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"The proposed corridor and changes in size and weight have the potential to attract freight movement from other parallel routes (Interstate 80 and Interstate 40)" The Nebraska speed limit is 75 mph (I-80); the Kansas speed limit is 65 mph (I-70). Not much potential unless that changes.

I looked at some of those numbers when I was thinking about moving back to Cincy. Here in Utah, residential property taxes are less then half as much, but my property tax plus income tax was $130 higher in Utah. Of course, here the schools are funded by the state, EQUALLY though poorly, not by local property taxes. UT Ohio Market Value 194,844 200,000 Tax Value 107,164 70,000 Total Tax 1,415 3,486 Local Schools 462 2,098 State Schools 140 City 307 608 County 146 Health/Hosp 35 400 Parks 49 Child Services 0 100 Zoo 16 Museum 10 Senior Services 0 46 Library 66

"The Oakley-based firm also is converting six four-family apartment buildings on Allendale into 12 flat-style condominiums. Each condo has 1,400 square feet of living space, an outdoor patio and attached two-car garage. Prices start at $265,000, and already two have been sold." I'm surprised we're not seeing more of this: people are moving out of the city for more square footage; converting some of these quads to double-ups would seem to have a market.

Five minute story from NPR: "Southwest May Pipe In Water from Great Lakes" http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=17354828&m=17354804

From the Minneapolis and St. Paul Star Tribune: The Cincinnati example By Joe Nathan October 29, 2007 Powerful progress in the Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) may help efforts to improve Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools. Despite its problems, CPS grew from a four-year, 51-percent high-school graduation rate in 2000 to a four-year, 79-percent graduation rate in 2007. It also eliminated the graduation gap between white and African-American students. Graduation rates for all students increased. Cincinnati appears to be among the first (if not the first) major urban districts to eliminate this gap. No one is satisfied with a 79-percent graduation rate. There are differences among Cincinnati, St Paul and Minneapolis (including higher funding in Minnesota schools, and a higher percentage here of limited-English-speaking students). But having represented the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Cincinnati for the last seven years. I've learned lessons that may be useful locally. Read full article here: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/11150746.html

Some samples of Trammel Crow Co. projects: http://www.trammellcrow.com/Default.aspx?tabid=100&industryId=17&serviceId=191

Looks like units in the Verona are now on the market.

UrbanSurfin, Well said. Thank you.

East side of Jefferson, south of the Ruther intersection. A couple of buildings on Jefferson with a huge lot behind them.

They pay sales taxes; and if they're using a fake SSN, income taxes and FICA are being withheld.

Guns don't die, people do.

Growing up in Golf Manor, I always loved the scent of Creme-de-mint.

Maybe we can't afford not to gamble with this $102 million.

$88 million in 2007 dollars covers: 3.9 miles of track 18 stops 6 modern streetcars Maintenance facility 15 - 25% contingency Year 2010 totals $102 million

Looks like the "Battleship" could have used wider sidewalks.

The aesthetics of any development that spells Wild with a Y are already questionable.

Including Cincinnati's French Park!

My first summer job while in high school was with the city of Cincinnati (we're talking 1960's), and part of the application was your suburb, meaning which neighborhood you lived in. I recall the term suburb applied to neighborhoods in a number of contexts at that time. It would be interesting to see when and why that usage was dropped.

They did the same thing in Salt Lake.

I think CPS is looking at encouraging students to go to high school.

I bought some nice bookcases/cabinets and a cheap ($59) entertainment cabinet from Ikea when I lived in Alexandria, Va. in the early 1990's. I've moved and reassembled them twice since then. The entertainment cabinet probably won't be able to be reassembled a third time. The bookcases will probably outlive me. One of the things I liked about their furniture is the relatively small scale. It's nice if you have small rooms (as they probably do in Sweden.) Just visited a newly open Ashley furniture out here, and noticed just the opposite: very large scaled. It stuck us that at the price and quality they had, their market would be young families who would tend to have smaller homes. Seems like a poor business plan.

Yeah, this isn't a list of the "most walkable" cities, but the "Best Walking" cities. They changed from rating the 100 biggest cities (Cincy was 64th last year, 20th the year before (what changed?)) This year they rated the 10 biggest cities in each state. Therefore, the suburb, North Las Vegas, Nevada, gets rated as a city separate from Las Vegas. I think it would have been more interesting if they had classified the cities by type: central, suburb, college town, resort, etc.

Any figures for how many people from Wesrwood et al might drive downtown, and then use the streetcar for multiple stops around DT/OTR? People who might currently drive downtown, park, then drive to a second point downtown and park again? Or currently don't come downtown all that often because it's so hard to get around by driving and parking at multiple stops?

Which is rising with global warming!

Several years ago some Connecticut residents protested the demolition of a "Golden Arches" style MacDonald when it was replaced by one of a more "modern" design.