College Hill big box?

The August 27 edition of the College Hill eNewsletter reports that the board of the Cincinnati Waldorf School has voted to sell 18 acres near the Star Tower to a big-box developer.

The land along Winton Road was originally purchased by the board in 2001 with the idea of raising funds for a new school.

A petition drive was initiated to get the board to reconsider a plan to sell the land to Sean Mullaney and Dianna Schweitzer. The husband and wife, who have children at the school, indicated that they would buy the land and hold the property in trust for three years, at which point they would give the school the first option of buying it back.

The big-box developer has not yet been named.

The property is currently zoned for single-family housing and would require a zoning change or a Planned Development District designation to be used for retail.

The eNewsletter also mentions that the first of two planned metallic gateway sculptures should be completed by the end of this year.

More on both of these stories can be found in the online version of the newsletter by clicking the links within this post.

WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW
GOOGLE LABELLED AERIAL MAP