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Crossroads Church purchased the former Three River's middle school. http://westside.fox19.com/news/news/176361-crossroads-community-church-coming-west-side Does anyone know what their plans are for the site? Will they demo the existing structure or try to improve it in a way that meets their needs?

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Ah, a return to the Cincinnati politics of the 90s. Welcome back, Roxy. btw.. thanks McMicken!

Excellent. I can't wait to play.

Website lets traveler map Ohio's Underground CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio's Division of Tourism has joined the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in promoting Underground Railroad sites around the state.

Council to move toward streetcar BY THE ENQUIRER CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati’s streetcar plan is expected to take another step forward today Monday when City Council members vote on a motion to advance the project. Councilman Chris Bortz, chief sponsor of the plan for streetcar service linking downtown and Uptown through Over-the-Rhine, said he expects the Finance Committee to vote in favor of moving forward. In part, that means giving City Manager Milton Dohoney authority to solicit private enterprises for contributions to the $182 million system. The financing plan created by Dohoney and his staff calls for corporate underwriting to supplement money from the city, state and, eventually, federal government. Dohoney earlier told committee members that he could not seek commitments from local companies until the council formally signals its intention to build the system.

I propose that the re-draft take place on the evening of Wednesday March 26.

I don't have an option to launch the draft...

Anyone else?

Discussion and rational debate is good, but please do not feed the trolls.

Team Cincinnati records for tourism promotion Published on Monday Mar 17, 2008 The winner of television's "Clash of Choirs" is trying to help create a buzz for Cincinnati tourism. Team Cincinnati has recorded a music and video recording of its a cappella rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee." The Cincinnati Regional Tourism Network plans to use the recording for radio promotions and will place the video on its Web site. The song will be featured in Cincinnati USA's seasonal marketing campaign, which will be released on the Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day, March 31. The 20-member choir put together by Cincinnati native Nick Lachey also will sing "God Bless America" before the Reds' game.

No credits for Over-the-Rhine State uses up historic preservation grant money:x BY LISA BERNARD-KUHN | [email protected] OVER-THE-RHINE - A financing tool that Center City Development Corp. had hoped to use to help cover a more than $30 million redevelopment plan is not an option for now. The nonprofit 3CDC learned this week that it will not receive Ohio historic preservation tax credits for its plan to renovate more than a dozen vacant buildings in Over-the-Rhine on Vine and Race streets.

^ I thought that Eagle lost the development rights to 5th and Race? :?

For those who may wonder, fay apartments is between I-74 and Westwood Northern Blvd, in the same area as the now defunct English Woods. location on Google Map It is barely visible at the top of the hill in this photograph that I took from this site. (Thanks Jake)

Ohio launches major statewide foreclosure-prevention initiative Created: 3/13/2008 1:19:11 PM Updated:3/13/2008 1:43:00 PM COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Department of Commerce unveiled its "Save the Dream" campaign Thursday morning. The multi-media campaign is aimed at helping Ohioans take action to save their dream of homeownership. Ohio has the nation's highest foreclosure rate, according to a recent report by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The "Save the Dream" campaign includes radio and television advertisements, an information-rich Web site. ... More at: http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=85047

Chiquita Brands Reports Rise In Banana Prices For Jan. - Feb. :wink: 3/13/2008 1:36:55 PM Thursday, banana distributor Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (CQB) said banana prices in all markets for January-February 2008 rose year-over-year on flat or lower volumes. The company also indicated continuing trends of higher pricing in bananas and recovery in value-added salads. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based Chiquita Brands noted that in its fresh express value-added salads business, the company reported meaningful year-over-year increases in both net revenue per case and volume growth in the two-month period. Commenting on the rise in banana prices, Fernando Aguirre, chief executive officer of Chiquita Brands, stated, “We are pleased that banana pricing remains favorable and that the U.S. value-added salads category is rebounding from slow growth a year ago. At the same time, flat to lower banana volumes reflect industry-wide constraints on availability due to a series of adverse weather conditions throughout Central America and Ecuador.” Read More...

RealtyTrac: Ohio 7th, Ky. 45th in foreclosure rates Business Courier of Cincinnati Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 12:05 PM EDT Ohio remained among the 10 states with the highest U.S. foreclosure rates while Kentucky ranked in the bottom five, a company that tracks foreclosures reported Thursday. RealtyTrac Inc. said it recorded 10,386 filings in Ohio for houses in default, auction or owned by a bank, or one filing for every 482 households. Of those filings, 3,930 were notices of pending litigation, 3,286 notices of foreclosure sale and 3,170 bank-owned filings. Ohio in January was ninth in foreclosures nationally, but its rate then was far steeper with one filing for every 392 households. February's pace marked an 18 percent decline from January for the state but a rise of nearly 40 percent from a year earlier. Ohio's foreclosure rate in January had leaped nearly 60 percent from the same month in 2007. ... More at: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/03/10/daily46.html?surround=lfn

Borders joining Kenwood Towne Place project Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lisa Biank Fasig Staff Reporter Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 12:19 PM EDT Kenwood Towne Place, the mixed-use project anchored by Crate & Barrel, has signed Borders Books, leaving three retail vacancies before reaching capacity. Click on link for article.

LOWER OZONE STANDARD New smog limits put Ohio on notice Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:29 AM By H. Josef Hebert WASHINGTON -- The air in hundreds of U.S. counties simply is too dirty to breathe, the government said yesterday, ordering a multibillion-dollar expansion of efforts to clean up smog in cities and towns nationwide. The federal action, which lowers ozone limits for the atmosphere, means that 345 counties -- out of more than 700 that are monitored, including some in central Ohio -- now will be in violation of the health requirement, about four times as many as under the old rules. Health experts say smog under the current ozone regulation -- even in areas where the limit is being met -- causes hundreds of premature deaths among the elderly and health problems for thousands of young children and people with asthma and other respiratory illnesses. MORE: http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/13/ap_dirty_air.ART_ART_03-13-08_A1_SB9KK41.html?sid=101

Group Unveils Casino Plans Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:26 AM CINCINNATI, Ohio — Plans and designs for a multi-million dollar casino resort in Clinton County were unveiled Wednesday in southwest Ohio. Co-founders of My Ohio Now, the group behind the $600 million casino resort in Wilmington aren't shy about what they think will happen on November fourth. "It is going to pass in November," said Rick Lertzman, co-founder of MyOhioNow.com, about the ballot issue that would make the casino a reality. If they are right, after 18 months of construction this casino resort will open. In addition to gambling, visitors can play golf, relax at an international spa and eat at one of 8 restaurants. Officials say 5,000 new permanent jobs would also be added. "5,000 Ohioans times $34,000 you end up with $170 million in wages that will be dispersed throughout the entire southwest region of the state," said Bradford Pressman, Co-Founder MyOhioNow.com.

Lawsuit Filed Against Chiquita Federal Lawsuit Accuses Chiquita of Role in US Deaths Through FARC Ties March 13, 2008: 11:38 AM EST NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A federal lawsuit filed by relatives of U.S. missionaries killed in Colombia claims that Chiquita Brands International Inc. contributed to their deaths by financing the leftist rebel group known as FARC. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, seeks unspecified damages for families of five missionaries from the Sanford, Fla.-based New Tribes Mission. They were kidnapped in the 1990s, held hostage for lengthy periods and ultimately killed by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC in its Spanish acronym, the lawsuit says. Cincinnati-based Chiquita, one of the world's biggest banana suppliers, provided "numerous and substantial hidden payments" to FARC as well as weapons and other supplies, the lawsuit claims. Those payments played a role in the missionaries' deaths because the company helped support "acts of terrorism," the lawsuit contends. Read More...

I just saw a teaser for the ten o'clock news where Jack Atherton implied that the opening of Ikea just might save Cincinnati from the nation-wide economic downturn. This is out of control.

^Amen

Foxy Roxy sure is trying to ensure that her friends at the university get hooked into this system. I wonder what Jim Tarbell thinks about this whole thing, as the streetcar will primarily effect his beloved OTR (not mention that Qualls holds his old council seat).