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This Week in Soapbox – 3/30

This Week in Soapbox, UrbanCincy has the following five stories to check out. Read about Cincinnati’s newest food truck, home builders’ shift to urban projects, Wake Nation’s new practice pond, a new Hispanic business initiative, and a feature story about the Cincinnati’s burgeoning fashion scene.

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TWIS 3/30/10:

  • Taco Azul to hit Cincinnati’s streets in late Aprilfull article
  • CitiRama sells first home, installs innovative geothermal systemfull article
  • Wake Nation breaks ground on expanded facilityfull article
  • Hispanic 100 initiative helps Latino professionals branch out full article
  • Cincinnati Gets Fashionable (feature story)full article
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Cincinnati Riverfront Park on schedule for spring 2011 opening

The Cincinnati Riverfront Park is currently under construction and progress is being made on the first phase of the project that will be completed in spring 2011. The Moerlein Lager House, Bicycle Center and Event Lawn are all making headway while the support elements are put in place. The project is on schedule according to project manager Dave Prather who gives us the update.

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This Week in Soapbox 3/23

This Week in Soapbox, UrbanCincy has the following five stories to check out. Read about Sen. Voinovich’s involvement with the CRP, an advertising agency relocating to OTR, an upcoming conference on neighborhood walkability, Bellevue’s four-day form-based code charrette, and a feature story about Zipcars in Cincinnati.

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. Also be sure to become a fan of Soapbox on Facebook!

TWIS 3/23/10:

  • Senator Voinovich tours Cincinnati Riverfront Park construction site, pledges additional supportfull article
  • Cincinnati-based Lohre & Associates relocating to historic Over-the-Rhinefull article
  • ULI Cincinnati to host Walkable Neighborhoods Conferencefull article
  • Bellevue hosting four-day charrette on form-based code full article
  • Is Cincinnati Ready to Zip It? (feature story)full article
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Building Value manager explains environmentally sensitive deconstruction process

Dave Hunt, De-Construction Manager with Building Value, explains the process of deconstructing a building in a way that salvages the valuable resources enclosed for a later use in a different building construction project. Dave is joined by Alyson Moritz, Planner with the City of Wyoming, who discusses the value the Wyoming community sees in the environmentally sensitive deconstruction process.

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This Week in Soapbox – 3/9

This Week in Soapbox UrbanCincy has the following nine stories that you must check out. Read about the American Sign Museum’s future Camp Washington home, Downtown’s new LEED demonstration center, Cincinnati’s NEP in Mt. Washington, green infrastructure projects, the Covington Neighborhood Summit, the growth of Cincinnati’s first gelato company, a local PR firm telling the city’s story, and two tremendous feature stories.

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. Also be sure to become a fan of Soapbox on Facebook!

TWIS 3/9/10:

  • American Sign Museum hopes to move into renovated Camp Washington building by 2012full article
  • GreenSource Cincinnati to celebrate grand opening downtownfull article
  • Acclaimed Neighborhood Enhancement Program rolls into Mt. Washingtonfull article
  • Cincinnati using innovative techniques to green city’s infrastructurefull article
  • Covington Neighborhood Summit to explore sense of communityfull article
  • Cincy’s first gelato company expands with “Dipping Stand”full article
  • PB&J promotes the good life in Cincinnatifull article
  • Cincinnati Wine Entrepreneur Finds Inspiration In Heritage (feature story)full article
  • Let The Games Begin (feature story)full article