Three years ago:
- In Hyde Park, the building that formerly housed the Mairose Grocery was razed by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati for a parking lot.
- The Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners approved the annexation of a portion of Springfield Township into the City of Forest Park to make redevelopment of the former Kmart site easier.
- Building Cincinnati was not named as the best local blog by Cincinnati.com, the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, and CincyTechUSA.
- In Wyoming, Building Value began its first full-house deconstruction project.
- Cincinnati City Council was considering creating a new capital improvement account for the construction of three new parking decks at Downtown's 7th Street Garage.
- In Mount Auburn, residents along Walker Street submitted a petition to the City asking it to fund a retaining wall that would correct severe landslide problems.
- Al. Neyer, Inc. was seeking a lease agreement for one-fifth of an acre to provide better access to employee parking at 444 W Third Street, the future American headquarters of dunnhumbyUSA.
- A memo from Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney addressed several residents' ideas for spending the City's share of federal economic stimulus money, including historic preservation, a new public safety facility in East Price Hill, and improvements to the Peebles Corner neighborhood business district.
- A Sayler Park house was razed, the result of negligent property owners, an estranged marriage, and fears of prosecution.
