Possibly the end of BC....

Readers,

Unfortunately, economic realities have slapped me in the face and made me realize that this website is no longer viable.

I need to find a position that pays me on a regular basis. I can't work full days and earn $2.20 an hour, and have intermittent checks. It just doesn't work for me.

I've tried to make it work. I've partnered with Cincinnati.com. I've sold ads.

Still, I haven't been able to make ends meet. It's likely time to move on.

The only way I can continue is for someone to step up and sponsor the site and pay me a reasonable salary.

Failing that, please consider this website my online portfolio. I'm entertaining any job ideas, especially work related to writing.

I will wish myself luck....

Old St. George hotel proposal needs $65K

A partnership of state and local companies wants to redevelop Old St. George Church in Clifton Heights into a boutique hotel, but needs an additional $45,000 in pre-development funding to make it happen.

HineSite Strategic Services, LLC principal Douglas Hine presented the proposal for the Saint George House last week before community leaders at the Niehoff Urban Studio on Short Vine in Corryville, saying that his group needs the funding to provide and assessment of the building's architectural and functional suitability, schematic designs, a development budget and sources, construction cost estimates, a market study, operating projections, and a strategic development plan.

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Cincinnati leaders to visit Columbus, learn about supportive housing

More than 50 Cincinnati City and community leaders boarded a bus this morning to travel to Columbus with the goal of learning about its success in moving homeless individuals into permanent supportive housing.

Organized by the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care for the Homeless (CoC) and Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, the delegation will visit The Commons at Grant and The Commons at Buckingham, two 100-unit permanent supportive housing projects developed by National Church Residences.

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Cincinnati Development Fund awarded $750K

Cincinnati Development Fund (CDF), a non-profit providing gap financing for projects that are traditionally difficult to finance through other sources, has received $750,000 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI).

CDFIs are for-profit and non-profit lending organizations for low-income individuals who do not have access to financial services.

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Final master plan learning forum this Thursday

The final in a series of three learning forums being held as part of the development of Plan Cincinnati, the City's new comprehensive master plan, will be held Thursday from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the Cincinnati Public Schools Education Center auditorium, 2651 Burnet Avenue in Corryville.

Thursday's forum will focus on regional plans Agenda 360, Community COMPASS, and the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments' 2030 Transportation Plan and Strategic Policy Plan. Specific attention will be paid to each plan's relevance to Plan Cincinnati's 12 core elements.

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Wrecking Cincinnati, 8/23/10

2629 Victory Parkway, Walnut Hills
Single-family
DOB: 1890
Died: October 2009
Cause of death: Rotted and failing front porch and soffits, a lack of gutters and downspouts, missing siding, broken and missing windows, a lack of exterior paint, and litter. The City was called to barricade the property on at least two occasions.

The house was condemned in November 2007, declared a public nuisance in July 2009, and razed privately.

A criminal case was filed against the owner in April 2009. Apparently, diversion was granted and the charge later dismissed after the hazard was abated.

Remembering Cincinnati, 8/23/10

Three years ago:

• An overview of the Devou Park Master Plan was presented on Building Cincinnati.
• Following the publication of a list of the five best neighborhoods in North America in the Project for Public Spaces newsletter, Building Cincinnati presented its own list of the five best neighborhoods in Greater Cincinnati.
• A long-vacant Civil War-era two-family in South Fairmount was razed by the City.