Beginning March 1, all 342 Metro buses will accept a new monthly payment system which allows riders to purchase rolling 30-day passes at any time. Transit officials also say that additional upgrades will be coming and include the introduction of a tap-and-go card later this summer. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Metro to implement new flexible payment options March 1
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From the remodeling of Italianate brownstones to the renovation of Music Hall, change can be seen throughout Over-the-Rhine. No change, however, has been as significant, both in scale and in reconnecting with the significance of the past as the $48 million renovation of Washington Park. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: A revitalized Washington Park intends to serve as a historical, cultural bridge It looks like the answer to the question of who would fill the void left by the loss of Southgate House might be ready to be answered. My eyebrows raised last week when I got a press release announcing the opening of a brand new room at the already … . . . → Read More: Each Note Secure: Taft opens ballroom, announces three great shows Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory announced today that the city will break ground on its $110 million modern streetcar line next Friday. The ceremony will take place at 1pm outside of Memorial Hall, and city officials will be joined by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati to break ground on streetcar project next week with Ray LaHood While Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory is attending the Community Streetcar Coalition’s annual Streetcar Summit in Washington D.C., Duke Energy made the announcement that they would leave negotiations with the city over utility relocations. The announcement came as a surprise to many, and caused city officials to respond boldly. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Duke Energy announces they will leave streetcar negotiations, city fires back While the announcement that dunnhumbyUSA will build a new office tower for its headquarters in downtown Cincinnati is good news, the whole situation may be a major missed opportunity for the region’s urban core. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Downtown Cincinnati to get another new office tower, but is it an opportunity missed? Cincinnati city officials are making progress on a new power aggregation plan that could supply the city with 100% renewable energy as soon as this summer. The public can weigh in today at the final of two Budget & Finance Committee hearings on the topic at 1pm. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati may soon be powered by 100% renewable energy Smale Riverfront Park project manager Dave Prather walks us through the latest progress at the $120M construction site, and details what is to come for future phases. With critical mass now reached, opening of the central riverfront park is scheduled to take place in the coming months. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: First phase of Smale Riverfront Park on schedule, future phases hinge on funding Approximately one decade ago, then City Manager John Shirey engaged in a real-world experiment with the way people use parking meters. The idea was that consolidated solar-powered parking kiosks could make the process more cost effective and beneficial for users and business owners. The reality, however, has been different. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Cincinnati moves on from failed parking kiosk experiment The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is facing a major budget crisis and is making significant cutbacks all across the state. The impact of those decisions on Cincinnati-area projects is now becoming clear after ODOT’s Transportation Review Advisory Committee released its funding recommendations. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Massive funding cuts at ODOT pose threat for Cincinnati-area projects Project officials have announced that Ruth’s Chris Steak House has signed a lease for a 9,600-square-foot, two-level location at The Banks. The annoucement means that the central riverfront development now has 82% of its retail space leased. Officials also seem poised for another major annoucement in the coming weeks. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Ruth’s Chris Steak House signs on at The Banks As Cincinnati gets ready to welcome tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe for the 2012 World Choir Games, local leaders should look to leverage the event for long-term quality of life improvements. One easy way would be to pay local musicians to perform at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport where visitors get their first impression of the region. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Airport officials should pay local artists to fill CVG with music Downtown Cincinnati is not what it was 10 or 20 years ago, and in a good way. There are more businesses, higher hotel occupancy rates, lower crime, more residents, improved schools, and new economic development happening all over. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: The Triumph of Downtown Cincinnati City and County leaders are looking to empower the Cincinnati Port Authority to do more with economic development. UrbanCincy proposes that Hamilton County sell, or trade, their parking assets at The Banks for privately owned parking lots throughout downtown in order to get the Port Authority started with some land banked properties. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Land swap could provide Port Authority immediate economic development opportunity A long-awaited development is set to begin construction in Clifton Heights in the coming weeks. Neighborhood leaders say that the $78 million U Square at The Loop development will transform the area and signal the realization of a vision laid out more than a decade ago. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Construction to begin on $78M mixed-use development uptown After a better than expected first year at Findlay Market, the owner of Sushi Bears is looking to expand his business footprint and concept. The expansion will take place on Main Street in Over-the-Rhine, and will include a grab-and-go Arner-Asian food shop, a small grocery, and several small co-op spaces. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Main City Station to create new Asian food concept, co-op space in Over-the-Rhine The area now known as Glenway Crossing has long been seen as a potential west side transit center. Plans to turn this area into a transit-oriented development date back to the 1970s, but the sale of the land to multiple owners has all but squashed this vision. All that is left of that vision today is a newly opened commuter bus hub in the shopping center’s vast parking lot. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: New commuter bus hub opens in place of long-planned west side transit center In Corryville a new $20M mixed-use development will soon rise from the ashes of the historic Schiel School. The surge of economic activity in Uptown, some preservationists claim, is coming at the expense of some of the city’s most valuable historic structures. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Historic Schiel School to make way for $20M development in Corryville City and county leaders gathered at The Banks development on Tuesday morning to celebrate the completion of the latest portion of Cincinnati’s massive central riverfront transformation. The work paves the way for an expected $75M private development to get started next summer. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: City, county leaders celebrate latest milestone in Cincinnati’s central riverfront transformation PB&J started as a local design firm in a coffee shop three years ago, and has now moved into a new office space in the heart of downtown Cincinnati. The firm hopes to grow their staff by 40% over the next two years, further establish relationships in Chicago and New York, and set up a West Coast office while maintaining their boutique atmosphere. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: PB&J attributes firm’s ongoing growth to quality design |
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