha, right on with the ineffective and inappropriate!!!!

Are these people able to file for unemployment too?

States Consider Drug Tests For Needy Recipients Of Food Stamps, Unemployment Benefits And Welfare http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/national/main4894337.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories (AP) Lawmakers in at least eight U.S. states want recipients of food assistance, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing. The effort comes as more Americans turn to these safety nets to ride out the recession. Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strategy could backfire, discouraging some people from seeking financial aid and making already desperate situations worse. Those in favor of the drug tests say they are motivated out of a concern for their constituents' health and ability to put themselves on more solid financial footing once the economy rebounds. But proponents concede they also want to send a message: you don't get something for nothing.