Travis and Emily provide news updates on Queensgate Terminals, Metro, MLK improvements, the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, local restaurants, and more.  Sherman Cahal joins us for discussion of these stories, plus construction at Xavier University, the Metropole 21c hotel, and Cincinnati’s bike plan.  Dan Korman talks with us about his business Park + Vine.

Season 4, Episode 7 of “Explore Cincinnati” for November 25, 2009:

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Further reading:

• “Barge operators squabble over riverfront turf” from the Business Courier
• “City council to vote on river port issue” from Business Courier blog
• “Stadium tax shortfall could mean higher property taxes for Hamilton Countians” from Business Courier
• “Cincinnati to enter LPA with ODOT on MLK project” from Building Cincinnati
• “Metro: 20% service cut might still be needed” from Business Courier
• “Metro revises Access fare hike proposal” from Business Courier
• “General Growth Properties plans Chapter 11 exit” from Business Courier
• “Cincinnati wins $5,000 first-place prize in national recycling contest” from UrbanCincy
• “2009 Cincinnati Entertainment Award Winners!” from Each Note Secure
• “Salon Central opens in Over-the-Rhine with a ‘modern sensibility’” from Soapbox
• “Churchill’s moving to Findlay Market” from Business Courier
• “Mayberry to Open for Dinner” from Wine Me Dine Me in Cincinnati
• “Local 127 Opens For Lunch” from Cincinnati Locavore
• “The Ault & Wiborg Company” (demolition for P&G) from Sherman Cahal’s Abandoned
• Taft Museum current exhibits
• Gateway Quarter merchants

We discuss news on Plan Cincinnati, Union Terminal’s preservation, Metro, Cincinnati’s budget, the Metropole apartments, and more.  We talk to Ronny Salerno and Sherman Cahal about their Exploring Cincinnati photography exhibit.  Vickie Magliano talks with us about Spin for the Cure.

Season 4, Episode 1 of “Explore Cincinnati” for October 7, 2009:

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Further reading:

• “Metro receives $700k grant for Uptown Crossings transit hub” from UrbanCincy
• “Cincinnati council supports receivership effort” from Business Courier
• “Cincinnati 2010 budget gap estimate now $51.5 million” from Business Courier
• “Leaders seek I-71 exit near UC” from the Enquirer
• “Metropole Apartments to become a boutique hotel?” from Urban Up
• “The boutique hotel space race continues as Downtown’s Metropole announces possible sale” from Soapbox
• “Report: 3C ‘Quick Start’ could save Ohioans $36M per year, pay off in five years” from Building Cincinnati
• “Cincinnati Development Fund receives $1M award from Treasury Department” from Soapbox
• “Cold Turkey Closed” from Cincinnati Blog
• “Green Derby Restaurant reopens with a fresh twist in the heart of Newport” from Soapbox
• Plan Cincinnati — a comprehensive plan for the future
• “Councilmember Laketa Cole Disavows ‘Progressers’” from COAST
• “Cole proposes shuttles for Market parking woes” from Building Cincinnati
• “At What Cost Preservation?” from Cincinnati Blog
• Experience Covington tour
• City of Cincinnati’s Bicycle Master Plan
• “Cincinnati to host first public open house on citywide bike plan October 8” from Soapbox

Our guests’ websites:

• Ronny Salerno’s Queen City Discovery
• Sherman Cahal’s Urban Up
• Spin for the Cure

Travis and Emily run through the week’s news on Agenda 360, The Banks, Metro, Newport on the Levee, NY Times promoting Cincy, WOXY, and more.  Sherman Cahal joins us to chat about preservation in OTR and Seattle’s light rail.  Mark Miller weighs in on the Riverfront Transit Center and The Banks.

Season 3, Episode 5 of “Explore Cincinnati” for July 22, 2009:

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Feedback:

We love hearing your feedback.  You can leave a comment in this blog post, or call our feedback line at: (513) 2 EXPLORE, or (513) 239-7567.  We may play back your comment on the next episode of Explore Cincinnati.

Further reading:

• “Commissioners OK $345K in Banks change orders” from Business Courier
• “Cincinnati to cut ‘several hundred’ jobs” from Business Courier
• “WOXY Is On The Move” from WOXY
• “WOXY.com Moving to Texas: Not a Big Deal” from Cincinnati Blog
• “State budget cuts won’t force UC tuition hike” from Business Courier
• “Western Bowl sold; Hoinke Classic to survive” from Business Courier
• “Tenants leaving, shifting spots at Newport Levee” from Business Courier
• “Newport on the Levee pins new tenant” from Business Courier
• “Light rail open for business” from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• “Cincinnati second-largest American city with no rail transit” from The Phony Coney
• “36 Hours – Cincinnati” from New York Times
• “Growing business locally with Coffee Emporium” from UrbanCincy
• “Ford recalls 31 Sharonville workers” from Business Courier
• “Agenda 360 announces council to implement regional action plan” from Building Cincinnati
• “Morgan, OTR group propose changes to City code enforcement” from Building Cincinnati
• “Krohn closes today, re-opens in six weeks” from Building Cincinnati
• “Metro using stimulus funds for budget gap” from Business Courier
• Sherman Cahal’s UrbanUp, Abandoned, American Byways, and Bridges & Tunnels