The City of Cincinnati has been making efforts to structurally balance its budget for years, but constant referendums have stopped the efforts made by Mayor Mallory’s administration every step of the way. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: EDITORIAL: Long Trail of Referendums Limit City’s Budget Options
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I’m guessing you want the government to follow the letter of the law then?Except maybe you better reread the 14th Amendment.No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor sh… . . . → Read More: 5chw4r7z: so you want to legalize the Constitution? Portland celebrated the opening of its $148.3M East Side Loop streetcar extension six months ago. City leaders hope to continue the success story that has been told in the South Waterfront, Pearl District and Northwest District, but is it possible? . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Portland Aims to Replicate Streetcar Success on East Side of Willamette River The $400 million Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati opens today in Pendleton. While many will cheer its touted economic impact prospects, others are questioning whether or not the form and design of the complex will work with its environs. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: GUEST EDITORIAL: Horseshoe Casino Fails to Deliver on Urban Design Randy traveled to Kansas City for the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference last month and has the photos to prove it. Check out the images from his wanderings around KC’s urban core. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: PHOTOS: Kansas City’s Surprisingly Gritty Urban Core Unless you have been living under a rock for the last month or so, you probably know that this past Friday and Saturday was the two night Cincy Winter Beerfest along with the 5B conference at the Cincinnati Duke Energy Convention Center. If you didn’t make it downtown this weekend for the festivities, you missed [...]A Craft Beer Weekend To Remember is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of the blog where this (Read more...) The epidemic of destroyed or stolen parking meters is plaguing the beautifully dense Over-the-Rhine neighborhood where on-street parking is an ever-increasing concern for new residents. Could it be Cincinnati’s very own Cool Hand Luke? . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Free parking crusader strikes Over-the-Rhine, channels inner Cool Hand Luke Darn near every day my wife, friend and partner here on Hoperatives gives you a little gift. Whether it’s This Week in Beer or Growlers and Tastings or some piece of information she’s picked up from one of her many resources, it’s always important to her that we post something on Hoperatives each and every [...]This one’s for you, Carla is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of the blog where this content (Read more...) It’s funny how some ideas, some topics, can float around in the back of head like wisps of smoke, just insubstantial enough that you know there’s something on your mind, but you can’t quite get a handle on it. And then, quite by coincidence, someone goes and hits the nail square on the head – [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Required Reading: Ruminations on the culture of sampling Why hyperlocal won’t save newspapers (and what will). Newspapers have been desperately trying to figure out how to make the finances work as the ground shifts beneath them in an increasingly digital world. In Cincinnati, much like elsewhere throughout the country, local newspapers attempted to compete with bloggers by shifting towards “hyper-local” coverage, but it [...] . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Why hyper-local won’t save newspapers (and what will) John Schneider, the man who led citizens’ efforts to build Great American Ball Park and the Cincinnati Streetcar, writes about what the ‘Cincinnati Process’ is, and how it might go against what others view as progress. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: John Schneider on the ‘Cincinnati Process’ Last night the news broke that Mitch Dougherty has left Rock Bottom Cincinnati to build out and run Eight Ball Brewing for The Party Source across the river in Bellevue, KY. It’s a fantastic move for Mitch and great news for the Cincinnati beer scene, but what about Rock Bottom? It turns out there’s an [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Rock Bottom Saying Goodbye — and Hello — on January 16th The Party Source in Bellevue, KY announced today that Mitch Dougherty, longtime brewer at Rock Bottom Cincinnati on Fountain Square, is taking on the challenge of starting Eight Ball Brewing, a new production brewery to be located in the expanded Party Source building. Mitch’s last day at Rock Bottom was Friday, January 4th and he [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Mitch Dougherty joins The Party Source as Founding Brewmaster of Eight Ball Brewing Depending on where on this crazy blue marble you live, we’re all about three days into the new year by now. That means the shiny of it is starting to wear off, that distinctive New Year smell isn’t so apparent anymore, and the irritation of having to remember to write "2013" instead of "2012" when [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: Better beer and resolutions in the new year The Afghan Whigs returned to their hometown of Cincinnati for what may have been their final show. The New Year’s Eve performance, however, was largely populated with the group’s traveling fan base, and not Cincinnatians celebrating their native sons. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Afghan Whigs return to Cincinnati to ring in 2013, possibly end career Large vacant buildings like the old SCPA, Bartlett Building, Tower Place Mall, and Terrace Plaza Hotel should be repurposed as unique community centers that activate their community and bring in a welcome attraction for visitors. . . . → Read More: UrbanCincy: Large vacant buildings should be transitioned into urban community centers  Comment @ UrbanCincy  UrbanCincy  architecture, Business, Cincinnati, college hill, Columbus, Development, developments, downtown, economic, historic preservation, news, ohio state university, opinion, Over-the-Rhine, planning, public policy, sustainability, University of Cincinnati, urban design, young professionals One of the things that makes me love the Cincinnati beer community is the fact that the brewers that are its backbone are, individually and collectively, some of the finest people you’re ever going to meet. Whenever we go to other cities and talk shop with our counterparts, we always get the sense that there’s [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: ‘Like’ MadTree Brewing and Support Toys for Tots It was just three little words. Words aren’t scary, right? It’s not like riding Space Mountain or living through the zombie apocalypse or facing off against an enraged grizzly while holding a full-sized ham. Those things can really put the fear into you. But words are, you know, words. That is, unless you hear the [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: A happy, hoppy Thanksgiving from Hoperatives So, for the last few years, I have had a little holiday get together at my house to celebrate the holiday season with the people I enjoy being around, my friends and family. As I am planning my holiday get together this year, I am having trouble deciding which better beers to serve up on [...] . . . → Read More: Hoperatives: A Craft Beer Holiday Survey |
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Hoperatives: Malt Liquor Monday: Colt 45
A funny thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I was on my way home after a long night of auditioning chimpanzees for the title role in my new street play, “Puddin and the Primate’s Revenge: Episode One of the Organ Grinder of Darkness Saga” and realized I needed a beer to cap off [...]Malt Liquor Monday: Colt 45 is a post from: Hoperatives. We like making our content fully available using RSS, but some people are re-using our content without permission. This is why the Internet can’t have nice things. Your support of the blog where this content (Read more...)