2012 MidPoint Music Festival bicycle parking overview
The City of Cincinnati has partnered with the MidPoint Music Festival (MPMF), for the second consecutive year, to offer expanded bicycle parking options. This year’s MPMF is shaping up to be the...
View ArticleOctober’s URBANexchange will take place Tuesday, focus on education
This month’s URBANexchange will take place tomorrow evening, and will go down at the Moerlein Lager House along Cincinnati’s central riverfront. This month’s event we hope to informally discuss ways to...
View Article2012 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 ArticleHorseshoe Casino Cincinnati requesting 80-foot sign
On Wednesday, the City of Cincinnati’s Zoning Hearings Examiner will hear a request from the owners of the new Horseshoe Casino asking for the city to grant several variances to the city’s sign...
View ArticleWill 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...
View ArticleUrban storytelling event to take place in Walnut Hills this November
On Thursday, November 8, UrbanCincy is partnering with the Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation (WHRF) and Teilen to bring Cincinnatians a unique storytelling event to take advantage of the crisp fall...
View ArticleOhio 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...
View ArticleCelebrate 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...
View ArticleCities 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 ArticleStories Around the Urban Campfire returns to East Walnut Hills this Thursday
Stories Around the Urban Campfire will return this Thursday to DeSales Plaza in East Walnut Hills. The urban storytelling event is being produced by UrbanCincy in partnership with the Walnut Hills...
View ArticleSocialize with fellow urbanists at December’s URBANexchange
The holiday season is in full effect, but we hope you take some time out of your busy schedule to join us at the Moerlein Lager House Tuesday, December 4 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm for our monthly...
View ArticleQualls announcement heats up Cincinnati’s 2013 mayoral race
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls (C) officially announced her 2013 mayoral campaign in Walnut Hills today before more than 100 people. The announcement comes a week after Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld (D)...
View ArticleCincinnati aims to further incentivize green building
The City of Cincinnati will announce proposed amendments to its tax abatement program for buildings built in adherence to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. Sponsors of the...
View ArticleRing in the new year on Fountain Square in VIP fashion
2011′s New Year’s Eve celebrations on Fountain Square. Photograph provided by Thadd Fiala. The Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) has provided UrbanCincy with two complimentary...
View ArticleGreater Cincinnati Earth Coalition accepting nominations for 2013 awards
Since 2008, the Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition has honored the region’s most outstanding and innovative projects, programs and individuals whose efforts have worked to improve and protect the...
View ArticleURBANexchange returns this Wednesday to Moerlein Lager House
After a nearly two-month break, the UrbanCincy team is proud to kick-off the 2013 season of URBANexchange events. Following a successful pilot run last year, URBANexchange will return this Wednesday...
View ArticleFree parking crusader strikes Over-the-Rhine, channels inner Cool Hand Luke
Slashed meters and broken meter tops liter the normally beautiful Orchard Street in Over-the-Rhine, and many other streets throughout the historic neighborhood. The epidemic of destroyed or stolen...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Kansas City’s Surprisingly Gritty Urban Core
I visited Kansas City February 6-10 for the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference, where the people behind Streetsblog were kind enough to invite a number of urbanist bloggers out to the event. The...
View ArticleJoin author of book on Cincinnati’s incomplete subway at March’s URBANexchange
Hopefully everyone thoroughly enjoyed their February and the introductory weekend to March known as Bockfest around these parts. We will be back in the biergarten of the Moerlein Lager House tomorrow...
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