Is it Price Hill, or is it Covedale?

Well, which is it?

In the January 25 Price Hill Press, Covedale resident Jim Grawe asks if business and civic leaders will brand the communities in a way that will make them more marketable.

A 2004 survey found that 9 out of 10 St. Theresa parishioners preferred the designation of "Covedale" when asked where they lived.

Given Price Hill's vast size, its seperation into West/East/Lower, and its diversity of income levels, is a further segregation into marketable "Districts" an inevitability?

Isn't part of the "Covedale Garden District" in Price Hill?

What?!?

Regionalism, chili tonight in Price Hill

The discussion of a regional vision for Cincinnati continues tonight on the City's West Side.

Agenda 360 is holding its next public engagement session at Price Hill Chili, 4920 Glenway Avenue, from 5:30 PM-7 PM.

Modeled after Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015, Agenda 360 is meant to address five categories of work: Competitive Economy, Educational Excellence, Livable Communities, Urban Renaissance and Effective Governance.

The ultimate goal of Agenda 360 is to develop a regional action plan that will "transform Cincinnati USA, by the year 2020, into a leading metropolitan region for talent, jobs and economic opportunity for all who call our region home."

The effort is a product of Bold Fusion, the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's annual young professionals summit.

Admission to the event is free, but registration is encouraged.

"Take a Closer Look" at Price Hill this Sunday

A reception showcasing the photographic work of a dozen middle school students will be held in Price Hill on Sunday at 1 PM.

The reception, called "Take a Closer Look", is sponsored by Price Hill Will's Arts and Culture Community Action Team and is being hosted by the Price Hill Historical Society, 3640 Warsaw Avenue.

The program was the brainchild of Price Hill Will members Pat Bruns and Ann Andriacco.

Last July, twelve middle school students learned about photography and the history of their neighborhood. They were then sent out to photograph the local architecture, which they edited themselves in Elder's technology lab.

These images are now being used on banners throughout the business district. Maps for locating these banners will be provided.

The students' work will also be available for sale.

Visit Price Hill Will's Arts and Culture Community Action Team web page

Wrecking Cincinnati, 8/28/07

RIP: 4132 W Liberty St, West Price Hill
Two-family

DOB: 1900
Died: August 2007
Cause of death: Neglected and vacant for many years under a long-time owner. It was likely abandoned. It was finally declared a public nuisance in October 2006.

Price Hill: 1215 Rutledge Avenue

Kevin Murray is rehabbing the apartments of this long-vacant, blighted building.

The building was purchased for $108,000 in May.

As recently as 2005, the four-family house was a hotbed of drug activity. The building was in disrepair and animals had made a home there. People used it as a toilet.

It was built in 1929.

WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW (looking west)
GOOGLE AERIAL MAP (left of arrow)

Price Hill: Cedar Grove Phase II funded

1002 Seton Avenue

City Council has agreed unanimously to extend a $300,000 conditional loan to Price Hill Will (PHW) for Phase II of their Cedar Grove project.

The money will be spent on the Buy-Improve-Sell program to rehab four homes within the boundaries of Glenway, Seton, W Eighth and Sunset. PHW is allowed $75,000 per home for the purchase and rehab work. (Any costs above that are borne by PHW.)

The rehabbed homes are then sold to owner-occupiers, who are required to live there for at least three years. If the owner sells before the three years have elapsed, half of any profit from the sale goes back to PHW. Those funds would then be channeled into future projects.

Part of the subsidy from the city is meant to help keep prices low enough that the homes will become more attractive to those seeking to own a home.

PHW is undertaking this project because of fears of deteriorating housing stock, lowering homeownership rates, blight and crime in the neighborhood.

Phase I included the rehab of four homes, two of which have been purchased. Their first house, 1002 Seton Ave, sold for $60,500 last July.

The properties for Phase II have not yet been decided.

PHW expects that it can rehab and resell 50 homes over the life of this program.

WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW
GOOGLE AERIAL MAP

Price Hill gallery added

A photo gallery for Price Hill has been added at the bottom of the page.

There are currently 29 photos in the gallery.