The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra returns to its Saturday and Sunday evenings in Covington’s Devou Park and Fort Thomas’ Tower Park. After a couple of odd summers, the KSO is looking to get back to its free, family-friendly regional gatherings. This summer marks the orchestra’s 28th consecutive Summer Series of concerts in the parks. Concessions and […]
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Stimulus Funds Flowing to Fort Thomas & Campbell County
There is a new website – Recovery.gov – that provides details on where stimulus money is flowing across the country. The site breaks out contracts, grants, and loans and provides some high level information about what the award is for and who it is flowing to. The map shows that a contract was awarded by […]
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New Restaurant in Fort Thomas – Pergola’s
This was the sight earlier today as the old Warner’s location was being transformed into the latest restaurant in Fort Thomas. The sign hanging on the outside lists the restaurant name as Pergola’s and from the news I am hearing may have a bakery or at least breakfast pastries as well as lunch and dinner. […]
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Sanitation District 1’s 20 Year Plan & Fort Thomas
You may have seen recent stories about Sanitation District 1’s $450 million 20 year plan. It feels a bit overwhelming when you think of the dollars involved but I thought it could be good to give a brief summary of the plan’s impacts in Fort Thomas. Sanitation District 1 has published the plan, all 148 […]
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Why I Am Excited About the Future of the Midway
The more I think about the prospects of the Midway the more excited I get. We are just a few short months away from some serious momentum. Lets take a quick inventory of some of the important changes that are imminent in a very short space: Nevada Building purchase & redevelopment Tower Homes Farmer’s Market […]
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Ft Thomas Real Estate Market Update
I received the latest Robinson Realty email today and they indicate 14 home sales in Fort Thomas in April. This is the most in months as it has been averaging 9/month. These numbers were generally confirmed by Your Town Realty’s new data tool. It is difficult to determine whether this is a typical seasonal bump […]
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Updated Location – Farmers Market in the Midway
UPDATED LOCATION – It’s in front of the Stables Building–where we had Merchants & Music last year. You can turn in at the parking lot in front of the Pub. The stables building is on your right along River Road. It’s brick and has boarded up windows. The city is working on a swap with […]
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The Vernon Pool Needs Your Help
Many of you may not be familiar with the Vernon Swim Club. No, it is not the Fort Thomas Swim Club with its waiting list of 500 but a small neighborhood swim club that sits in the backyard of Mayor Mary Brown. This pool has been around for a few years and has offered not […]
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Now . . . Some Good News
I wanted to focus this post on a few pieces of good news related to Fort Thomas lately: 1. Being a newer transplant to Fort Thomas I didn’t realize that Jeff Walz was a Fort Thomas kid. For those of you less sports inclined, he is the coach of the lady Cardinals (U of L) […]
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Midway Streetscape
Another article in the Community Recorder today on Council moving forward with the street scape changes in the Midway. Some observations: 1. The article contains comments about Council moving forward despite a majority disagreeing with the plan. Does this sound familiar to anyone else out there? (can you say deer hunt?) The following is a […]