June 28, 200618 yr From the 6/28/06 Enquirer: Two on council seek audit of group BY GREGORY KORTE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Two Cincinnati City Council members are calling for an audit of the Cincinnati Empowerment Corp. as questions of conflicts of interest surround the federally funded development agency. "There have been enough allegations now of mismanagement of funds, from a number of different sources, to suggest that a more complete review is required or responsible," said Councilman Chris Bortz, a Charterite who chairs the Economic Development Committee. Bortz, joined by Democrat Jeff Berding, has proposed that the city freeze funding to the Empowerment Corp. until the audit is completed. The city acts as a pass-through agent for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the federal Empowerment Zone program, designed to provide job training and development for the nation's most impoverished inner cities. MORE: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/NEWS01/606280367/1056
June 29, 200618 yr Hoosier Hondas need Ohio parts Plant in Indiana may boost neighbor by $1 billion a year Thursday, June 29, 2006 Paul Wilson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH GREENSBURG, Ind. — Hundreds of Hoosiers cheered yesterday as Honda announced plans to bring a new assembly plant and 2,000 jobs to this small town halfway between Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Disappointed Ohio officials tried to take heart in the boost the new plant will give companies in the state that supply the automaker. ... http://dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/29/20060629-A1-02.html
June 29, 200618 yr huh....good thinking Taft :lol: Taft sees upside to Honda's decision Ohio will benefit from having plant next door, he says Thursday, June 29, 2006 Christopher Jensen, Alison Grant and Christopher Montgomery Plain Dealer Reporters While Ohio lost the new Honda assembly plant to Greensburg, Ind., the plant is close enough to give this state's economy a significant boost, officials are insisting. "The good news is that this is located in our back yard, not Alabama or Georgia where our suppliers are out of the picture," Gov. Bob Taft said. "The bottom line is very, very positive for the state of Ohio." ...
June 30, 200618 yr From the 6/29/06 Cincinnati Business Courier: Enpowerment Corp. funds frozen; HUD to investigate Cincinnati Business Courier - 12:46 PM EDT Thursday by Dan Monk The city of Cincinnati has frozen funding for the Cincinnati Empowerment Corp. and will search for an outside auditing firm to review the nonprofit's operations. Details of the city audit came on Thursday, the same day that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it's conducting its own review of the poverty-fighting agency. Both investigations follow two recent controversies over potential conflicts of interest among the agency's board members, employees and consultants. Recent controversies at the agency involve a $40,000 consulting contract for Dale Mallory, who improperly billed the agency $225 for time spent on work for the West End Community Council. An attorney hired to review Mallory's contract called the relationship "troubling." Mallory has since repaid the money. MORE: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/06/26/daily48.html?surround=lfn
June 30, 200618 yr Remember this: In an era when many think corporations are out for every dollar they can get, Honda's decision whether to locate a $400 million assembly plant in Ohio or Indiana won't be decided by the amount of state incentives. Ohio got duped and was fooled :|......casinos actually beat Ohio out (SW Ohio) huh that just doesnt seem fair does it. For OUR state officials to bow down to the interests of SE Indiana Casinos that are specifically using revenues for economic development and job creation in SE Indiana....looks like SW Ohio is at a major disadvantage to compete since OUR brilliant state officials dont want casinos down here! Casino Money Used To Lure Honda Reported by: Tom McKee WCPO The city of Lawrenceburg, Ind. gave greensburg $10 million to put the deal over the top. The money is from the city's profit sharing agreement with the owners of Argosy Casino. It's part of a newly created fund to share the wealth in southeastern Indiana. ...
June 30, 200618 yr ^ Actually, didn't the article above say that Honda asked Ohio to reduce it's incentive package by $8 million? Perhaps the Indiana site just needed more infrastructure improvements than the sites in Ohio.
June 30, 200618 yr ^Perhaps Ohio got screwed by our own state politicians that are not qualified to do their jobs!
June 30, 200618 yr Good Luck! Van Wert to court other projects By MARY-BETH McLAUGHLIN BLADE BUSINESS WRITER VAN WERT — City and state officials plan to continue to aggressively pursue companies for a large parcel of land in Van Wert County, despite having lost out to Indiana in a battle for a new Honda plant. Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and his staff said yesterday they were cheered by estimates from Honda that the announced project will create more than 1,000 jobs at supplier plants in Ohio, which will provide those companies with nearly $1 billion in annual parts purchases. ...
July 3, 200618 yr Fancy day-care center to open near Cincinnati Associated Press MASON, Ohio - Call it the five-star hotel of the day-care industry. The Creme de la Creme day-care center scheduled to open in April near this southwest Ohio city will feature a computer lab, library, dance studio and mock TV studio. The price tag of sending a child to the $6 million, 21,000-square-foot center: As much as $1,600 a month. That's at least double the price of other day-care centers in Warren County, depending on the child's age and the amount of time spent at the center. http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/14953653.htm
July 3, 200618 yr The center, designed to look like a Victorian village At least they know the right place to look for inspiration :wink:
July 3, 200618 yr The center, designed to look like a Victorian village At least they know the right place to look for inspiration :wink: sure, victorian england was pretty inspiring. :laugh: wow that daycare is crazy money to spend on little kids who won't know or care.
July 3, 200618 yr This is technically Deerfield Twp, correct? I think grasscat posted this already in Random.
July 4, 200618 yr From the 7/2/06 Enquirer: PHOTO: Jenny White, 31, walks past the Decatur County Courthouse with its live tree in the tower, Greensburg's previous claim to fame. The Enquirer/Joseph Fuqua II PHOTO: Before the selection, about 200 people from Greensburg spelled out the Honda logo on the front lawn of the Decatur County Courthouse as part of the effort to lure the automaker into building the local factory. THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR/ROBERT SCHEER How will Honda help us? Automotive suppliers await benefits of assembly plant BY MIKE BOYER | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The ripples from Honda Motor Corp.'s planned $550 million assembly plant in Greensburg, Ind., will extend over the state line to Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. In announcing the plant - expected to employ 2,000 and produce 200,000 vehicles starting in late 2008 - Honda said last week the project would mean 1,000 spin-off jobs and $1 billion in additional purchases from its 150 suppliers across Ohio. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060702/BIZ01/607020373/1076/rss01
July 4, 200618 yr Yeah, this is in Deerfield Twp. In know--big difference, right? Some people have too much money on their hands. And there are some people out there who are enterprising enough to figure out ways to lighten that load.
July 4, 200618 yr Well atleast it curbs some of the guilt of upper class parents that never spend any time with their kids.
July 5, 200618 yr I don't know what the range includes but I can tell by some of the comments that many of you don't have kids... If it is $400 a month for before and after school then it is about what I pay during the school year already. I currently pay $175 A WEEK for summer daycare for my daughter and that is pretty much the norm. That includes field trips to the Museum, Movies, etc... Some daycare facilities break it down differently but end up charging you field trip fees separately. $400 to $1600 is a big gap, I would be interested in what they are giving a parent/child for $1,600 a month. Yeah, Yuppies! :roll: :| yup·pie P Pronunciation Key (yp) n. Informal A young city or suburban resident with a well-paid professional job By that definition, there are many on Urban Ohio who are yuppies.
July 5, 200618 yr Interesting...I just looked it up and Yuppie is an acronym; YUP for "Young Urban Professional". I think most people refer to yuppies as status oriented people though. Still living paycheck to paycheck, just having more to spend per paycheck, living in neighborhoods with a high markup. Everyone's definition is a little different though.
July 5, 200618 yr 07 03 06 HONDA HONDLES DETROIT Dees Stribling A lot of places have a skilled workforce and good industrial infrastructure, but in Indiana, Honda found one thing no one else has. Honda North America put the town of Greensburg, Indiana on the map last week when it decided to build its sixth auto assembly plant there, representing an investment of about $550 million. ... http://www.theslatinreport.com/story.jsp?StoryName=0702honda.txt
July 5, 200618 yr Interesting about the motor sports point. I don't know how much it really had to do with the location decision, but you never know.
July 9, 200618 yr Rookwood's rebirth New owners envision downtown renaissance for art ceramics business founded in 1880 BY ANNIE-LAURIE BLAIR | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR A group of Cincinnati investors has purchased the assets of the famed Rookwood Pottery company and plans to resume production at a downtown studio. The pioneering art ceramics business put Cincinnati on the international fine arts map after its founding in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer. Its impact can be seen in the architectural details that adorn local buildings, in fireplace tiles at older homes and in its signature pottery designs, some of which have fetched as much as $350,000 at auction. But after operating for 50 years, the Great Depression hit the company hard, and it limped along with a succession of owners until ceasing production in 1967. The new Rookwood Pottery Co. will be led by president and chief executive Christopher Rose. Terms of the sale, which includes more than 1,000 historic Rookwood molds, were not disclosed. Products will include ceramic tiles, fireplaces, architectural pieces, art pottery and - eventually - a home collection of furniture, fabric and fine china. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/BIZ01/607090358
July 9, 200618 yr New backers of Rookwood Pottery CHRISTOPHER ROSE, President and CEO Age: 37 Lives: Over-the-Rhine (grew up in Finneytown) Education: Bachelor of fine arts/graphic design, University of the Arts, Philadelphia Career: Graphic and sculptural artist who has worked under renowned fine artist Steve Tobin, and collaborated on the Korean War Memorial and the Kuwait National Memorial. His graphic-design clients included Interbrand, Siegel & Gale, LAGA, General Electric, Coca Cola and 3M. Factoid: German Pioneer Heritage Museum in Green Township was originally the 1850 log-cabin home of his ancestors, the Feist family. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/BIZ01/607090355
July 9, 200618 yr Rookwood history a Cincy who's who Longworth, Nichols, Schott, Herschede figured in legacy The kiln area of Rookwood Pottery as it looked in 1950. Production of the pottery in Cincinnati ceased in 1960. (At least a few of these are still standing in the restaurant space in Mt. Adams, and you can get tables inside them.) March 20, 1849: Maria Longworth born in Cincinnati. May 6, 1868: Maria marries George Ward Nichols. 1876: Maria's painted porcelain is exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. 1880: Her father gives her an abandoned schoolhouse on Eastern Avenue and Maria forms Rookwood Pottery, naming it after her Grandin Road childhood home. Nov. 27, 1880: The Rookwood Pottery draws its first kiln on Thanksgiving Day. September 1881: Albert Robert Valentien is hired as the pottery's first full-time decorator. September 1885: George Ward Nichols dies of tuberculosis. March 1886: Maria marries prominent Cincinnati attorney and politician Bellamy Storer Jr. 1886: Reversed-R-connected-to-a-P logo is adopted as official Rookwood mark. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/BIZ01/607090353
July 9, 200618 yr "We want to be part of the renaissance of Cincinnati," said Christopher Rose, president and CEO of the new Rookwood Pottery Co. Good for these guys! I am surprised the Enquirer didn't add a line about how it should be in Newport or West Chester. LOL Pottery style revived with original molds BY ANNIE-LAURIE BLAIR | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR A phenomenon that swept through the art world of the 19th and 20th centuries will gain new life as a group of local investors relaunches Cincinnati's celebrated Rookwood Pottery Co. The group has signed agreements with three nationally known ceramics artists and two interior designers to join the firm and create the works. It also hopes to establish a permanent studio and showroom in the downtown area. The new Rookwood group bought assets from a Michigan dentist that include more than 1,000 historic ceramic molds, Rookwood's three trademarks, thousands of recipe cards for its luscious glazes, and a wealth of business documents stretching back to the company's inception in 1880. The new Rookwood Pottery Co. business plan calls for production this year of high-end ceramic tile and architectural products - both from historic molds and contemporary originals. That will be followed in the years to come by art pottery and a home collection of furniture, carpets and fabric. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/BIZ01/607090357
July 9, 200618 yr One of America's great art treasures BY SARA PEARCE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER No one knows quite what to call it yet, but pottery experts say the new Rookwood pottery is unlikely to have much impact on the reputation or collectibility of vintage Rookwood. "It's two different crowds, two different markets," says Don Treadway, owner and founder of Treadway Galleries in O'Bryonville, which specializes in Rookwood. "The people who want vintage Rookwood won't pay attention to the new pottery." Riley Humler agrees. "I don't think it will change how collectors look at older Rookwood," says Humler, gallery director at downtown's Cincinnati Art Galleries. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/BIZ01/607090356
July 9, 200618 yr Renowned artists join new studio BY ANNIE-LAURIE BLAIR | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR CAMP WASHINGTON - The afternoon light spills across Patrick Dougherty's pottery studio upstairs in a Camp Washington warehouse. In the corner are stacks of Dougherty's undecorated ceramic sink basins, which he hand-paints for Misenko Boldman Fine Arts in New Mexico. Dougherty and fellow ceramic artists Terri Kern and Allan Nairn hunch over a worktable - the latter two looking a little ragged. It is late June, and they have just returned from a sister-city trip to Nancy, France, with Cincinnati Vice Mayor Jim Tarbell and others, where the artists mounted an exhibit. It was at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris that Rookwood got its first international exposure, winning a gold medal in a contest of 616 ceramics exhibitors. At the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, it took home the Grand Prix award for best of show. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/BIZ01/607090354
July 9, 200618 yr Really like the news. Did they say where the is going to be exactly? I'd like the studio to be open to the public with a shop and maybe a small tourist draw will develop.
July 9, 200618 yr Wow pretty cool. Agree with BallHatGuy, I can see this as a tourist attraction in the CBD.
July 9, 200618 yr This is absolutely amazing. I look forward to details on where downtown they will set up shop.
July 10, 200618 yr I was looking up Rookwood on eBay this morning, didn't realize some of their pieces fetched that high of a price.
July 10, 200618 yr I was looking up Rookwood on eBay this morning, didn't realize some of their pieces fetched that high of a price. Ha! Thats funny. So was I!
July 17, 200618 yr Out-of-town suitors target Tri-State Lured by hot returns, real estate investors snap up properties Cincinnati Business Courier - July 14, 2006by Laura BavermanStaff Reporter The owner of Tri-County's Executive Plaza buildings hails from South Carolina. Downtown's Textile building had a California buyer. Turfway Ridge office park's investor calls New York City home. In May 2005, a New York investment firm paid top dollar for downtown Dayton's Kettering Tower, a building developed and owned for 35 years by the Kettering family. The building sold for $23 million, $1 million above the asking price, because of fierce competition from 13 other interested parties. Only one of those was a local investor... http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/07/17/story1.html
July 22, 200618 yr Major sewer project planned for Walton Boone County Recorder, 6/22/06 The city has taken the first steps in a $3 million sewer system expansion project to accommodate current and future growth in Walton. Cincinnati Enquirer: Walton OKs water treatment plant design (6/13/06) Richwood subdivision gets divided OK Boone County Recorder, 6/22/06 A divided Boone County Planning Commission June 7 approved a controversial revised plan for a subdivision in Richwood. Developer Tim Reese's proposal now goes to the Boone County Fiscal Court for consideration. The fiscal court last year rejected an earlier proposal for the development, citing concerns including condition of Richwood Road. 'Rural' Boone acts like city Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/24/06 If unincorporated Boone County were a city, it would be the third-largest in the state, behind Louisville and Lexington. Population estimates released this week show that 73,702 Boone Countians live outside a city. The unincorporated population grew 5.5 percent in one year - making it the fourth fastest-growing area in the state. Only Independence, unincorporated Scott County and unincorporated Spencer County grew faster. Young church makes plans for family life center, preschool Florence Recorder, 6/29/06 A young and fast-growing Lutheran church in Florence plans to break ground in late July for a family life center and eventually open a Christian preschool. "This is such a rapidly growing area with many young families," said Rev. Dr. Gilbert Duchow, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Walton-Verona can't afford new high school Boone County Recorder, 7/2/06 Children in the Walton-Verona school district may have to wait longer than expected for relief from crowding and mobile home classrooms. Bids for the new high school planned to accommodate growth in the area came in about $1 million more than what the district can afford. Work continues on athletic facilities Boone County Recorder, 6/29/06 The new high school in the Walton-Verona district is planned to be built adjoining the current school in the location of the current baseball field. Gold's Gym planned along I-75 Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/2/06 A new development with a large Gold's Gym is proposed along Interstate 75. On the lake in Boone County Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/2/06 Subdivision development in Boone County is relentlessly growing southward. A 56-acre farm on Rice Pike will give way this summer to an 84-lot single-family development called Red Stone Village. Homebuilding has been heading to this area for a while. To the east is the Lassing Green subdivision. Farther to the east, U.S. 42 is becoming a hub of new development yawning south from Union and Frogtown Road. Graeter's franchisee plans to build Richwood facility Cincinnati Business Courier, 7/7/06 The Northern Kentucky franchisee for Graeter's ice cream has plans for a new corporate office, production and retail facility in Richwood, which will anchor a 34-acre, mixed-use development on Frontage Road. Grocer's move helpful Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/9/06 After 10 years on Mall Road, Healthy Alternative, the health foods store, is moving to just around the corner on Burlington Pike. It's a move that will transform a vacant, half-torn-down building in the center of town and spur more redevelopment on Mall Road. Residents seek to keep subdivision streets dead ends Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/14/06 Plans to expand the Gunpowder Trails subdivision have residents on one street fighting to keep their road a dead end. On Wednesday Boone County Planning Commission will decide whether to allow 33 more homes in the subdivision. Boone County Recorder: County OKs Gunpowder homes (7/6/06) Boone County Recorder: Street connection has opponents (6/29/06) New pencils, new hallways Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/15/06 The principal's job at Shirley Mann Elementary School came down in March to two candidates. Burlington Kentucky Post, 7/15/06 Six houses. That was it for North Bend Road for the two miles between Bob Maurer's place and the intersection with Burlington Pike 56 years ago when he moved there. Everyone knew everyone else. Home builder diversifies with office condo project Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/16/06 When home sales slow down, it's time for builders to build something else. Like office condominiums. Best Sanitizers to open plant in Walton Kentucky Post, 7/19/06 A Japanese-owned company based in northern California plans to open its first U.S. manufacturing site Thursday in Walton. Best Sanitizers, founded in 1994, makes liquid, alcohol-based hand-sanitizing and disinfecting products used in food processing plants and other manufacturing facilities. The company also makes liquid soaps used in restaurants and health care facilities. Hebron commercial project OK'd Boone Community Recorder, 7/20/06 A last-minute meeting with residents must have worked for developer Manuel Chavez III. The Boone County Fiscal Court July 11 unanimously approved his project for a commercial development on Ridgedale Drive near Bluebird Lane in Hebron. The project includes two hotels. The evening before the court's meeting Chavez and Mark Guilfoyle, his attorney, met with some residents.
July 22, 200618 yr Boone County in a Kentucky context.... ..it seems to be part of a corridor of growth running down I-75 to the Lexington area. Driving to Louisville, I'm really spooked by how far out the sprawl is getting...there is development popping up as far south as the I-75/I-71 split.
July 23, 200618 yr Vacancy Rate Unchanged Second Quarter 2006 Executive Summary As the renovation of Fountain Square nears completion, cautious optimism describes the state of the downtown office market. The buildings surrounding Fountain Square have attracted quality retail tenants -- some new to the market -- while delivery of new housing units continues to attract residents. 525 Vine signed new leases totaling 32,500 square feet and other Class A buildings realized a recommitment to downtown through the signing of long term renewals. The downtown market has begun to chip away at the 350,000- square-foot loss created by Convergys purchase and relocation to Atrium I. Through the first half of the year, the Blue Ash submarket has posted 85,000 square feet of net absorption. The big news is CitiGroup’s announcement of a new IT center that will take occupancy of the entire 180,000 square feet at The Landings of Blue Ash I, prompting Duke to begin construction of the second phase of the three building development. Summit Woods III will also be complete later in the year nearly fully leased with Hobson’s Digital and Multi- Color Corp taking over 50,000 square feet. By year end the vacancy rate for this popular submarket should decrease by one to two percentage points. The red hot Midtown submarket saw vacancy decrease from 17.5 percent to 14.7 percent. Cornerstone I & II accounted for most of this absorption as new tenants such as Charles Schwab, Starbucks and Huff Realty moved in, bringing occupancy to nearly 95 percent. The momentum towards this area continues as construction has begun on Linden Pointe (115,000 square feet) and Red Bank West (21,000 square feet). Sitework is also underway for Keystone Parke, a three-building, 460,000-square-foot at I-71 and Dana Avenue. http://www.grubb-ellis.com/PDF/metro_off_mkttrnd/Cincinnati.pdf
July 23, 200618 yr DCI report: Housing starts, office vacancies up Cincinnati Business Courier - May 25, 2006 The growth of downtown residential development continues, but Convergys' move to the Atrium One tower left a hole in the office occupancy rate, according to Downtown Cincinnati Inc. DCI's first-quarter 2006 State of Downtown Cincinnati report noted that 555 housing units are under construction in downtown, Over-the-Rhine and surrounding neighborhoods. Those areas currently have about 4,100 homes, condos and rental units, and another 3,000 are in the planning stages. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/05/22/daily37.html
July 25, 200618 yr From the 7/25/06 Cincinnati Business Courier: North suburban hotels post strong June results Cincinnati Business Courier - 2:57 PM EDT Tuesday Northern Cincinnati's hotels posted their strongest June results since 1998, according to data released today by the Northern Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau. The June 2006 occupancy rate for Northern Cincinnati was 69.9 percent, according to data from Smith Travel Research. That's up from last year's 66.9 percent and the best since the 74.6 percent occupancy rate posted in June 1998. ... http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/07/24/daily15.html?surround=lfn
July 26, 200618 yr Here is Grubb & Ellis' report on the industrial market for 2Q06: Vacancy Rate Continues To Drop Executive Summary The Greater Cincinnati industrial vacancy rate is reaching all time lows as it continues its decline over the last two years to 6.2 percent. Total absorption for the first half of 2006 was just under 1.5 million square feet. While the Airport submarket vacancy rate remained relatively unchanged, construction of over 1.4 million square feet is underway. Speculative projects currently under construction in the Airport submarket include a 750,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution building by Prologis and a 414,000-square-foot building by Duke. Bulk warehouse space continues to be a market driver and in the Airport warehouse/distribution submarket the vacancy rate is 5.9 percent. IDI has started construction on Cummins 602,800-square-foot distribution center at Park South at Richwood. Tri-County/Union Center is second only to the Airport submarket in total square footage under construction at 1.1 million square feet. Owner-User purchases continue at a high pace. As the demand for smaller buildings continues, current owners are selling their buildings at a modest profit.
July 28, 200618 yr From the 7/26/06 Enquirer: PHOTO: Instructor Mario Ferguson (right) helps Ronisha Jones, 15, of Winton Place on the computer at the Magic Johnson Foundation at the Citizens Committee on Youth in Over-The-Rhine. The Enquirer/Joseph Fuqua II 'Inventor Center' succeeds like 'Magic' Allen Howard Two years ago, basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson told children in Over-the-Rhine that they could be anything they wanted to be. But to do that, the children have to have a level playing field, he told the audience at the office of the Citizens Committee on Youth. So, the Magic Johnson Foundation, in partnership with Hewlett-Packard, funded an "Inventor Center."... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060726/NEWS0105/607260361/1061/NEWS01
July 28, 200618 yr From the 7/26/06 Cincinnati Business Courier: Local hotel occupancy up in June Cincinnati Business Courier - 12:30 PM EDT Wednesday Greater Cincinnati hotels had a good June, with occupancy rates and room revenue up on weekends, the Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network reported. Occupancy rates for June were up 0.7 percent compared with the same month last year, while revenue per room rose 6 percent. Weekends looked better, though, with occupancy rates up 2.1 percent over June 2005, and revenue per room up 5.9 percent. ... http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/07/24/daily32.html?from_rss=1
July 28, 200618 yr [note - not sure if this is the right board or not...I figured WAIF is a non-profit "business," but please move it somewhere more appropriate if it should live elsewhere!] I was on the old Brian & Joe Show mailing list, and got an email on it today about the troubles at WAIF. First, here's a Citybeat article on WAIF's FCC violations: http://www.citybeat.com/2006-05-03/cover.shtml According to Citybeat, they don't seem to be keeping the required logs, aren't following procedures for providing those logs to the public, didn't make the necessary pre- and post-license renewal messages, use advertising language in their donor recognition spots (which violates rules for public radio stations), and apparently substitute a Radio Shack Weather Alert Radio for the Emergency Broadcast System - and then lock it up in a room that people don't even have access to. The Board of Trustees seems downright hostile to Citybeat, which probably makes sense, because this isn't the first article Citybeat's written about WAIF - they wrote a piece when the board installed a camera in the on air studio for "security reasons." (http://www.citybeat.com/2006-02-22/news.shtml) That set off a war in blogville, apparently (I'm coming to this late in the game, so if other folks have a better history of the dispute, please augment for me!): http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/magaddiction/comments/media_wars_waif_v_citybeat/ So Joe Wessels is trying to organize a membership drive, to help elect a new board: http://joewessels.net/2006/07/09/waif-fm-is-in-trouble/ ...and apparently the board has countered by moving the deadline for new memberships up by a month, to August 1st, and meanwhile, they've been firing any on-air folks who have in any way helped Citybeat in their articles: http://citybeatporkopolis.blogspot.com/2006/07/controlling-waif-my-evil-and.html Very sad state of affairs...it appears to me that the Board of Trustees is a bunch of fools for how they've behaved, but we have yet to hear their side of the story - which is because they won't sit down for an interview, and haven't countered any of the charges publically. If they've published their side of things, I haven't come across it...say, if any BOT's are members here on UrbanOhio, we'd love to hear the other side of the story!
July 28, 200618 yr Update from Joe Wessels: Dear Friends, This, Monday July 31st from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The Urbanists -- an informal group of city-centered residents and professionals -- have agreed to help lead a discussion about the future of WAIF community radio. We hope you will join us. One of the only community-membership-based radio stations left in the country, WAIF holds tremendous potential to unite diverse urban communities and build on our urban assets. As the recent CityBeat article demonstrates, this potential is not being realized, so many would like to explore how an expanded membership could bring new life to this unique community-building tool. The plan put forth to help the station is pretty simple. Create a truly inclusive WAIF-FM community that represents and mirrors the residents of the City of Cincinnati. Work to create and institute processes that will insure open, fair and ethical dialogue and participation that is open to everyone. Implement professional and sound management and financial accountability. Come to Simone's restaurant, DeSales Plaza, 1544 Madison Road in Walnut Hills for this discussion. We'll provide free appetizers and great networking from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and then we'll use our small group discussion format to explore the WAIF opportunity--especially how and why to grow the membership. The discussion will be lead by Jeffrey Stec, a professional facilitator and leader of The Urbanists. If you have any questions, please reply to this e-mail or call my cell phone at (513) 315-9979. Have a great weekend and hope to see you on Monday. Best, Joe Wessels P.S. Thank you to ListRocket for donating the e-mail service used to send this e-mail.
July 31, 200618 yr From the 7/30/06 Enquirer: Area hotel occupancy lags BY ALEXANDER COOLIDGE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Halfway through 2006, occupancy at hotels in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky has fallen slightly, but revenues moved higher as the lodging industry charged more. Hotels in the region saw occupancy rates dip slightly during the first six months of the year to 54.5 percent from 54.9 percent in same period of 2005, according to the latest statistics by Smith Travel Research. ... http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060730/BIZ01/607300332/-1/rss
August 1, 200618 yr <i>The City of Cincinnati better get it in gear. Heads should roll if they f*** this up. I believe this area of Clermont is in tornado alley so the Feds should stay far away from this area. </i> <b>Clermont submits NIOSH bid Suggests 3 sites for consolidating two laboratories</b> BY BARRETT J. BRUNSMAN | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER BATAVIA - Clermont County has suggested three sites in its bid for a $70 million federal building that would house laboratories and offices for 1,100 employees. The county's chief competitor for the project, the city of Cincinnati, isn't saying how many sites it might be able to counter with. Clermont's economic development director, Andy Kuchta, said Monday that sites in Union Township and Miami Township would have no problem accommodating a building that might require up to 14 acres to consolidate two labs operated in Cincinnati by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060801/BIZ01/608010321/1076/BIZ
August 1, 200618 yr <i>The City of Cincinnati better get it in gear. Heads should roll if they f*** this up. I believe this area of Clermont is in tornado alley so the Feds should stay far away from this area. </i> Not to mention....ITS CLERMONT F$!@ING COUNTY!!!! I dont understand why anyone decides to locate a business there. Hell West Chester and the northern counties, as well as, Nky are even better options than Clermont and those far east counties.
August 1, 200618 yr I have an idea where it should go: The old Crosley building in Camp Washington. The city's been trying to market that site for years.
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