October 7, 201014 yr Maybe, Monroe or West Chester are the next Over the Rhine, without the great architecture. OK Rage, you made my day! But those 2 areas are in Butler County, not Warren County. They don't speak to Rusty's statement. Warren County has Mason, Lebanon, and Springboro. No way we're about to become Butler County! :wave:
October 7, 201014 yr Maybe, Monroe or West Chester are the next Over the Rhine, without the great architecture. OK Rage, you made my day! But those 2 areas are in Butler County, not Warren County. They don't speak to Rusty's statement. Warren County has Mason, Lebanon, and Springboro. No way we're about to become Butler County! :wave: Warren is more special than all the other suburban counties in America. They have Snoopy and he will make everything wonderful. :wink2:
October 22, 201014 yr Home Depot to add 100 jobs in Monroe... http://www.western-star.com/news/lebanon-oh-news/home-depot-to-add-100-jobs-at-monroe-facility-983306.html MONROE — Home Depot will hire about 100 workers to fill full- and part-time positions at its Rapid Deployment Center off Ohio 63 and Interstate 75 in Warren County.
October 25, 201014 yr Economic recessions for the win, for a change: :evil: http://www.western-star.com/news/lebanon-oh-news/plans-for-upscale-village-sitting-in-mothballs-984676.html TURTLECREEK TWP., Warren County — Four years ago, the San Mar Gale project was slated to be the largest development as well as the largest community in Warren County. That project apparently remains in limbo as the permit to install wastewater treatment facilities expired on Oct. 1, leaving the developer and county officials figuring out what the next steps will be for the 3,239-acre group of farms between Lebanon and Oregonia development. I wasn't looking forward to seeing this type of sprawl so close to this part of the Little Miami watershed. The development made no sense in 2006 and even less today.
October 25, 201014 yr Wonder if Otterbein expansion plans will suffer as well. the Otterbein retirement home on SR741 (just north of SR63) had plans to expand their operations, including more housing AND RETAIL. The retail is planned for the 63/741 intersection. This would be the first commercial stuff in Turtlecreek township, I believe (excluding golf courses). Not sure what the status of Otterbein is these days.
October 26, 201014 yr They did tear down that old Shaker building, though. Pretty amazing in this day-and-age that they would do this..becuase...you know....Shaker stuff is, like, sacred to Americana/antique/history buffs.... but whatever. That is one of the nicer stretches of open country, since there are those long views over the river valley over there. San Mar Gael would have been nice. I saw some graphics of their site planning and I think it would have been an interesting developement working a lot of open space and somewhat new urbanist things in (if I recall it right). Yet, the traffic issue could have been bad for Oregonia. One of my favorite country villages around here. Almost like the 1970s back-to-the-land era in there. Oregonia as the Rabbit Hash of SW Ohio? Not quite, but it has that potential.
October 27, 201014 yr Yeah, I was amazed for the same reasons by that tear down. Oregonia has always been a "country ghetto." It could stand a little authentic, organic commercial development. A country store, crafts, that kind of thing. My main objections to San Mar Gale are 1) the location (pristine and surrounded by nothing for miles) and 2) the price level of the proposed housing. I saw renderings, too, but I think the reality would have been Stepford Wives-ish.
October 28, 201014 yr Oregonia has always been a "country ghetto." It could stand a little authentic, organic commercial development. A country store, crafts, that kind of thing. They have that "Little River Inn", and that post office/convenience store thing. I guess what I do like about is that it's not frou-frou yet. But yeah, maybe one or two more places that are bit more countercultural.
October 29, 201014 yr They have that "Little River Inn", and that post office/convenience store thing. I guess what I do like about is that it's not frou-frou yet. But yeah, maybe one or two more places that are bit more countercultural. There is also an Indian memorabilia store on the main road. I completely agree. The rough edges and lack of corporate manicuring make it interesting. My fear was that San Mar Gale was going to gentrify the area and encourage another strip mall with a Dollar General on the main drag. Oregonia (formerly Freeport) has a rich and interesting proto-industrial history and in its day it was a tiny metropolis with a general store, a high school, probably a train station, etc. Although most physical remnants of that past are long gone, including the great old iron bridge that used to carry Oregonia Road across the river, that collapsed in 2000.
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