One year ago:
- Cincinnati City Council was exploring ways to display citizens' artwork at City Hall.
- The sale of two "paper" alleys was approved Downtown to make way for Procter & Gamble's new child care center.
- The City of Reading held a public meeting to discuss options for the cleanup of the Nivison-Weiskopf brownfield site.
- The Pleasant Ridge Community Council urged residents to write to the Ohio EPA and Governor Ted Strickland in the hopes of getting the Hilton Davis site cleaned up to community standards.
- "Voices of Covington" was launched, part of a heritage tourism initiative funded through the Preserve America initiative and private donations.
- An Oakley single-family house was razed for no apparent reason.