Posted May 1, 2012, 10:54 PM
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From ghost town to night-on-the-town: Downtown Cincinnati's revitalization
Here's some bullet points from the end of the article:
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Growing And Growing (According to the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce):
*In 2011, Cincinnati had higher total job and private-sector job growth than the U.S. overall and Ohio overall. And more growth than Columbus and Cleveland combined
*Cincinnati has the most jobs of any region in Ohio for the first time since the data has been tracked in 1990.
*Cincinnati has more total employment growth than markets such as Minneapolis/St. Paul, Denver, Indianapolis and Charlotte, among others.
*In 2011, Cincinnati created almost half as many jobs as the entire state of Ohio.
*The Cincinnati region had 1.8 percent job growth in 2011 or 17,200 jobs.
* 3CDC has built 186 residential units in Over-the-Rhine to date. 94 percent are sold. Twelve condos are left.
* 3CDC has built 91,000 square feet of commercial space which is 85 percent leased
* 3CDC is set to break ground on 238 new residential units and 34,000 square feet of commercial space (this includes Mercer Commons, Paint Building, and seven projects in OTR Phase V Development – a total of 38 more buildings being renovated)
* 3CDC owns 200 buildings in the area from Central Parkway on the south to Liberty on the north, Elm on the west to Main on the East and 169 vacant parcels. 3CDC has rehabilitated 50 of these and are poised on another 50.
*Work on the Streetcar project is underway.
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Read more: http://www.wcpo.com//dpp/news/local_...#ixzz1tf64GCgp
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