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Avondale development sets national example for community reinvestment

Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Representative Steve Driehaus (D-OH), along with Ohio Department of Commerce Director Kimberly Zurz toured the new Forest Square senior living development construction site on Thursday, Feburary 18. Donovan's visit marked the one year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The government officials came to Avondale to see the progress on the site that received $1 million of the HUD Recovery Act Tax Credit Assistance Program funds. This project had been planned, but was stalled due to lack of funding. Now it is currently under construction, and plans to open in the fall of 2010. Donovan and Driehaus gave remarks about the ways that the stimulus package has directly affected the citizens of Ohio and the Cincinnati region. The Forest Square project alone created 70 jobs for local Cincinnatians, and according to Secretary Donovan, 79,000 jobs in Ohio were saved or created due to the Recovery Act funding. The real message of the morning, however, was how vitally important community reinvestment is to rebuilding the economy and improving life for all. "We are laying the groundwork for resilient neighborhoods," said Secretary Donovan about the green building practices, job creation and leadership involved with projects like Forest Square which will provide affordable housing for senior citizens and is part of a much larger revitalization effort taking place in the uptown Cincinnati neighborhood. Developed by Cincinnati-based Model Group, the $4.2 million Forest Square development will continue the progress being made in Avondale along the Burnet Avenue corridor and will create jobs for Cincinnatians at the same time - something highly touted by the officials on hand. "I am so excited about the job creation and revitalization made possible with these fair housing funds," said Representative Driehaus.  "I worked at Xavier as a community developer, fighting against predatory lenders and people who didn't give a lick about the neighborhood or the people in it.  At the end of the day, yes, it's job creation, but ultimately it's about creating communities."

Downtown investors giving Main Street a second look

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What is Cincinnati’s Best Laid Plan?

Thirty years ago we based paint with lead and insulated our homes with toxic asbestos - and while Cincinnati's existing comprehensive plan might not be outright poisonous, thirty years after its drafting, we live in a world that it couldn't account for, and with knowledge it could only imagine at the time.  Enter Plan Cincinnati, the beginning of the city's first comprehensive plan since the 70s - which seeks to answer the questions who are we as a city? and what do we want to become?

Twin Bistro opens restaurant in the heart of Covington

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Cincinnati’s famous Stag’s Barbershop reopens in Avondale

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CDBG funds to help West Chester expand sidewalk network

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Cincinnati launches economic development website

The City of Cincinnati has launched a new economic development website aimed at attracting new business and jobs.  The new site focuses on providing timely information relevant to site selectors and developers who might be interested in the city. The new website is seen as a "huge step forward" in terms of how the city communicates with the economic development community.  Cincinnati leaders are looking for the new site to bring in new investors and additional jobs to the region that is strategically located in the United States. Read full article here.

Pomeroy IT Solutions adding 30 full-time service desk positions

Hebron's Pomeroy IT Solutions, an IT services and solutions provider, is hiring 30 full-time service desk positions. "We are pleased that our clients continue to count on us to perform important Service Desk support for their business operations and IT environments," said Chris Froman, Pomeroy IT Solutions President and CEO. "In a time when many companies have hiring freezes in effect, the addition of these new positions is great for our company and our community."     The Northern Kentucky company’s global service desk has more than 300 workers who take more than 1.8 million calls per year from customers in 65 countries in 9 languages. Clients include Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Jefferson County Public Schools, Harlan Independent Schools and MidAmerican Energy Company. These new jobs will support a new multi-year outsourcing contract and the expansion of work for existing clients. Writer: Feoshia Henderson Source: Pomeroy IT Solutions Communications