June 11, 200817 yr Everytime I would drive to my friend's house taking the 8th viaduct, I always looked at the vast scope of crappy industrial buildings all around there. The area is gigantic and that's not including this 20 acre rehab going on. This could very well create a gigantic industrial spot all along the hill, connecting Union Terminal all the way to the river. It's do-able right? I think it's safe to say Cincy is FINALLY taking off. One other thing...Mallory couldn't have become mayor at a better time because a ton of stuff is getting done while he's in office. His resume should be pretty dandy come 10 years from now;)
June 11, 200817 yr My greatest hope for this area is that it is redeveloped in a way that creates a substantial number of new working-class jobs. Jobs that pay decent wages, offer good benefits, and safe/healthy working conditions. This is exactly what is needed for neighborhoods like Lower Price Hill, E/W Price Hill, Westwood, South Fairmount, etc. Right now those neighborhoods are just severely lacking a stable job base nearby. Fix that situation and you will fix those neighborhoods.
June 11, 200817 yr My greatest hope for this area is that it is redeveloped in a way that creates a substantial number of new working-class jobs. Jobs that pay decent wages, offer good benefits, and safe/healthy working conditions. This is exactly what is needed for neighborhoods like Lower Price Hill, E/W Price Hill, Westwood, South Fairmount, etc. Right now those neighborhoods are just severely lacking a stable job base nearby. Fix that situation and you will fix those neighborhoods. New, clean, industrial development in that area will hopefully provide a nice job base for the kind of workers you're talking about in Price Hill and the West End. Quick recap....The Banks is finally getting built (+residential, +commercial), Queen City Square is set to begin construction shortly (+commercial), 3CDC continues doing an awesome job in downtown and OTR (+residential, +commercial), NKY keeps building new condo developments (+residential) and now the city is rebuilding it's industrial base with what sounds like clean industries (+industrial). Great time to live around these parts huh?
June 11, 200817 yr Quick recap....The Banks is finally getting built (+residential, +commercial), Queen City Square is set to begin construction shortly (+commercial), 3CDC continues doing an awesome job in downtown and OTR (+residential, +commercial), NKY keeps building new condo developments (+residential) and now the city is rebuilding it's industrial base with what sounds like clean industries (+industrial). Great time to live around these parts huh? Add in all of the infrastructure improvements in the area (streetcar, modernizing I-75 and the Brent Spence Bridge) and it's amazing to see how much is going on around here. Look at the amount of activity on Southwest Ohio forum compared to the other areas' forums.
June 12, 200817 yr The last time there was this much action in Cincinnati, we were headed for a Great Depression (Carew Tower, Union Terminal, the great residential swathes of Pleasant Ridge and Westwood). :evil:
June 12, 200817 yr Ironic how things boom here as the country bust!! Every time so far in the last 80+ years. :wink:
June 12, 200817 yr MetroWest Commerce Park demolition kickoff tomorrow http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/metrowest0610.aspx The City of Cincinnati will hold a demolition kickoff ceremony for the new MetroWest Commerce Park in Lower Price Hill tomorrow morning at 10 AM. The $25 million project will transform nearly 18 acres in the area of Gest, Evans and West Eighth streets into 250,000 square feet of light industrial, office, and flex space. Developers Al Neyer, Inc. and Resurgence Group, LLC are planning to construct at least four new LEED-certified buildings on the site. "The construction of these new 'green' facilities as a business park in the urban core represents a turning point in the redevelopment of Cincinnati from its heavy industrial past to the sustainable, innovation-driven economy of the future," says senior development officer for the city's Department of Community Development. Crews from Charles F. Jergens Construction began remediation work on the former Queen City Barrel site late last month, which is being funded through a $3 million Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant. Remediation is expected to take up to one year. In the meantime, the development team is working on end-user commitments for the site, with construction on the first building tentatively scheduled for summer 2009. At buildout in seven to ten years, the city anticipates that the new development will create up to 400 new jobs. "This project has the potential to play a role in the dramatic transformation of the Lower Price Hill community," says Stephens. "Our goal is to increase the employment of Lower Price Hill residents in the site's redevelopment and ultimate end-use, which will help ensure that MetroWest Commerce Park is redeveloped as a part of the community, rather than a new neighbor." The ceremony will be held at the south end of the site, across from 621 Evans Street.
June 12, 200817 yr Looks a little too suburban if you ask me... I was going to say that too. I'm going to sound like an urban snob, but that's too much green...and surface parking.
June 12, 200817 yr Looks a little too suburban if you ask me... I was going to say that too. I'm going to sound like an urban snob, but that's too much green...and surface parking. Hey, at least it will be viable businesses!!!
June 12, 200817 yr If it looks mediocre (at best) on a site plan, then you know the final product is surely going to suck big time.
July 10, 200816 yr Price Hill group sues lender By Kimball Perry • [email protected] • July 10, 2008 http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080710/NEWS0107/307100053/
July 25, 200816 yr Price Hill Will renovating two homes http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20080723/NEWS/807230426/
August 11, 200816 yr Response strong for Price Hill showcase http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20080807/NEWS/808070368/
August 15, 200816 yr A little green space is not bad. It offers room for expansion in the future, and makes the industrial park a little more pleasing.
August 18, 200816 yr I haven't really seen anything as of a couple weeks ago, but it still stinks pretty bad there and is overall pretty visually unappealing.
August 29, 200816 yr Police presenting free seminars in Price Hill By Kurt Backscheider • [email protected] • August 28, 2008 http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20080828/NEWS/808280393/ PRICE HILL - The Cincinnati Police Department and Price Hill Will are hosting a series meetings to help residents learn more about the police department and improving their quality of life. Price Hill Will's Safety Community Action Team partnered with the police department to offer the Fall Series of Community Seminars, which are free informative sessions ranging from racial profiling and personal safety to accessing the police department and laws of arrest.
February 9, 200916 yr Price Hill Will to host town hall meeting with new office holders Contributed By Shauna Steigerwald | The Enquirer http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100188&sid=142720 New office holders Congressman Steve Driehaus, State Representative Denise Driehaus, Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann and Cincinnati City Council Member Greg Harris are expected to be in attendance at the upcoming Price Hill Will town hall meeting. It will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Elder High School’s Schaeper Center (Glenway Avenue entrance).
February 14, 200916 yr Flags proclaim 'Price Hill Pride' By Kurt Backscheider • [email protected] • February 13, 2009 http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090213/NEWS/902130340/ Residents can display pride for the neighborhood with a new flag available for purchase from the Price Hill Civic Club. The club is selling outdoor-quality flags residents can hang from their porches and flagpoles. The purple banners are decorated with homes, a school and a church under a field of multi-color fireworks and stars, and read "Welcome Home" and "Price Hill Pride."
February 20, 200916 yr Price Hill Will's rehabbed home finished By Kurt Backscheider • [email protected] • February 18, 2009 http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20090218/NEWS/902180411/ Price Hill Will is ready to welcome another new family to the neighborhood after completing renovations to a three-story home in the Incline District. "This was a big project, but I think it turned out great," said James Bass, Price Hill Will's director of housing development.
March 12, 200916 yr Money from the approved spending bill today... $475,000 - City of Cincinnati, property acquisition, demolition and remediation of the Queen City Barrel area to create an urban industrial park (Voinovich). http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090311/NEWS0108/903110314/
April 22, 200916 yr Council to vote on MetroWest account today http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/04/council-to-vote-on-metrowest-account.html Cincinnati City Council will vote on the establishment of a capital improvement project program for MetroWest Commerce Park at its meeting this afternoon. The new account would be funded with $3 million in Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grants for the cleanup of environmental contamination, demolition of buildings, and other remediation work on 18 acres in and around the former Queen City Barrel site in Lower Price Hill. The Ohio Department of Development ranked the project first out of 17 applicants when awarding the grants in July 2007. The $25 million MetroWest project will consist of four or more LEED-certified buildings totalling 250,000 square feet and housing light industrial, flex and office space. Developers Al. Neyer Inc. and Resurgence Group LLC estimate that the project will create 400 jobs by the time it is built out in 7 to 10 years. Demolition on the site began nearly a year ago, and the first building could be open by summer 2010.
May 18, 200916 yr TIF money could lead to Glenway redevelopment http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/05/tif-money-could-lead-to-glenway.html Cincinnati City Council's Finance Committee today will consider an ordinance establishing a capital improvement program project account to pay for public infrastructure and predevelopment activities for underutilized areas along Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill. The account would be funded with $750,000 in tax increment financing (TIF) from the neighborhood's TIF district, which council approved in March 2008. The City's Department of Community Development is currently working with Price Hill Will on a Glenway Avenue Market Study and Development Plan, which will seek to identify a project area within the TIF district. Any redevelopment project is likely to contain a mix of housing, retail, and office uses.
May 18, 200916 yr TIF money could lead to Glenway redevelopment http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/05/tif-money-could-lead-to-glenway.html Cincinnati City Council's Finance Committee today will consider an ordinance establishing a capital improvement program project account to pay for public infrastructure and predevelopment activities for underutilized areas along Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill. The account would be funded with $750,000 in tax increment financing (TIF) from the neighborhood's TIF district, which council approved in March 2008. The City's Department of Community Development is currently working with Price Hill Will on a Glenway Avenue Market Study and Development Plan, which will seek to identify a project area within the TIF district. Any redevelopment project is likely to contain a mix of housing, retail, and office uses. What part of Glenway Ave would this cover? How far west?
May 18, 200916 yr ^Probably from Price Hill Chili back west towards Westwood and Glenway Crossing. They need a jumpstart bad! The foot traffic is there as is the destination stops.(P Hill Chili, Covedale Theater, Sebastian's Gyros, Pepe Rumundo etc.) A Streetscape would definitely help in creating a more inviting appearance, and so would reusing one of the many vacant lots for some form of infill. There is some what of a streetwall in places left and the building that houses Bernens Medical has been under renovation by Murphy's Remodeling. The front of this rather boring building is getting a pretty big upgrade by P Hill standards.
May 19, 200916 yr I just found out my co-worker just put in an offer for a Price Hill Will house. I haven't heard if the offer has been accepted. She's a Mercy girl so that may be the reason for the delay. ;-)
May 31, 200916 yr Construction progress on the new MSD building that will hold mostly engineering offices. It's not technically part of the MetroWest redevelopment project, but the two have worked closely together and for the purposes of this thread it seems to work. These were taken on 5/29/09: 1. 2. 3. Artistic...kind of. 4. 5. Queens Tower (condominiums) in the background.
June 1, 200916 yr Now those are some sexy pictures with LPH being involved! This is a trend that needs to continue down there.
June 2, 200916 yr New development projects transforming formerly industrial Lower Price Hill http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/0602lowerpricehill.aspx Lower Price Hill was rocked with the explosion at the Queen City Barrel site just a few years ago. The event brought attention to the deplorable state of many of the industrial properties along the Mill Creek corridor that run right through the residential neighborhood. Following much discussion and debate the community worked with the city of Cincinnati to come up with a redevelopment strategy that would not only clean up the area, but set it up to be successfully economically in the future. A key component to that development is the $25 million MetroWest redevelopment project which will eventually create 250,000 square feet of space and an estimated 400 new jobs. This redevelopment process will occur in several phases over the course of its life. The earliest phase is nearing completion and consists of the demolition and cleanup of the project site which should be complete next week says Sam Stephens, senior development office with the city of Cincinnati’s Department of Community Development. Once complete, the construction phase can then ensue, but will be subject to market demands. “The economy is the economy, but we remain optimistic,” says Stephens. There is the possibility that one or two speculative buildings be built, but that is not the first choice for the city. The new buildings will include a number of green buildings. A complimentary project next door is also moving forward using LEED building construction. The new Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) engineering office building is coming along with much of the steel work now visible. “This shows the best of intergovernmental cooperation,” says Stephens who mentioned that the city and MSD engaged in a land swap so that the MSD received adjacent land for the additional office space they wanted, while the city received more property with the MetroWest redevelopment project. The city is currently helping with the financing for the MSD office building project and will lease the building to MSD and eventually transfer the building and the land to the MSD once the lease is complete. The city is currently engaging commercial realtors to help with the marketing of the MetroWest site, but the MSD has also been very aggressive in trying to find additional users who might be interested in the space.
July 1, 200915 yr Cincinnati to accept $475K in HUD funding for MetroWest remediation http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/07/cincinnati-to-accept-475k-in-hud.html Cincinnati City Council has voted unanimously to accept and appropriate through a new capital improvement program project account an approximately $475,000 Economic Development Initiative grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for remediation activities at the MetroWest Commerce Park site in Lower Price Hill. The grant, part of a 2008 request for $1.5 million in federal funding submitted by the City to the Ohio congressional delegation, will be used for soil and groundwater remediation, infrastructure improvements, environmental consultant work, and site preparation. The grant requires no local match. Developers Al. Neyer Inc. and Resurgence Group LLC have proposed four or more LEED-certified buildings totaling 250,000 square feet and housing light industrial, flex and office space on 18 acres on and around the former site of Queen City Barrel, which burned down in August 2004. The developers estimate that the $25 million project could create 400 jobs at buildout in seven to 10 years.
August 4, 200915 yr Price Hill Will attempting to rally neighborhood around historic St. Lawrence Corner http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/0804stlawrencecorner.aspx Following the opening of the new Kroger in the St. Lawrence Corner business district, the Price Hill Will organization has doubled its efforts to improve the neighborhood's business district. Late last year, Price Hill Will launched a facade improvement program meant to clean up the appearance of the district. This coming fall the City of Cincinnati will invest $800,000 for streetscape improvements with nearly 40 percent of those funds coming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The work is meant to match the streetscaping completed at the newly expanded and upgraded Kroger grocery store. Price Hill Will’s director of community organizing, Diana Vakharia, indicates more progress is on the way as new businesses are scheduled to open as early as late August or early September. Vakharia also notes that a new business association is “taking root due to the renewed interest in the area.” “St. Lawrence Corner is a walkable district with tremendous potential for small business owners,” says Vakharia who highlights the fact that the small store footprints and lower price points offer attractive spaces for local and first-time business owners. The St. Lawrence Corner business district is a key area for Price Hill Will as it offers the opportunity to build off of the momentum the Kroger and new streetscaping projects have put in motion. The district is also near Price Hill Will’s Buy, Improve, Sell Program area that rehabilitates existing single-family homes and then sells them to owner occupants with a requirement of living there for three years. Price Hill Will has also collected data through the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) which identified that small dine-in restaurants are severely lacking with nearly $19 million in unmet demand for restaurants. This unmet need drives residents to nearby neighborhoods. The district boast 15,000 to 30,000 in daily vehicle traffic. “We need to make it a place where people feel comfortable walking and strolling about,” says Vakharia who says that there is also interest in developing some sort of a public space for the district. One potential location is a common area behind several of businesses that could host a connecting pathway between patio spaces - an ideal space for a community movie night. Another goal is to continue to reach out to the Spanish-speaking businesses in the area. A Guatemalan grocery store recently opened in addition to the several other businesses in the area. Price Hill Will says that they are working on a marketing plan and hope to ramp up recruitment efforts of new businesses to help fill the handful of vacant storefronts that currently exist. Vakharia is upbeat about the future as she believes it is a great area and that Price Hill Will can really make a big impact there.
August 5, 200915 yr Is it just me, or could this area resemble De Sales Corner if some new infill other than a Kroger building ever breaks ground? That Kroger did provide a jump start though! Here are the two churches that anchor each corner.
August 28, 201410 yr Incline District theater to break ground Sept. 16 The West Side’s newest theater is scheduled to open next summer and the lineup of premiere shows is set. Cincinnati Landmark Productions, owners and operators of the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, will break ground on its new Warsaw Federal Incline Theater in East Price Hill on Sept. 16. The $6 million, 220-seat performing arts center and parking garage will be built at the corner of Matson Place and West Eighth Street, in the Incline District. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/08/26/incline-district-theater-break-ground-sept/14637901/ With the new condos, restaurant and now theater, this area is finally gaining some momentum.
September 23, 201410 yr Free wifi coming to Lower Price Hill Lower Price Hill has been in the dark during the age of the Internet. But the struggling West Side community will soon light up with free universal Wi-Fi. The access, to be announced Tuesday at Oyler School and Community Learning Center, is provided by a partnership between the city of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Public Schools and Powernet, a Cincinnati-based communications provider. "(Federal Communications Commision) data says Lower Price Hill has the lowest amount of fixed Internet connections (covering 20 to 40 percent of its residents) of any neighborhood in the city," said Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, chair of city council's Education and Entrepreneurship Committee. "This partnership will help erase the digital divide for Lower Price Hill, a neighborhood that has fallen on hard times for decades but is looking up thanks to Oyler's success as the hub of the community."
January 6, 20169 yr Not sure where to put this: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2016/01/what-could-new-life-for-price-hill-s-historic.html Price Hill Will is looking into creative adaptations for the old Price Hill Incline. Numerous urban designers, architects, and other creative types, not to mention regular community members, have had a go at envisioning the space anew. I really like the idea of a winding, serpentine path. Make the railing out of tile and it could look just like Gaudi's Parc Guell: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/10485011608064296/
January 8, 20169 yr I don't think it should be anything other than an incline. It would be a great tourist attraction like in Pittsburgh.
January 8, 20169 yr I don't think it should be anything other than an incline. It would be a great tourist attraction like in Pittsburgh. But that would be incredibly expensive. Plus, what do you do at either end? There aren't a lot of places to visit or things to do at the top or the bottom.
January 8, 20169 yr Maybe the article clarifies this (but I can't read it since it's behind the subscriber wall), but what is left of the old incline? I was under the impression that everything had been removed long ago.
January 8, 20169 yr Who owns the land of the old incline? The city? According to CAGIS the city doesn't appear to own any of the land the incline used to occupy.
January 13, 20169 yr I don't think it should be anything other than an incline. It would be a great tourist attraction like in Pittsburgh. But that would be incredibly expensive. Plus, what do you do at either end? There aren't a lot of places to visit or things to do at the top or the bottom. There isn't anything to do at the bottom of the Duquesne incline in Pittsburgh, just a parking lot and road. It was very crowded when I went on it. At the top is just a few restaurants. Plus this is something I'd do in 15 years or so when the area will be in much better condition. Anything else is just a waste of money, really.
January 26, 20169 yr Just a reminder for anyone interested that the meeting is tonight at 6pm at the Incline Theatre. I'd be there, but I have to work. On the news they showed a couple of proposals. The cheapest being lights put on top of the old supports with a projected cost of $250,000. The most expensive being a gondola system that from what I could tell would be a city wide system. No cost mentioned lol. They also said there is a proposal for a smaller incline like what they have in Pittsburgh.
January 26, 20169 yr ^-City-wide gondola system? Would be so very cool to see - esp between Mt Adams and downtown...
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