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‘The New Neighbors’ film premier

The New Neighbors PBS documentary will premier in Cincinnati on Friday, June 5th at the University of Cincinnati’s Kaplan Theater. Cincinnatians are invited to come and celebrate the region’s diverse neighborhoods and discuss ways to maintain and grow them.

The New Neighbors: How One Town Created A Vibrant, Integrated Suburb tells the story of how a suburban town in New Jersey successfully reversed segregation and built a vibrant, integrated community. The award-winning filmmaker and Clifton resident, Andrea Torrice will be at the premier hosted by the Greater Cincinnati Commitment Alliance as part of the Agenda 360’s Transformational Dialog.

Following the screening, those in attendance will be invited to participate in a discussion about the next steps needed to strengthen and promote intentionally-integrated communities in the Cincinnati region. Those in attendance will then be encouraged to “walk the talk” and have dinner at one of the great ethnic restaurants in an Uptown neighborhood surrounding the university.

Agenda 360 has made building a more welcoming community a primary focus for improving the Cincinnati region’s future economic prosperity and quality of life. The Agenda 360 Action Plan calls for attracting 150,000 additional people to the region’s workforce between the ages of 20-34 by 2020.

The event will begin at 6pm at the University of Cincinnati’s DAAP building in room 5401. There is a $10 suggested donation, but the event is free to all UC students, faculty and staff. Proceeds will help fund the Greater Cincinnati Commitment Alliance that works towards the goals of making the Cincinnati region a welcoming and inclusive model for the nation and world.

You can sign up by calling (513) 579-3111 or by visiting this website.

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This Week In Soapbox 6/2

This Week In Soapbox (TWIS) you can read about the $24 million Corryville Crossings project in Uptown, the annual end-of-year DAAP Works exhibition, new development projects in Lower Price Hill, new features at the fabulous Bootsy’s produced by Jeff Ruby, the $10 million master plan project for the Children’s Home of Cincinnati and the scenic view corridor studies being conducted by The Hillside Trust.

If you’re interested in staying in touch with some of the latest development news in Cincinnati please check out this week’s stories and sign up for the weekly E-Zine sent out by Soapbox Cincinnati.

TWIS 6/2:

  • $24M Corryville Crossings project pushing full steam aheadfull article
  • DAAP Works to showcase some of nation’s best design workfull article
  • New development projects transforming formerly industrial Lower Price Hillfull article
  • Bootsy’s ready to serve with new features fit to impressfull article
  • Children’s Home gets started on their $10M master planfull article
  • Hillside Trust working to promote and preserve scenic Columbia Parkwayfull article
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More options promote the free market

Why is transportation such a partisan issue, and why in the world do conservatives tend to fall on the side of being against it? If anything, conservatives should support adding options into the transportation market.

Currently, local, state and federal governments pay for highways. Adding another option (or several options) will create competition for the monopolistic version of transportation we currently have.

Recently, conservative intellectual George Will wrote a scathing article in Newsweek bemoaning the government’s role in transportation planning as demonstration of the liberal agenda to control behavior and curb freedom. In the article, he bashes Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for promoting transportation options, insinuating that it is not the American way to give people options.

Mr. Will dismisses the government’s role in developing the Interstate Highway system, and blatantly ignored the FHA’s role in subsidizing single-family homes outside the center city. Not only did the government coerce suburbanization by helping to pay for the homes there, they also (quite literally) paved the way to get there. And now, conservatives have the audacity to claim that increasing transportation options will limit the personal choice to drive a car, or…drive a car.

LaHood responded to Will directly, saying at the National Press Club: “We have to create opportunities for people who want to ride a bike or walk or take a streetcar.”

Mr. LaHood has it right. Sometimes it is about the choice of what NOT to do. The choice to NOT spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to purchase a vehicle (or 2). The choice NOT to spend several hundred dollars per year on car insurance, gas (on the rise again) and vehicle maintenance costs. It’s the choice to NOT drive from strip mall to strip mall to shop. It’s the choice NOT to spend time stuck in traffic.

The Transportation Secretary does not advocate that people ought to be living one place or another, or commuting using one method over another, he simply advocates that for far too long, there hasn’t really been a choice.

An increase in transportation options does not limit freedom, but expands it. It does not stifle the free market, but allows increased competition. And that is something we all can live with.

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Market on the Square returns June 2nd

After a successful first season, Market on the Square will return to Cincinnati’s main gathering point for another summer.

Sponsored by downtown law firm, Strauss & Troy, Market on the Square will run every Tuesday from June 2nd to September 29th with 14 fresh market vendors (see full list below) setting up shop, on Fountain Square, from 11am to 2pm.

Last summer people could find fresh produce, baked goods, prepared lunch food, fresh flowers and handmade items from some of Cincinnati’s favorite market vendors.

The 18-week market season is expected to once again draw huge crowds to Fountain Square as downtown workers enjoy lunch and enjoy some open-air market shopping.

  • Cooking with Caitlin – gourmet burgers
  • Taste of Belgium – authentic Belgian waffles and savory crepes
  • A Forkable Feast – specialty sandwiches & wraps, gluten-free breads NEW!
  • Green Earth Grill – ready-to-eat vegan sandwiches, gyros, wings NEW!
  • Nay Nay’s – sweet breads, cakes, pies, brownies
  • Donna’s Gourmet Cookies – cookies, brownies, pecan bars
  • Blue Oven Bakery – wood-fired oven breads by the loaf NEW!
  • Herbs & Spice and Everything Nice – herbs, spices, herbed vinegars & sauces, salsas and oils
  • Madison’s – gelato & sorbet, seasonal produce, cider and teas
  • Brown’s Marketplace – locally-grown farm produce
  • Weber Farms – lotion bars, goat’s milk lotion, lip balms, 100% beeswax candles, lotion candles, baby products, goat milk soaps NEW!
  • Adopt-A-Plant Greenhouses –cut lettuce & greens for salads, potted annuals, herbs and vegetables NEW!
  • Wildey Flower Farm – fresh-cut local flowers, bouquets made to order
  • Nefertari’s Gems – handmade jewelry, custom shea butter lotion NEW!