Explore Cincinnati

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Travis Estell and Emily Schneider discuss layoffs at the city; projects that will and won’t be receiving stimulus money; possible USPS branch closures; ODOT’s I-75 work; new jobs and new parking Downtown; the city’s controversial expanded recycling program; Kenwood Towne Place; preservation in OTR; The Righteous Room; Downtown Restaurant Week; the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards; national publicity for a local folk band; and more!  Sean Fisher and Kurt Myers talk with us about their website BuyCincy and what we can do to encourage more local business patronage.

Season 3, Episode 7 of “Explore Cincinnati” for August 5, 2009:

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Further reading:

• “City of Cincinnati proposes to cut 319 jobs” from Business Courier
• “Cincy-area post offices considered for closure” from Business Courier
• “The stimulus money is starting to flow in Cincinnati” from UrbanCincy
• “Cincinnati Children’s wins $8M in stimulus funding” from Business Courier
• “Dohoney memo addresses resident ideas for stimulus spending” from Building Cincinnati
• “ODOT funding could offset losses of Cincinnati service facilities” from Building Cincinnati
• “Downtown garage expansion could begin this October” from Building Cincinnati
• “Lease would provide better access for dunnhumbyUSA parking” from Building Cincinnati
• “Judge steps aside in Kenwood Towne Place case” from Business Courier
• “Righteous Room opens this weekend” from Business Courier
• “2009 CEA: Theatre Awards Show August 30th” from Cincinnati Blog
• “The Tillers Featured On The Today Show” from Each Note Secure
• “Downtown Restaurant Week” from Wine Me, Dine Me in Cincinnati
• Cincinnati Restaurant Week menus at DoDowntownCincinnati.com
• “The Rest of the Story-What the Enquirer did not tell You About Recycling” by Roxanne Qualls
• “Dohoney: Most OTRF preservation recommendations ‘probably unfeasible’” from Building Cincinnati
• “What the ‘outsiders’ are saying” from UrbanCincy
• “What do America’s Top Ten Cities Have in Common?” from CincyStreetcar Blog
• Mayor Mallory on WKRC’s Newsmakers program
• “Let’s be bold, not typical, on streetcar” from Business Courier
• “Business Courier on Streetcar” from CityKin
• BuyCincy, our featured local website of the week