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Art Modell’s passing stirs up history that brought Cincinnati an NFL...
Art Modell’s two most notorious business decisions – the 1963 firing of Paul Brown and the 1996 move of the Browns to Baltimore – each had profound unintended effects in Cincinnati. Upon Modell’s...
View ArticleMore cities looking to roll the dice on urban casinos
Link: More cities looking to roll the dice on urban casinos. As Cincinnati moves forward with its new casino in Pendleton, Chicagoans are dealing with a political setback that is preventing a casino...
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City to move forward with utility relocation for streetcar project
Cincinnati leaders announced a major step today in moving forward the construction schedule of the Cincinnati Streetcar, after a recent memo from City Manager Milton Dohoney conceded that the project...
View ArticleIn Cincinnati, orchestrated academic support boosts students from cradle to...
Link: In Cincinnati, orchestrated academic support boosts students from cradle to career. Cincinnati Public Schools has not only become the highest rated urban school district in Ohio, it has also...
View ArticleCincinnati to launch searchable database of region’s multilingual students...
Link: Cincinnati to launch searchable database of region’s multilingual students and professionals. When Chiquita announced that it would relocate its headquarters from Cincinnati to Charlotte, company...
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Cincinnati aims to revise plumbing code to allow for rainwater harvesting by...
In early 2011, Cincinnati City Council signed a motion to develop a task force that would oversee the creation of new building code standards to allow for rainwater harvesting throughout the city. The...
View ArticleCincinnati a changed city since Reds’ last playoff run
Link: Cincinnati a changed city since Reds’ last playoff run. Those who haven’t been living under a rock for the past five years know that a lot has happened in Cincinnati’s center city during that...
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2012 World Choir Games attendance exceeded 200,000
The 2012 World Choir Games were long anticipated and oft-hyped, but now that the proverbial dust has settled, the event’s true impact is coming into focus. According to a new report issued by the...
View ArticleWhat issues facing cities are you hoping to hear discussed at tonight’s...
Link: What issues facing cities are you hoping to hear discussed at tonight’s presidential debate?. The second of three planned presidential debates for the 2012 Election is scheduled for this evening....
View ArticleWhat does the decline of the nuclear family mean for America’s cities?
Link: What does the decline of the nuclear family mean for America’s cities?. What has long been considered to be the traditional family household in America is changing. People are living longer,...
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Episode #11: Urban Politics
On the eleventh episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, Terry Grundy joins the UrbanCincy team to discuss urban politics, both in terms of the current election season and larger issues facing America’s...
View ArticleWhat happens when urban farms get too big?
Link: What happens when urban farms get too big?. Urban farms are all the rage nowadays. Cities across North America have been incorporating them into the cityscape to fill the void left behind by...
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Will the passage of Issue 4 pave the way for a future ward-based council?
Cincinnati’s sweeping 1924 voter-approved charter reforms were designed to enable the ouster of the Boss Cox Machine, and continue to form the framework of today’s municipal government. Although the...
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Ohio early voting rules work against voters from heavily populated counties
Line for early voting on Saturday, November 3 outside of the Hamilton County Board of Elections. Photograph by David Pepper. Early voting for this 2012 election season comes to an end today. Those...
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Celebrate election night at Moerlein Lager House with fellow Cincinnati...
We hope that you have already gone out and cast your vote, but if not, we hope that you are able to make time today or tomorrow so that you can fill out your ballot. After that, come out to Moerlein...
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Cities won the 2012 election for President Obama
President Barack Obama (D) was reelected on Tuesday, November 6. President Obama won approximately 51% of the popular vote, but won in convincing fashion with the Electoral College, earning 332 out of...
View ArticleWill Philly learn from Cincinnati’s urban casino experience?
Link: Will Philly learn from Cincinnati’s urban casino experience?. Like Cincinnati, Philadelphia is struggling with what to do with a proposed casino in its center city. Concerns include potential...
View ArticleWhat would a trillion fewer driving miles mean?
Link: What would a trillion fewer driving miles mean?. Despite a stronger economy and more people living in the United States, Americans drove a billion fewer miles in July 2012 than a decade early....
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Cincinnati moves forward with land use study of Wasson Railroad Corridor
On November 14, Cincinnati’s Department of City Planning & Buildings held a public hearing on its upcoming land use study for the disused Wasson Road Railroad and adjacent properties....
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MetroMoves: A Decade Later
The election held earlier this month marked the 10-year anniversary of MetroMoves, the Hamilton County ballot issue that would have more than doubled public support for the Southwest Ohio Regional...
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