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Spring 2010 Issue
In January 2010, the Hamilton County Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant (EECBG-Formula) was initiated. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Hamilton County was awarded a total of $4,841,600 for its EECBG Formula Grant. Of that total, $919,495 was committed to the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance...[
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First Suburbs Consortium (FSC) will be under new leadership in 2010. Chuck Kamine from Amberley Village and Richard Ellison from Elmwood Place left their elected positions at the end of 2009 and retired from the FSC executive board...[
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The village of Golf Manor is about 0.6 square miles, located about 8 miles north of downtown Cincinnati, OH., and surrounded by the neighborhoods of Pleasant Ridge and Roselawn. It had a population of 3,999 according to the 2000 census reflecting a negative growth rate trend...
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On January 28, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland joined U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, state and local officials, and rail supporters from across the state to announce that Ohio has received $400 million in federal stimulus resources to invest in passenger rail...[
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Green Township (pop. 60,000), one of the largest urban townships in the State of Ohio, is conducting a comprehensive review to the land uses within its boundaries. Once considered as a community with unlimited land available for growth, Green Township is beginning to experience redevelopment pressures alongside traditional new development...[
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“Communities of the Future” is the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD)’s vision for the implementation of one of the largest public works projects in the history of our metropolitan region that seeks to solve the long-term combined sewer overflow problem (CSO)—14 billion gallons of raw sewage, mixed with storm water, that overflow from our sewers into local streams and rivers annually...[
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The Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance (http://greatercea.org/) is a non-profit organization that provides educational, project management, and financing services to retrofit buildings with energy efficient and renewable technologies, and is primarily focused on the residential and small commercial sectors...[
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In 2009 the Obama Administration introduced a comprehensive Financial Stability Plan to address the key problems at the heart of the current crisis and get our economy back on track. A critical piece of that effort is the Making Home Affordable Program. The Making Home Affordable is a plan to stabilize our housing market and help Americans reduce their monthly mortgage payments to more affordable levels...[
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Active Community Transportation Act of 2010, Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices, Google Maps Bicycle Directions, How Have Recent Rezonings Affected the City's Ability to Grow?...[
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Hamilton County Community Development, in a consortium with the City of Cincinnati Department of Community Development, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, Model Group, and Local Initiatives Support Corporation, has been awarded $24,068,968 in Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2) Grant funds....[
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