When the contractor they hired was finished, he asked, “Why in the world would you want to move to Norwood?” That was her first experience with the all-too-common, popular perception of Norwood as a Rust Belt burg whose best days were behind it. As Cincinnati's first-ring suburbs go, Norwood is fairly large. Nearly 20,000 residents …
Cincinnati City Council voted 6-2 to approve a $67 million apartment project proposed for the site of a former school and church in Evanston, with nearby neighbors continuing an opposition campaign against it. Kingsley + Co., headed by developer Chinedum Ndukwe, plans to build the Mingo, a two-building mixed-income apartment project at 3060 Durrell Ave. …
The Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency is closing applications for its rent and property tax assistance programs a month earlier than anticipated. That's because of high demand and limited funds, Vice President of Community Services Erik Thomas says. “This was not an easy decision because we know that just because the funding is coming to …