Posted May 15, 200619 yr Reviving Elmwood Place The typical resident? 'People who can't afford another community' BY KIMBALL PERRY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER ELMWOOD PLACE - Hamilton County officials look at Elmwood Place and see a New York-sized challenge: If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere. If they can turn around Elmwood Place - the county political jurisdiction losing population faster than any other - then they can turn around a county that has lost 6 percent of its population over the last 15 years.
May 15, 200619 yr Best of luck to them. It seems like merging with St. Bernard or Cincinnati would give them access to more assets, but it may just make them be ignored.
May 15, 200619 yr Something that wasn't mentioned is that Elmwood Place was a railroad and streetcar suburb while those modes of transportation were still operating. The pocket park on McGregor Avenue used to be the Railroad Depot. The Mill Creek Valley Lines used to travel up and down Vine street. The railroad no longer stops in Elmwood Place. In fact, the heavy freight line is a detriment rather than an asset. Like many other streetcar business districts, the Vine Street business district has lots of traffic - 10,000 cars a day, according to the article - but can't take advantage of it due to lack of parking. Again, the traffic is a detriment instead of an asset! They say they can't compete with the big guys - does no one understand that Walmart is competitive with parking in addition to prices? Yes, with peak oil coming on, the rules may change. For now, Elmwood place is a victim of changing transportation modes. Landscaping is nice, but will it change anything? --------- Elmwood Place and St. Bernard already share a school district. --------- I like Elmwood Place. I did some work there.
May 16, 200619 yr The question is: Why would Cincinnati or St. Bernard want to annex Elmwood Place? They wouldn't, plain and simple. Elmwood Place sure does struggle. I think there was a thread around here concerning their finances and how they only had a few thousand dollars in a checking account at the local bank. There is little to no investment there whatsoever. Half of the business district is vacant and it seems like the other half is storefront churches. That corner where the bar burned down has been vacant for years. And this is on Vine St., a major corridor. I wish them luck, but it could be a long way back. They have so much going against them. Good at bad things, bad at good things Elmwood Place ranks at the top of the categories most communities would consider dubious. Of Hamilton County's 48 political jurisdictions, Elmwood Place ranks: * First in percentage of population with no high school diploma: 46 percent * Second in percentage of families in poverty: 20 percent, behind Lincoln Heights * Third in percentage of population individuals in poverty: 19 percent, behind Lincoln Heights and Cincinnati * First in population density: 13 people per acre * Second in percentage of population with a disability: 27 percent, behind Lincoln Heights * Second in percentage of households with grandparent responsible for children: 7.1 percent * Last in percentage of homes built from 1990-2000: 0.34 percent * Next to last in those with bachelor's degrees: 2.9 percent * Next to last in median family income: $31,528 per year * Next to last in median gross rent: $387 * 46th in per capita income: $13,466 per year * 46th in median household income: $29,017 per year
June 25, 20186 yr Elmwood Place mayor arrested: http://local12.com/news/local/elmwood-place-mayor-arrested-on-domestic-violence-charges
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