Cincinnati’s city administration is working on a new complete streets initiative that could impact all 52 neighborhoods. Prior to any official actions, city leaders are waiting for the community to comment through the ongoing Plan Build Live initiative currently taking place. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati moves forward with city-wide ‘complete streets’ initiative
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Cincinnati shifts to 100 percent clean energy As UrbanCincy first projected in February, city officials have decided to buy 100 percent renewable energy credits. In the process, Cincinnati will be getting rid of its allegiance to Duke Energy. From the Huffington Post: Today, Duke Energy found out that more than 50,000 commercial and residential electricity [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati shifts to 100 percent clean energy Years after initial efforts, paid ambassadors are now patrolling the streets of the city’s historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The non-stop progress taking place in the neighborhood, community leaders say, is what has created a better environment for such a program to finally take root. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: After years of work, ambassadors in Over-the-Rhine are finally reality Benihana closes downtown Cincinnati location After originally announcing they would temporarily close in order to remodel, Benihana has now announced that they will shutter their location in downtown Cincinnati. From the Business Courier: Benihana (Nasdaq: BNHN) sent an email to customers Friday that said the downtown restaurant, located at 126 E. Sixth St., is closed [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Benihana closes downtown Cincinnati location Coffee Shops and the Post-Industrial City Urban coffee shops have long served as community focal points where people come to gather, relax and debate. But what role do these ‘third places’ play in our post-industrial cities? From Urban Relations: Coffee helps us. It helps us get out of bed, it raises our productivity and promotes [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Coffee Shops and the Post-Industrial City Former UrbanCincy contributor Brad Thomas has been appointed to the SORTA Board by Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory. Thomas says he intends to focus on system integration and enhanced bus service when his term begins on May 1. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: New SORTA Board member to focus on system integration, enhanced bus service The ‘Robert Moses Effect’ on the entrepreneurial ecosystem We all know about Robert Moses’ rule over New York City from the 1930′s to the 1960′s, but how has his approach to urban development impacted the way in which our entrepreneurial ecosystem? From the Business Insider: Adding highways meant adding traffic–more than ever before. We’re seeing [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: The ‘Robert Moses Effect’ on the entrepreneurial ecosystem Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has announced plans to build a new 15-story research tower uptown at its Avondale campus. The new 425,000-square-foot clinical research facility will make the Cincinnati Children’s the largest pediatric research facility in the United States. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to construct $180M research tower City and project officials are moving forward with a preferred alternative for the Brent Spence Bridge replacement and rehabilitation project, but new financial hurdles may offer an opportunity to reimagine the project in a more financially beneficial way. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Reimagined Brent Spence Bridge alignment could prove to be financial windfall for Cincinnati An Asian-inspired restaurant called Hapa will soon occupy 1,100 square feet of space at Fourteenth Street and Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine. The restaurant’s five-year lease comes at a time when redevelopment momentum appears to be shifting north in the historic neighborhood. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: New Asian-inspired restaurant to extend Vine Street’s veritable restaurant scene north Just two weeks after UrbanCincy called on city leaders to reform urban parking policy, Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls has announced a new policy that would eliminate all parking mandates within Over-the-Rhine and the Central Business District. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati City Council prepares to take action against urban parking mandates Leadership at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati announced a renewed commitment to its $6.5 million Next Stage Capital Campaign on Monday. The announcement was coordinated with the debut of a new website and brand design intended to reaffirm the institution’s position within Over-the-Rhine. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Ensemble Theatre debuts new brand design, recommits to $6.5M capital campaign While 1960 to 1990 is often thought of as a low point for the architecture, planning and engineering professions for a variety of reasons, it turns out it was also one of the more active time periods in terms of construction. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Rate of tower construction accelerated in Cincinnati in the 1960s Mayor Mallory not only announced that Cincinnati will be the first city in the United States to have the modern streetcars designed by CAF USA, but he also laid out an aggressive vision for the future of rail transit in the region. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Streetcar first step in Mayor Mallory’s regional rail transit vision Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory address more than 350 people at his seventh State of the City address Tuesday night. In the roughly 47-minute long speech he covered a wide range of topics highlighting recent success stories, and challenging more public involvement in efforts to come. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Mayor Mallory highlights successes, commits to transit in seventh State of the City address The Reds won three World Series Championships, the Bengals went to two Super Bowls, and downtown saw the construction of 29 buildings with at least 10 floors between 1970 and 1990. Many Baby Boomers view that time period as the modern pinnacle for Cincinnati, but is a new age of prosperity upon the region’s urban core? . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Is Cincinnati in the midst of a contemporary golden age? Over 90 bands will play across five venues in Clifton Heights this weekend as The Heights Music Festival returns. Street musicians, stand-up comedy, and other unique activities will be featured in addition to scores of bands. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: The Heights Music Festival returns this weekend Smart Growth America has begun a new video series highlighting elected officials from around the United States that have become the new leaders in the smart growth movement. In the first video of their series, Smart Growth America profiles Cincinnati and speaks to Mayor Mallory about recent progress made in the Queen City. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati Mayor Mallory heralded as national leader in smart growth movement Northside’s Community Entertainment District designation will bring new life to an already exciting area of Cincinnati. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: City’s latest CED designation supplies Northside with creative new growth tools Metro officials last updated the regional authority’s transit plan in 2008, but a lot has changed with public transportation since that time and leaders are looking to freshen up that vision. Four public meetings have already been held, with an additional four scheduled, and an online survey will be available now through August. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Metro officials looking for public feedback to develop new regional transit plan |
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