Two years ago:

• 3000 Vine, LLC was seeking the creation of a planned development district (PD-54) for the development of a hotel, commercial buildings, and parking garage at the corner of E Martin Luther King Jr Drive and Vine Street in Corryville.
• Community Development Corporations Association of Greater Cincinnati held its annual awards ceremony to recognize outstanding public sector community development achievements.
• Parker Flats, at Fourth Street and Central Avenue Downtown, was open to the public during the Ultimate Urban Tour of Living.
• In Westwood, a historic home that had been used as a nursing facility was razed due to owner indifference.

One year ago:

• The Community Development Corporations Association of Greater Cincinnati recognized the top projects and people in the public sector of community development during its 2009 Annual Awards Celebration in Clifton.
• In Evanston, Cincinnati City Council transferred capital funds from an exterior improvement loan program to aid in the $12.5 million King Studios project.
• Forty-five photos from the Carew Tower observation deck were added to the Building Cincinnati galleries.
• The City of Cincinnati entered into a project partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of Cincinnati Riverfront Park.
• Cincinnati City Council accepted $475,000 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding for environmental remediation at the MetroWest Commerce Park site in Lower Price Hill.
• A pocket park dedicated to the work of local artist Henry Farny was dedicated in Covington's Westside neighborhood.
• Edgecliff Press entered into a partnership with the Price Hill Historical Society that gave the historical society an opportunity to expand the scope of its work.
• A single-family house in Corryville was razed by the Cincinnati Zoo Foundation to expand a parking lot.

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