July 2012
In late May the Uptown Consortium held its first Uptown Business Celebration to recognize the successful businesses and nonprofits throughout Uptown’s five neighborhoods.
The Consortium awarded winners in five
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful awarded a $5,000 City of Cincinnati grant to improve the intersection of Vine and Woolper streets to renovate sections of the streetscape.
The intersection of Vine and Woolper is a high-traffic
Shortly after the Uptown Consortium announced the potential impact of building an interchange at Interstate 71 at Martin Luther King Drive, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) approved $3 million in funding to
In April, Uptown President and CEO Beth Robinson attended the annual New Markets Tax Credit Summit, attending with some of the national leaders of the tax credit industry. Since the beginning of the Federal New Markets Tax
On March 30, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory invited a group of 25 Cincinnati business leaders to be hosted by the White House. Included in the leadership group was Uptown Consortium President and CEO Beth Robinson.
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More than 30 Uptown business owners attended a Small Business Design Seminar on March 2 to receive tips and explore trends designed to enhance storefront presentation and increase the bottom line. Two experts in the field
In February the Uptown Consortium was one of 70 organizations nationwide to be awarded Federal New Markets Tax Credits with an allocation of $40 million.
With only two local organizations receiving the award, the local
This past January the Uptown Consortium helped U Square @ the Loop developers break ground on the $78 million development.
Uptown Consortium President Beth Robinson; University of Cincinnati President Gregory Williams;
Volunteers from the Uptown Consortium, Clifton Town Meeting, and the Cincinnati Zoo decided to get a little dirty at the corner of Woolper and Vine Street last month. While planting flowers during a hot summer in
Uptown Cincinnati is making the effort to discover its “greener” side, starting with a Green Initiatives Committee meeting held on Tuesday, July 10th, which included business, neighborhood, and community