There was a little ray of hope today in news that a planned Target in Blue Ash has started to see some positive forward momentum. Why do you care about the proposed Blue Ash Target? Because it provides signals about what Target may be thinking regarding the Newport Pavilion location. It is difficult to miss […]
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Summa, Summa, Summatime
No doubt about it. The slush puppies and square pizzas were a plenty this past weekend at the Ft. Thomas Swim Club. I didn’t venture down James Ave – partly because I’m not on my family’s membership anymore, but also because I knew I would get entangled in the teenage bike brigade, the mom minivan […]
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Fort Thomas Schools Update – Tennis & Funding Formulas
It is likely that the state will complete passage of a new two year budget. This is big news for a couple of reasons including difficulties getting a budget passed during the regular session because of concerns about how to close a rather large budget gap and big differences between the parties on how to […]
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Earth Mother Market – More Than You Might Expect
I received an update last week on the vendors that have signed up for the Earth Mother Market and I have to say I am impressed. As a regular weekly patron of Findlay Market there are a lot of familiar names that make me excited about this season of Earth Mother Market. Two names that have a […]
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Saturday Morning Linx
Just a few things to chew on this morning, after your cereal bowl is empty. – 2 close races in the primary election for two Fort Thomas residents as Steve Pendery of Fort Thomas edged out Kevin Sell by 150 votes to secure a spot on the ballot for Campbell County Judge-executive. – Tim Fischer […]
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A Retailing Theme & Recruiting Succssful Businsses
I have been critical in the past of the cities efforts to create lasting, sustainable retail districts in Fort Thomas. I want to offer a little praise today and some encouragement on the two missing ingredients that can get Fort Thomas over the hump. Nearly a year ago to the day I wrote an article […]
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Traditional Media is Dead – Follow Fort Thomas Matters
I found this quote from a recent Motley Fool article about investing in traditional media: “The drill of chasing the week’s news to add a couple of hard-fought new details is not sustainable,” Meacham said when unveiling Newsweek‘s new strategy last year. He was right. Unfortunately, neither was the new model. And that’s a shame. […]
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Pergola Follow Up
Had a number of responses from the last article written on the property formerly known as Pergola – the consensus seems to be that there is a missing commodity on 15 N. Fort Thomas Ave. It wasn’t just me that missed the patio. I did track down Danny Krebs, who owned Pergola. While he echoed […]
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Patio Sitting Weather
Spring is here. Summer is around the corner. We should be right in the middle of Pergola’s people watching, patio sitting, hummus eating sweet spot. Instead we are stuck wondering what could have been and trying to get the actual story of why we have to look at the newly built pergola from the sidewalks […]
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Fort Thomas News – Cinco de Mayo
A few quick updates on some stories of interest to you: The Enquirer confirmed what I have reported in the past which is that there is no hope for progress anytime soon on the Newport Pavilion development. Despite high hopes by the city manager that things will be resolved and back on track in 4 […]
