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Casey Coston

Soapbox columnist Casey Coston, a former corporate bankruptcy and restructuring attorney, is now involved in real estate development and construction in and around Over-the-Rhine and Pendleton as Vice President at Urban Expansion. He's also a civic activist and founder of a number of local groups, including the Urban Basin Bicycle Club, the Cincinnati Stolen Bike Network, the World Famous OTR Ping Pong League and LosantiTours: An Urban Exploration Company.

Casey Coston's Latest Articles

Soapdish: Believe the hYPe

Soapdish columnist Casey Coston basks in the warm afterglow of the Next Leader's Summit, revisiting some conference highlights from this weekend in Cincinnati as well as sharing some take-away impressions from the 200 + attendees visiting our city for the very first time. Coston says some might find their outsider opinions of our revitalized Fountain Square, local YP organizational strength, and urban architecture surprising - he doesn't.

Soapdish: Reimagining Retail

Soapdish columnist Casey Coston says downtown's fabled retail past is certainly not its future - not if it wants to be attractive to its influx of new residents, growing businesses and their employees. Here he reimagines what downtown's revitalized retail could be just by shopping around, and finds the answer might be closer to home than we realize.

SoapDish: Bull Market
Soapdish: Now IS the Time

Brilliance.

Soapdish: Completing the streets of Cincinnati Part 2

Soapdish columnist, Casey Coston continues his two part examination of  the Complete Street philosophy which some city leaders are adopting as way to re-imagine Cincinnati's downtown.

Soapdish: Completing the streets of Cincinnati

Soapdish columnist, Casey Coston tackles the unique notion of Complete Streets - through ways dedicated to not only cars, but bicycles, pedestrians, wheelchairs, shop owners, etc. - and why this idea is at the core of urban revitalization. He's got so much to say, in fact, that we're dedicating a two-parter column to this issue as well as next week's.

Soapdish: A bridge over sculpted waters
Soapdish: Of Parks and Platitudes

Soapbox columnist, Casey Coston takes a look at the Cincinnati Parks system and what the "Great Stimulus" could mean for Riverfront Park and The Banks projects.

Preaching the Soapdish from the choir to the Fringe

    

Soapdish Recommends: Bubbles on the Fringe

Soapdish columnist Casey Coston provides his picks of the Fringe for those of you unsure of what to check out at this year's Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

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