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UncleRando
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« Reply #90 on: March 03, 2009, 10:39:52 AM » |
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Northern Kentucky groups partner on revitalization workshophttp://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/nkyrevitalization0303.aspxApproximately 45 municipal staff from Northern Kentucky's core cities attended a revitalization and stabilization training workshop last week to learn the tools to transfer blighted neighborhoods into thriving residential markets. The Catalytic Development Funding Corp. of Northern Kentucky (CDFC), in partnership with the Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington, Southbank Partners, and Campbell County Economic Progress Authority, hosted the all-day event to show how community, financial, and political support could be cultivated to transform Northern Kentucky's urban areas in a challenging economic climate.
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UncleRando
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« Reply #92 on: March 09, 2009, 06:41:42 AM » |
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Fort Thomas plans museumOld house could reopen in Julyhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090309/NEWS0103/903090355Preparations for a history museum in Fort Thomas have gained momentum. An old house obscured by overgrowth in Fort Thomas's Tower Park could open as a museum as early as July 4, said Debbie Buckley, Fort Thomas' renaissance coordinator. The museum will house relics from the city's past and have rooms dedicated to the Beverly Hills Supper Club, Highlands High School and local artists.
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Sherman Cahal
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« Reply #93 on: April 20, 2009, 09:02:48 AM » |
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Covington rehabs, sells older homesBy Mike Rutledge, Cincinnati Enquirer, April 17, 2009COVINGTON - Delhi native Melissa Brown feels like the luckiest woman in Northern Kentucky because of the completely renovated late-1800s brick home she's about to buy in the Covington Arts District. "I can't even believe...," the 33-year-old Newport resident said while people milled about inside of the house in the 300 block of West Robbins Street during an open house Thursday.
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UncleRando
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Wallick-Hendy plans ‘green’ renovation in Covingtonhttp://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/04/27/daily65.htmlSt. Aloysius Apartments, a senior housing development in Covington, will be renovated by Wallick-Hendy Properties using environmentally friendly upgrades, the company said Thursday. The 48-unit complex will be outfitted with Energy-Star-rated appliances, recyclable kitchen cabinets and carpeting, low-flow faucets and toilets, and compact fluorescent light bulbs. A playground will use recycled materials and a recycling program will be established for residents.
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Sherman Cahal
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I was by the Pulse the other day, and noted a "Now Renting" sign on the exterior. This is a positive step for this project. It's in a promising location, but it really needs that critical mass for the area to take off.
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Sherman Cahal
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Covington developer honoredBy Mike Rutledge, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 11, 2009COVINGTON - A man who founded development efforts along Northern Kentucky's riverfront will be this year's Covington Award recipient. David C. Herriman "exemplifies what the Friends of Covington are looking for," said former Mayor Butch Callery, an organizer. "Our past recipients have all been people who have done a lot of good in the Covington community - Ralph Haile (Jr.) and Bill Butler, and people like that." Callery said it was Herriman's early-1980s efforts in building the Riverside Terrace and Riverside Plaza condominiums - 88 units with spectacular riverfront views - that attracted others to development along the river on properties surrounding the Roebling Suspension Bridge.
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Sherman Cahal
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From church to condosBy Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 13, 2009BELLEVUE - The former St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bellevue went on the market this month as condos after the 100-year-old building sat vacant for seven years.
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UncleRando
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Educators turn to teamwork for Gateway’s urban campusCovington branch to incorporate library, middle school spacehttp://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/05/25/story6.htmlGateway Community and Technical College has an agreement in principle with the Kenton County Public Library and Covington Independent School System to create an urban campus in the heart of Covington. It will consist of a new building adjacent to the library’s Mary Ann Mongan branch and use of Two Rivers Middle School, which is scheduled to close this summer.
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UncleRando
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Hebron retail center approvedhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090630/NEWS0103/907010361During a special meeting Tuesday, Boone County Fiscal Court approved a new retail center on North Bend Road in Hebron, overruling a Boone County Planning Commission recommendation against the development. The vote was unanimous in favor of a zone change from residential to commercial for the 3.7-acre site between North Bend Square and the Cardinal Cove subdivision. The four-person Fiscal Court deadlocked on the issue in May, but Commissioners Cathy Flaig and Charlie Kenner said they changed their minds after developer Bill Toebben agreed to move the building 20 feet back from Cardinal Way.
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UncleRando
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Pictures with article link...Covington's newest pocket park features tributes to artist Farnyhttp://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/07/covingtons-newest-pocket-park-features.htmlWith dozens of local residents in attendance and characters dressed in period costumes, Covington's newest pocket park was dedicated on Saturday at the corner of Banklick and Robbins streets in the city's Westside neighborhood. Henry Farny Park, named for the internationally-known artist of the landscapes and native peoples of the late 19th/early 20th century American West, occupies a corner just a few parcels away from 1029-1031 Banklick Street, where Farny resided from 1890 to 1907.
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Rabbit Hash
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Hebron retail center approved
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090630/NEWS0103/907010361
During a special meeting Tuesday, Boone County Fiscal Court approved a new retail center on North Bend Road in Hebron, overruling a Boone County Planning Commission recommendation against the development.
The vote was unanimous in favor of a zone change from residential to commercial for the 3.7-acre site between North Bend Square and the Cardinal Cove subdivision. Useless. Plenty of unleased retail already sitting empty in this area.
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UncleRando
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NKU group to restore streamhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090706/NEWS0103/907070348A stream in Tower Park clogged with decades-old rubble will get new life. Northern Kentucky University's Center for Applied Ecology will clear the debris and dig the stream out of underground pipes to return it to its natural state. NKU will use $783,000 from the Northern Kentucky Stream Restoration Wetland Program to repair next summer the 4,800-foot stream that runs from behind the tennis courts in the park, down the hill and into the Ohio River.
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CWMccann18
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I noticed today at work that there is an old building getting redone in Covington. If I read it right it used to be the First Presbyterian Church erected 1830 A.D.. It's an old brick building on E 4th St. directly across from the end of Court Street. I was told that a financial firm was moving in. To be honest, from what I saw of the building and of all the work that is having to be done, it might have been cheaper to build a new office.
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UncleRando
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Fort Thomas building amphitheaterhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090714/NEWS0103/907150372A $30,000 state grant will allow Fort Thomas to build a new amphitheater in Tower Park. City officials hope to have the 81-year-old concrete band shell in the park replaced by next July with a new stage complete with dressing rooms and utilities. This would fulfill the dream Flo and Dan Grey had when they created the Fourth at the Fort committee in 2003. The committee has organized the annual July 4 celebration in Tower Park to raise money for the amphitheater project.
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CWMccann18
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Our company (subcontractor for Duke) has been dumping dirt there for months. It's pretty cool that I had something to do with this in a very round about way.
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UncleRando
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BlueStar opens new HQ in Hebron, to hire 60http://www.soapboxmedia.com/innovationnews/0721bluestar.aspxBlueStar, a provider of solutions-based distribution technology, recently opened a new 150,000 square-foot world headquarters in Hebron, Kentucky. The new facility includes a state-of-the-art training center, warehouse and distribution center, and corporate headquarters. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and BlueStar President and CEO Steve Kuntz attended the June 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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UncleRando
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New affordable housing options on Newport's Hamlet Streethttp://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/08/new-affordable-housing-options-on.htmlAffordable houses are now for sale on Hamlet Street in Newport. The development, under construction by Neighborhood Foundations and the Newport Millennium Housing Corporation between 8th and 9th streets, includes both historic rehabilitation of the street's brick houses and new infill. Houses are priced at $122,000, and qualified buyers are eligible for an up to $34,400 soft second mortgage, forgivable over five years. Other Neighborhood Foundations properties include the Corpus Christi Apartments, Grand Towers, the Peter G. Noll Apartments, and scattered site projects throughout Newport's west side.
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UncleRando
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$1M grant may inject new life into historic RayMee Buildinghttp://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/0811raymeebuilding.aspxBy Randy A. Simes | Soapbox Cincinnati, August 11, 2009Dayton, KY officials have applied for a $1 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) that will be used to fund the RayMee Building Redevelopment Project. The grant uses federal funds that are administered by the State, and can be used for housing, public facilities, community programs and/or economic development. Local officials believe that the redevelopment project will result in the creation of 50 low to moderate income jobs at around $20,000 – not including the temporary construction jobs that will be needed for the project. Richard Bragg of the Northern Kentucky Area Development District says that the approval process for such a grant could take several months. The 1,800 square-foot building is said to be in "sound" condition and should be ready for interior finishing by June 2010. Local officials have high hopes for the structure as it is prominently located across the street from where the new municipal building will stand. The corner location also presents an opportunity to connect the historic downtown area to the new businesses opening along the riverfront in the new Manhattan Harbour development project that will become the first "smart community" in the United States when it opens. "The building is now a white elephant," says Bragg who believes the structure will be the most important preserved building in Northern Kentucky due in part to its location and prominence. The City believes that the project will help create jobs, provide additional services to the neighborhood and continue the redevelopment efforts in the downtown business district. To help make this reality the city of Dayton, Kentucky is prepared to provide parking and related amenities to help better serve the residents and businesses in the immediate vicinity. 
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UncleRando
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Bids being accepted for Newport renovationshttp://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/10/bids-being-accepted-for-newport.htmlBy Kevin LeMaster | Building Cincinnati, October 13, 2009Neighborhood Foundations, formerly known as the Housing Authority of Newport, is accepting sealed bids for the renovations of 922 Hamlet Street and of 927 and 929 Hamlet Street. Part of the non-profit's revitalization of much of the 800 and 900 blocks of Hamlet Street, the completed homes will be offered to low- to moderate-income homebuyers and will come with a soft second mortgage, allowing prospective homebuyers to own the homes after eight years. Funding for the projects comes from $1 million in Community Development Block Grant funds. Bids for both projects will be accepted until noon on October 23, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. 
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UncleRando
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Developer’s woes unlikely to hurt Covington Bluffs condo projectBy Dan Monk | Cincinnati Business Courier, October 16, 2009A foreclosure filing against the developer that converted the Bluffs apartment property to condos in 2005 will not impact the Devou Park community itself, according to the treasurer of the Bluffs’ Council of Co-Owners. “The condo community is financially very healthy,” said John Pratt, referring to the Bank of America’s recent lawsuit against City Lights Development LLC. The bank claims that City Lights owes $4.8 million from a pair of promissory notes executed in 2005 and 2006. But Pratt said the foreclosure case should have only a limited impact on the Bluffs condos, because City Lights doesn’t own most of the buildings in the river-view community. Read full article here:
http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/10/19/story5.html
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Sherman Cahal
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Fort Thomas awaits officers' homesBy Scott Wartman, Kentucky Enquirer, October 30, 2009FORT THOMAS - The city still doesn't know when it can purchase the 19th century military officers' homes in Tower Park. City officials hoped to reach an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to buy the homes this year.
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Living in Gin
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Arrgh... I thought the homes had already been sold. The VA really needs to stop dragging its feet. This thread includes some photos I took of the houses this past June.
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Living in Gin
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Over the weekend I found out that my parents have signed up for the waiting list to be notified when the homes are for sale, and are planning to submit a bit for one when the auction starts. It would take some substantial renovation work to bring one of those homes up to snuff, but it would be well worth it. [fingers crossed]
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Sherman Cahal
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Edison to be apartments?By Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 6, 2009COVINGTON - A Lexington-based developer wants to turn the vacant Thomas Edison Elementary school into apartments. AU Associates has applied for a zone change, tax credits and a designation on the historic register for the old school building at 1516 Scott St. in the Helentown neighborhood.
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richNcincy
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Changing the name just gets to me. It's still 4th District to me!!
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Sherman Cahal
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Fort Thomas moves forward with Tower Park amphitheater projectBy Amanda Joering Alley, Kentucky Enquirer, November 17, 2009After years of planning and fundraising, Tower Park may have a new amphitheater in time for the Fourth at the Fort celebration next July. At a meeting Monday, Nov. 16 the Fort Thomas City Council approved a proposal to move forward with the architectural and engineering services for the amphitheater replacement project.
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Sherman Cahal
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Burned-out row houses may get new lifeBy Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 23, 2009COVINGTON - The four charred row houses destroyed by fire in October in Covington may get new life if residents successfully raise money and find a developer. The cause of the fire that destroyed the row houses in the 1000 block of Russell Street and took the life of one of the residents, Lelia Burns, 57, remains under investigation, according to fire department officials.
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Sherman Cahal
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Drawbridge fate in hands of 'hotel doctor'By Cindy Schroeder, Cincinnati Enquirer, December 1, 2009FORT MITCHELL - The future of the Drawbridge Inn, a 39-year-old Fort Mitchell landmark, is uncertain. The Drawbridge Inn is in foreclosure, and its owners had threatened to shut it down this Sunday night, before a judge intervened Monday and appointed a receiver to operate the sprawling, old-English themed hotel.
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