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Ohio shoutouts!

I’ve added two new blogs to the blogroll – ColumbusUnderground and Northcoast Lifestyle. The new blogroll additions represent Columbus and Cleveland respectively and are some pretty great sites if you take the time to check them out.

ColumbusUnderground is an extremely comprehensive site covering all things going on in Ohio’s capital city. It is the primary online forum for city bloggers and gives constant updates on everything of interest in Columbus.

Northcoast Lifestyle is a more personal weblog approach than ColumbusUnderground. The site covers events and happenings in the Cleveland area and does it from a personal perspective. The writing is great and the photography is even better. Check it out.

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Vote UrbanCincy – Best of Cincinnati

UrbanCincy has been nominated for the annual Best of Cincinnati awards for Best Blog for the second year in a row. Last year UrbanCincy finished in the Top 5 (near bottom of page) without lobbying for a single vote and without even knowing about the voting until the last week or so. I think we can do better this year now that we have nearly 2 years under our belt and have grown as a website and information source.

For some reason we’re listed as ‘Urban Cincinnati (urbancincy.com)’ in the Public Eye section instead of the regular UrbanCincy moniker we use. Either way, go on and make your selections for the bests in Cincinnati and vote UrbanCincy as the best blog. We have also been written in as an option for best website, so go ahead and vote for us there too.

While I’m at the whole self-promotion thing…go on and join the UrbanCincy Facebook Page if you haven’t already. You can comment on the site, what we cover, get periodic updates, and view some Cincinnati photo galleries.

If you’re not into Facebook then you can simply subscribe to the site’s article and comments feeds so that you stay up-to-date with everything on UrbanCincy via your mobile device. You can do this by selecting your desired feed type in the drop down menus in the left-hand column second from the top listed under ‘Subscribe.’ Or you could follow this blog through your Google account for a less intrusive and easy way of showing your support.

Sorry for all the self-promoting, but I figured if I was going to do it I might as well get it all out in one post.

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UrbanCincy and the Streetsblog Network

This website is proud to be the first Cincinnati-area blog to become a member of the Streetsblog Network. This national blog network is focused on sustainable transport, smart growth, and livable streets issues.

The network serves as a “one-stop shop for transportation policy goodness” with over 170 blogs contributing their best work from a local perspective all over the nation. If you feel that another blog, or your own, is qualified to be a part of this network then please fill out the nomination form and start contributing today.

UrbanCincy hopes to contribute its local perspective on transportation and smart growth issues here in Cincinnati. This will extend beyond the normal coverage of Cincinnati’s modern streetcar proposal and also cover topics such as complete streets, development patterns, and livability issues. Help UrbanCincy accomplish this goal by offering specific topics to cover. As always, share your thoughts on the issues through the comment section provided with each article.

NOTE: UrbanCincy’s good friend, CincyStreetcar Blog, has also become a member of this national network within the past day. View its Streetsblog Network profile here.

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Programming Note: Explore Cincinnati

Starting today, every Friday between 10am and 11:30am will be the ‘Explore Cincinnati’ radio show on Bearcast Radio. The show will discuss current events going on in Cincinnati.

This week’s show will look at topics like repopulating the city, gentrification, the Greg Harris appointment, streetcars, UC’s landlord accreditation program, and more. The discussion panel this week will be made up of Jake Mecklenborg, Kevin LeMaster, Brad Thomas (call in), and myself (call in).

Tune in (listen online) and check out this new program. There should be some great discussion that will elaborate on some of the more popular topics you’ve been reading about lately; all the while being discussed by some of your favorite bloggers.

UPDATE: You can now download and subscribe (it’s FREE) to the Explore Cincinnati podcasts

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New Year’s Promise

With each new year there is new hope. We hope that we can change ourselves for the better and we hope that others try to do the same. In Cincinnati this is no different.

UrbanCincy’s goal has been to connect Cincinnatians throughout the tri-state with the events and news going on in the urban core. Too often this is an area that is overlooked by the local mainstream media except for the most obvious of news or the most depressing.

UrbanCincy pledges to continue to be a spot where the news relevant to Cincinnati’s urban core will be a focus. If it is good news, then it will be portrayed as such. Most importantly though, if it is bad news then a positive solution will be presented so that we can look at our faults in a proactive manner.

If there are any stories, news items, or areas of coverage that you think we didn’t do a good enough job covering in 2008 then please use the comments section to let us know. We are the change we want to be, so lets make Cincinnati the place we want it to become.

Fountain Square on NYE – Photo by Queen City Discovery