June 9, 200718 yr Well the eventual plan (from what I've heard) is to have I-74 cross through Cincinnati via Norwood Lateral and the beyond to connect to DC one day. I believe that the 32 project is a piece meal part of that plan so to speak. If we continue in the auto-dependent sprawl fest fashion...then this will certainly open the floodgates to Clermont County. Please excuse me while I choke back my dinner. Rando....I don't think I-74 is part of a DC connection. I think it's supposed to run to Charelston, SC...although I might be wrong about that though. I know part of I-74 runs north/south through North Carolina. Sorry, didn't mean to go off topic.
June 12, 200718 yr ^He's right on about 74. The DC component was making a better connection to WV through Southern Ohio allowing 64 or 68 or an extension of 66 to serve as a better way into DC than 70 through PA. I was talking about the growth around the airport, Florence, Boone Cty and the like.
June 12, 200718 yr From the 6/11/07 Enquirer: Frugal Florence growing cash Mayor says surplus should keep city healthy for years BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] FLORENCE - While Boone County's budget for the next fiscal year includes about $3 million from the county's reserve fund to cover expenses, Florence plans to add more than $3 million to its reserves. Florence's $35.3 million budget for fiscal year 2008-09 will be bolstered by $5.6 million the city expects to take in through insurance and payroll taxes in the coming year. But that doesn't mean Florence will go on a spending spree. The new budget contains few new projects and eliminates one position. The city is trying to hold down expenses in hopes that the revenue from the tax increase will carry the city for the next nine to 10 years, said Finance Director Linda Chapman. View the full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070611/NEWS0103/706110374/1059/rss13
June 14, 200718 yr Inclusive policy for projects? June 13, 2007 | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER CINCINNATI - Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati are developing a new policy to promote the inclusion of small, minority-owned contractors and inner-city residents in publicly funded projects such as The Banks...
June 14, 200718 yr There has been a good deal of discussion over this in The Banks thread, and now the city and county are working on developing a policy that will hold true for all projects. Hopefully this will eliminate any future bickering during development phases for projects to come. I personally think that this is a great move...we can make sure that small firms, minority firms, and inner-city workers are hired on for future development projects. Hopefully guidelines will come of this so that when any development comes forth there is a set of requirements that they must meet. That way there is no confusion amongst the developers, minority firms, and/or city leaders/politicians.
June 15, 200718 yr From the 6/14/07 Boone Community Recorder: Homes proposed near Longbranch BY PAUL MCKIBBEN | [email protected] BURLINGTON - A Union developer wants to build 51 homes near Longbranch Road in central Boone County. The proposed Cooper Place subdivision would be located on the northeast corner of the Longbranch Road and Kroth Lane intersection and on the southeast corner of the Kroth and KDK lanes intersection. J.J. Miller of Miller Developers said the homes would cost $250,000 to $400,000. The subdivision would probably be developed over a four- to five-year period. He said the subdivision would enhance property values. Read more here: http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20070614/NEWS01/706140301/
June 16, 200717 yr From the 6/16/07 Enquirer: Duke halts Boone Co. industrial park plans BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] Instead of trying to get Boone Fiscal Court to approve the massive industrial park it wants to build on U.S. 25 in Richwood, Duke Realty has withdrawn the plan. In a letter to the county, Jay Smith of Duke says that "given the unfavorable motion passed by the Boone County Planning Commission," the company won't ask fiscal court to vote on the project. The planning commission rejected the park by an 8-2 vote in April. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070616/NEWS0103/706160400/
June 19, 200717 yr From the 6/18/07 Enquirer: Subdivision plans revised Autumn Woods would have fewer houses BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] When the Boone County Planning Commission rejected plans in February for the biggest subdivision in the county in the last 10 years, commissioners chided the developers for the lack of detail in the subdivision plans. So when Arlinghaus Builders and Fischer Homes recently resubmitted plans for Autumn Woods, they gave the commission an inch-thick binder. The new plan includes 93 fewer homes and introduces a commercial area into the development, which would stretch from Longbranch Road to Hathaway Road. The overall plan includes 886 single-family homes and 401 condominiums. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070618/NEWS0103/706180359/
June 19, 200717 yr From the 6/8/07 Enquirer: Victims' families sue Chiquita Militants killed 144 in Colombia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Family members of people killed by militant groups in Colombia sued Chiquita Brands International on Thursday, accusing the banana company of sponsoring terrorism. The lawsuit, filed anonymously by family members of 144 victims, follows the company's admission in March that for years it paid Colombian terrorists to protect its most profitable banana-growing operation. The lawsuit filed in a Washington federal court Thursday argues that the defendants "knowingly engaged in an ongoing campaign of terror" against those murdered by paramilitaries they funded. Read More...
June 21, 200717 yr From the 6/20/07 Enquirer: Senior center to get major upgrade BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] Nearly two years after the Boone County Senior Center moved to the R.C. Durr YMCA, the center is about to get an upgrade. The county and YMCA are working together to build a new center that will be three times larger. "It's quite exciting," said Marty Herbert, senior center coordinator. "We're going to have an outside deck so in nice weather seniors will be able to go outside." Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070620/NEWS0103/706200376/
June 22, 200717 yr From the 6/21/07 Enquirer: New plan, same concerns BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] Though planning commissioners praised developers for submitting a detailed plan for the proposed Autumn Woods subdivision Wednesday night, commissioners and nearby residents still had the same concerns - houses and cars. Arlinghaus Builders and Fischer Homes want to build 1,287 homes on 344 acres between Longbranch and Hathaway roads. The subdivision is a revision of a similar plan the planning commission rejected earlier this year. That plan called for 1,380 homes. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070621/NEWS0103/706210419/1059/rss13
June 23, 200717 yr From the 6/22/07 Florence Recorder: Florence Wal-Mart hearing set for July 5 BY ADAM ROSING | [email protected] On Thursday, July 5, everyone will get a chance to voice their opinion of a proposed Wal-Mart at the corner of U.S. 42 and Weaver Roads in Florence. The Boone County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. that night in the Burlington Elementary gym at 5946 North Orient St. to discuss the proposed Wal-Mart. The 26.1-acre site was annexed by Florence in May at a City Council meeting. Read more here: http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070622/NEWS01/706220332/1002/RSS01
June 30, 200717 yr From the 6/30/07 Enquirer: Wal-Mart requests delay Company making revisions to traffic study BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] For two months, residents who don't want a Wal-Mart Supercenter built at U.S. 42 and Weaver Road have been preparing for a public hearing on the plan that was scheduled for Thursday. Residents gathered more than 1,000 signatures, made T-shirts, created a Web site and mailed fliers urging residents to attend the hearing to state their case. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070630/NEWS0103/706300406/
July 3, 200717 yr From the 7/2/07 Enquirer: TANK plans Boone County bus hub Riders could transfer between routes BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] Getting around Boone County on a TANK bus could soon become much easier. The Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky is planning a transit center in the Florence area that would allow riders to get to locations in Boone without having to go downtown. TANK now has six or seven routes through the Florence area, said Andrew Aiello, TANK deputy general manager. "But none of those routes come together at a common point before they reach their final destination, which is downtown Cincinnati or Covington," he said. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070702/NEWS0103/707020348/
July 5, 200717 yr From the 7/4/07 Enquirer: Work to begin on widening project Industrial Road to be 5 lanes from U.S. 42 to U.S. 25 BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] Ken Schmidt was excited last week when he saw a sign announcing construction on Industrial Road. After all, Schmidt, chairman of Northern Kentucky Industrial Park Managers' Association, has been working to get the road widened for more than six years. "It's a two-lane road now so anytime a truck turns out of my street here, they have to block traffic both directions because they can't make the swing," said Schmidt, president of BAWAC Inc., a community rehabilitation program. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070704/NEWS0103/707040361/
July 6, 200717 yr From the 7/6/07 Enquirer: August date set for Wal-Mart public hearing BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] Opponents of a planned Wal-Mart Supercenter in Florence say they will be ready when Boone County Planning Commission holds a hearing on the plan Aug. 1. On Thursday, the commission set the new date after the scheduled hearing was canceled last week. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070706/NEWS0103/707060380/
July 7, 200717 yr From the 7/7/07 Kentucky Post: Growth puts schools deep in hole By Tom O'Neill Post staff reporter Boone County School Superintendent Bryan Blavatt knows Frankfort's political landscape is as treacherous as a field full of holes. This isn't just any hole, though. Specifically, it's the one on Longbranch Road between Union and Burlington, where the district has finished excavating for a new elementary school but can do little more until more funding is secured for the project. Read more here: http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AE/20070707/NEWS02/707070328/
July 9, 200717 yr From the 7/8/07 Enquirer: Diocese adapts to growth Task force to plan changes as population soars BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] It's not just the roads and public schools in Boone County that are being overrun by the county's exponential growth - it's also the Catholic churches. The booming population has led to crowded pews and classrooms at the county's parishes. Now the Diocese of Covington wants to figure out how to handle the growth. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070708/NEWS0103/707080409/
July 9, 200717 yr grasscat: Have you been able to find any info or plans on the improvement of KY237 north of I-275 in Hebron? My parents live out there and I have noticed that utilities are starting to be relocated and houses demolished. I can't find plans or timetable anywhere online... As I understand it will be a three lane boulevard style with roundabouts running from Tanner Lane to Northpointe Blvd.
July 10, 200717 yr ^ About all I've ever found on it is the following info: http://transportation.ky.gov/progmgmt/sypmaps/d_6/framesets/BooneCounty.asp You'll probably have to click on the yellow box on the map that has the project name.
July 12, 200717 yr From the 7/11/07 Enquirer: County approves bonds for church expansion BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] The Vineyard Christian Church will get a little help to grow from Boone County. The Fiscal Court approved $2.8 million in industrial revenue bonds to help finance construction of a classroom building at the church at the intersection of Camp Ernst and Pleasant Valley roads. "These are not obligations of the county," said attorney Ian Koffler. "The county is only acting as a conduit to provide a benefit for the church so that they can obtain a lower interest rate." Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070711/NEWS0103/707110372/
July 12, 200717 yr grasscat, I contacted KTC and they had the following response: "The project is scheduled for an August 2007 letting, with construction likely to begin Oct.1, 2007. Plans can be viewed in our office on Buttermilk Pike."
July 13, 200717 yr From the 7/12/07 Enquirer: Kohl's coming to Walton BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] WALTON - Residents in southern Boone County will be able to shop much closer to home when a new Kohl's department store opens here next year. Kohl's is planning to build a store at the Walton Towne Center, according to plans submitted to Boone County Planning Commission. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070712/NEWS0103/707120366/
July 14, 200717 yr Heavens! It's a building boom BY KEVIN EIGELBACH | CINCINNATI POST July 14, 2007 Boone County's explosive growth has prompted many of the county's larger churches to - in the words of an old spiritual - make room for many a more. Click the hyperlink above to read more.
July 16, 200717 yr From Dow Jones, 7/14/07: Ripe for improvement Chiquita hoping for a less tumultuous year By Richard Gibson Dow Jones Newswires Talk about a company with a boatload of bad luck. First, Chiquita Brands International Inc.'s biggest market for bananas, the European Union, slapped an onerous tariff on the fruit. Then a tainted spinach scare traced to a rival U.S. supplier tanked sales of Chiquita's bagged salads. Miscalculated hurricane activity led to costly inventory buildups while a record freeze wilted Arizona's lettuce crop. Finally, the company paid the U.S. government $25 million to settle allegations that one of its Latin American units had paid protection money to terrorists. And all that in just 15 months ended in March. Read More...
July 16, 200717 yr Cincinnati janitors authorize a call for a strike BY JOSEPH SZYDLOWSKI | CINCINNATI POST July 16, 2007 CINCINNATI - Janitors who clean office buildings in Cincinnati voted Saturday to give their union bargaining committee the authority to call a strike if their demands for health-care benefits and improved pay are not met by July 25. "It's not about shutting down the factories and ensuring everyone's out on the street," said Lynda Tran, spokeswoman for the Service Employees International Union. "It's about putting the question to the public, whether (the janitors) should have health care, a living wage." The negotiations with six cleaning companies that provide janitorial services for some of the area's largest employers are the first for about 1,200 janitors represented by Local 3 of the SEIU. The janitors organized in December, and negotiations for a contract began in March. ...
July 17, 200717 yr Every time I see this thread title go back to the top, reading it just cracks me up!
July 17, 200717 yr I just wanted to type in this thread so that its subscribed because its so damn hilarious.
July 17, 200717 yr New retail space to decline, but that's good news By Lisa Biank Fasig - Cincinnati Business Courier An added 10,400 area jobs, combined with a decline in new retail space, will translate to a 3.7 percent gain in Cincinnati-area retail sales, according to research by one national real estate firm. That would compare with a 3.1 percent increase in sales in 2006, the smallest gain in three years, according to a report by Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. The reason: an improved economy and a pullback in new retail centers. Marcus & Millichap predicts developers will add 1.4 million square feet of retail space in 2007, down from 1.6 million square feet in 2006 and 2 million square feet in 2005. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/07/16/newscolumn2.html
July 17, 200717 yr Have any US companies ever been charged with making "protection" payments to various US organized crime entities? That's a real question, not a loaded one, even though I do wonder what else Chiquita was supposed to do if the government couldn't protect their operations..
July 19, 200717 yr Dirty Laundry Uniform giant cintas under fire by unions, regulators and Congress BY KEVIN OSBORNE | CITY BEAT July 18, 2007 MASON - Almost everyone who knew Eleazar Torres-Gomez described him as a hard-working, honest man. Hoping for a better life for his wife and two sons, Gomez and his family legally emigrated from Mexico to the United States in 1987. First moving to Illinois before eventually settling in Oklahoma, Gomez held a series of blue-collar jobs where he put in long hours trying to make ends meet and provide an education for his children. By the time Gomez began working in the laundry at the Cintas Corp. uniform-cleaning facility in Tulsa seven years ago, his family had grown by two more sons. Devoutly Catholic, the close-knit family attended weekly services at St. Francis Church. The family's faith, however, was severely tested last winter...
July 19, 200717 yr Janitors Authorize Strike Arrests as supporters try to speak to banker BY KEVIN OSBORNE | CITY BEAT July 18, 2007 PHOTO: Geraldine Gibson and Tim Finucan (facing camera) march toward the Fifth Third Building to appeal for better treatment of its janitorial staff. Several organizers were arrested in the building. Joe Lamb/City Beat CINCINNATI - Next week could be make or break time for Greater Cincinnati's burgeoning "Justice for Janitors" movement to get better wages and benefits for the workers who clean area office buildings. The local chapter of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) voted July 14 to authorize a strike if ongoing contract negotiations with cleaning companies aren't successful. Negotiations will next occur in a two-day session July 25-26, according to Lynda Tran, a union spokeswoman. About 200 janitorial workers attended the strike authorization vote, and the vast majority favored granting the authority to local SEIU leaders in a visual vote, Tran adds. The decision means the union representing more than 1,200 janitors who clean the majority of the region's office space could call for a strike at any time, if deemed necessary. ...
July 20, 200717 yr Its sad that unions like the SEIU are exploiting the innocent workers to support the pocketbooks of a few higher ups in charge of organizing them. Unfortunately, the hard working janitors are the ones that get the shaft if the strike comes to pass.
July 20, 200717 yr Cincinnati on its way up, 'you can feel it' BY KATHLEEN NORRIS | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER July 20, 2007 Rick Reynolds actually likes to raise money. His official moniker is James Broderick Reynolds, kind of a preppy, old-school name. But inside that Brooks Brothers uniform is a very peppy guy universally known as Rick. A financial adviser with Bartlett & Co., Reynolds has an interesting perspective on mixing business with, well, business...
July 20, 200717 yr Rick, we are all proud of you! :? That headline belongs on something describing Vine St. within the last 4-5 years.
July 27, 200717 yr Janitors reach tentative deal BY MIKE BOYER | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER July 27, 2007 CINCINNATI - The union representing 1,200 janitors in downtown Cincinnati’s largest office buildings early this morning reached a tentative agreement on their first-ever city-wide contract with eight cleaning companies. Terms on the multi-year deal won’t be released until the janitors, represented by the Service Employees International Union, vote today to accept the deal which includes pay increases, access to health care, increased work hours and paid time off. ...
July 31, 200717 yr Rookwood, Aidco get tax credits THE ENQUIRER The Ohio Tax Credit Authority on Monday approved tax credits to benefit two companies that want to either expand or locate new plants in Hamilton County. The authority awarded Rookwood Pottery Co. a 40 percent tax credit for a seven-year term to establish a new headquarters. The company, which proposes to move from Corryville, would use the credit to invest in machinery and equipment, and buy an existing 80,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Over-the-Rhine. The authority said Ohio is in competition with Kentucky for this $1.5 million-plus project, which is expected to create 30 jobs and retain eight positions within the first three years of its initial operations. The state Development Financing Advisory Council also voted Monday to award Rookwood a $500,000 loan at 4 percent for 10 years to assist it in buying the new equipment and the Over-the-Rhine building. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070731/BIZ01/707310321/1076/BIZ
July 31, 200717 yr The authority said Ohio is in competition with Kentucky for this $1.5 million-plus project, which is expected to create 30 jobs and retain eight positions within the first three years of its initial operations. Eh? Come on Rookwood! That disappoints me that this was ever a possibility. All nonsensical "Kentucky vs Ohio" arguments aside...if there is one company that belongs in Ohio it is Rookwood Pottery. Looks like they got it right.
July 31, 200717 yr Cincinnati is the only major city in Ohio that has to deal with corporate blackmail from companies threatening to move to a neighboring state while still having a presence in the metro. Columbus is in the middle of the state and Cleveland is next to a giant lake. I am disappointed that Rookwood has to play these games.
July 31, 200717 yr Bottom line is that Cincinnati is fighting for it's own success and the success of the State on a regular basis.
August 1, 200717 yr Just because I thought it was fortuitous timing that I finally received this today, my First Edition Christian Moerlein stein by Rookwood Pottery. And yes, the beer does taste better out of it (especially the OTR Ale)! Hopefully there will be many more great products from Rookwood in the future. "OTR ... Let the Journey Begin" The canal and the original CM logo: The original CM brewery and the brewers.
August 2, 200717 yr Cinci Bell sales up 2% BY MIKE BOYER | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER August 2, 2007 CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Bell Inc. this morning reported flat earnings for the second quarter on a 2 percent gain in revenues. For the three months ended June 30, the provider of landline phone service, wireless and Internet services to businesses and consumers reported net income of $24 million, unchanged from a year ago. Earnings per share was 8 cents compared with 9 cents a year ago on fewer shares outstanding. Revenues rose to $329 million, up from $323.3 million a year ago as increased wireless, Internet, data center and managed services offset the decline in wireline (landline) voice revenues. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was $118 million, up $2 million, or 2 percent, from a year ago.
August 3, 200717 yr 344-acre housing proposal gets OK Zoning request the next hurdle BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] Six months ago, the Boone County Planning Commission rejected a plan for the biggest subdivision proposed in the past 10 years. On Wednesday, the commission unanimously approved a revised plan for the same subdivision with 93 fewer homes than were originally proposed. Arlinghaus Builders and Fischer Homes want to build Autumn Woods, which would have 1,287 homes on 344 acres stretching from Longbranch Road to Hathaway Road. Read more here: http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070803/NEWS0103/708030372
August 3, 200717 yr Huge sell-off for Duke Unloading half its local portfolio BY LAURA BAVERMAN | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER August 3, 2007 CINCINNATI - The Tri-State's largest commercial property owner will put almost half of its local portfolio on the market, a deal that could fetch several hundred million dollars when complete. Duke Realty is quietly interviewing brokerage firms to help it sell 2.2 million square feet of its 4.8 million-square-foot local portfolio, a mixture of 16 Class A and B office buildings dispersed throughout submarkets including downtown, Blue Ash, Kenwood and Mason...
August 3, 200717 yr The firm will continue to focus its development efforts in Blue Ash, Kenwood and West Chester and "will keep a foot in the water" in the Mason area, he said. Well, isn't that just super. They pulled out of Cleveland entirely. I wonder why they're sticking around here.
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