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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks
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$100 MILLION IN NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD BOOST NKY RIVER CITIES
What could $100 million worth of new real estate developments look like in Covington and the river cities? The RC News talks with Jeanne Schroer who, along with Mayor Scheper, will lead this ambitious effort to transform the region. Details at the link. |
COVINGTON CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA FOR TUESDAY
The main event for Tuesday night's caucus meeting of the Covington City Commission is the public unveiling of the Center City Action Plan by Denver-based Progressive Urban Management Associates. The River City News has full coverage of the plan and what it could do revitalize Covington's Downtown and urban neighborhoods at the links below:
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PART ONE
The River City News has obtained a copy of the Center City Action Plan. At the link, find part one of three upcoming reports. Suggestions include parking meters for Mainstrasse, zoning changes, and a database of vacant, available spaces for new businesses. Click it.
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PART TWO
The second part of the plan to revitalize Downtown Covington focuses on creating open and green spaces for the community with recommendations that include a trail system through the town and dramatic lighting displays on historic industrial infrastructure. Details at the link. |
PART THREE
How would you feel about a 90-day code enforcement blitz? At the link, details from the Center City Action Plan's goals for "an inviting public realm", including the role of social service agencies and which neighborhood Covington should prioritize for residential development. Click it.
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OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TUESDAY:
- An emergency contract awarded to Aladdin Pools for the concrete resurfacing of Randolph Park Pool (a vital step to keep this pool open and possibly part of the generous $50,000 donation from the Housing Authority of Covington)
- An amendment of the agreement between the City of Covington and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in regards to the Madison Avenue streetscape
- Approval of the Home Consortium's annual action plan
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BRENT SPENCE PLAN HEMMED IN BY HISTORY
Could the historic designation of the Lewisburg neighborhood be a problem for Covington's desired changes to the Brent Spence Bridge plans?
There are federal laws that dictate how new or expanded highways must be kind to the environment and to surrounding cultural and historic areas.A very good and thorough report is at the link.
“Especially,” Hans added, “when you are impacting parks that have been funded with federal funds,” such as Goebel Park, located immediately east of I-71/75 and south of Covington’s Fifth Street.
In the current plan, 40 homes – all in Kentucky and most in Covington – are targeted for purchases. So are 14 businesses, including six in Kentucky.
Adding a “last chance exit” would “impact more property, it takes more historic district, several more homes (in the district), it causes the closure of Crescent Avenue (where two cul-de-sacs would be created near the center of Crescent),” Hans said.
Cincinnati Enquirer/Mike Rutledge
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NOTE: Business leaders and Kentucky's Lt. Governor will announce a possible path forward for a new bridge on Monday at noon at the Banks in Cincinnati.
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ANTI-"HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA" MAYORAL CANDIDATE WILL DROP THE ISSUE
Dara McDowell, who is running for Covington Mayor this year and who started a Facebook firestorm with her position on gays in the city, announced today that she will stop talking about the issue:
When I entered this race, I had no idea about the new gay rights movement going on. If I had known, I don't think I would have gotten involved. But once I found out, being a former gay and living in a gay town that wasn't family friendly ... I felt like I had to do something to prevent the movement. However, I wasn't sure if I would be doing the right thing or not. I tried my best to figure it out. Michael messaged me a couple of weeks ago for an interview. And honestly, I did not know if I should continue in the race ... I was so concerned about the new "gay movement". I do want people to feel protected. However, I also feared... well, simply those things that I saw happening in other "gay cities". This really took me by surprise. I had great economic plans for the city, but I couldn't see past the possible threat to morality (such as what I see in gay cities across the U.S. and across the globe, right now... such as what I have been posting - for your information). I'm not against gays... I just have a lot of fear that children's rights to grow up in wholesome environment will disappear (thinking of the open-sex gay pride parades, and the "fisting" lessons given to highschool kids in other cities). I want a family safe place for my children, their friends and all children to grow up innocently, unlike I did. I was a victim of molestation by a neighbor, as a child (he was straight). Anyway, for a moment, or two, I thought, that maybe I could shed some light, and Covington, will consider the importance of putting family first. I never meant to be hurtful to you in any way shape or form. I kind of felt that my back was against the wall, and I couldn't just ignore what I knew in my heart to be true... and that I couldn't remain silent about it either. Honestly, this is just too much for me. I am officially bowing out of this topic from here on out. Please accept my apologies. I had my eyes on the "sins" of other cities and was forgetting about how great *this* city is doing.
Read the lengthy Facebook thread by clicking here.
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A COUPLE OF BACK-TO-BACK POLICE EVENTS IN MAINSTRASSE
First, police, fire, and ambulance crews responded to West 8th Street between Bakewell and Philadelphia after a man crashed his moped into a pickup truck. That man was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is expected to be OK.
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Then, not long after the moped crash, Covington Police respond to a call that a possibly naked woman is locked out of her home on Main Street between 9th & Pike. The woman was never located.
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CONVICTED: WEEKLY MUGSHOT ROUND-UP
34 people are either on their way to prison or probation. Your weekly mugshot round-up from Kenton County Court is at the link. 
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THESE COVINGTONIANS ARE STILL MISSING
Covington Police want you to remember that some of our neighbors are still missing, one since as far back as the mid-1980s:
From the Police:
Geoff was last seen in the vicinity of the 600 block of Main St. in Covington. An accident occurred on westbound I-275 at the bridge heading to Indiana at approximately 3:20am. When the police arrived, his vehicle was located but Geoff's whereabouts remain unknown.See the other missing people by clicking here.
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QUICKIES
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George Clooney's fundraiser for President Obama expected to set a record Cincinnati Enquirer
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Four Judges-Executive back Boone Co's Gary Moore in GOP Congressional primary Cincinnati Enquirer
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Richie Farmer's home is now in foreclosure LEX 18
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Must Read: In defense of Richie Farmer:
I feel sorry for him.Barefoot & Progressive
Not pity but actual empathy. I don’t excuse his actions but celebrating them won’t gain anyone anything. Richie is already destroyed for now. He could rise again and I’d like to see that, reformed, redemptive, a little hope for all of us regardless of conviction.
And I feel sorry for him because he’s living in a state full of folks who would likely have done much the same and is surrounded by a political class that already does.
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Nation's first federal hate crime ends with guilty pleas in Kentucky Joe.My.God.
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Company donates T-shirts for gay pride fest after Lexington company refused to produce them Herald-Leader
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Attorney General Jack Conway's monthly newsletter (PDF) Jack Conway
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Consultants to newly formed KY tax commission to suggest a new approach WFPL
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Will Kentucky Speedway draw more fans? Cincinnati Enquirer
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Gospel star to pen song for World Choir Games Cincinnati Enquirer
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THIS IS ONE BUSY SATURDAY IN COVINGTON!
Not to mention the fact that it's also Derby Day!
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FARMERS MARKET KICKS OFF NEW SEASON
Check out the Market's new location for the year in Roebling Point at Court Street in Park Place. New this year is the ability to accept credit cards and WIC/food stamps.
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GROUNDBREAKING AT THE LICKING RIVER GREENWAY & TRAILS
Join the ceremony this morning at Holmes High School (in the rear parking lot) as ground is formally broken on the Licking River Greenway & Trails. The event starts at 10:30AM with the short program at 11:00AM. Check out photos from a recent trip to the trails at the link below.
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LATONIA CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
From a press release:
Come to the Latonia Children's Festival on Saturday, May 5th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The free festival, for young children and their families, is designed to promote summer activities, to provide safety and wellness information and to bring together families in the Latonia area. The festival will take place ½ blocks from Ritte's Corner at 38th and Church Street.For more information, click here.
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NEW PIECE OF ART FROM TAFT MUSEUM ON DISPLAY IN MAINSTRASSE
Check it out at 6th & Main Streets:
From the Mainstrasse Village Association:
Just in time for the City of Covington's First Friday Gallery Hop, MainStrasse Village is happy to help the Taft Museum of Art celebrate their 80th anniversary by displaying "A Gray Day in Holland" in The Village! Thanks to Cock & Bull for providing the perfect red backdrop.From the Taft Museum:
ART FOR ALL is a public arts program celebrating the Taft Museum of Art’s 80th anniversary. The program commemorates Charles and Anna Taft’s gift of their home and art to the people of the region in 1932. As the Tafts stated in their deed of gift, “We desire to devote our collection of pictures, porcelains, and other works of art to the people of Cincinnati in such a manner that they may be readily available to all.” Modeled after successful programs launched by the Tate Gallery in London and the Detroit Institute of Arts, ART FOR ALL strives to give back to the community that has generously supported the Taft over the past 80 years, as well as to make some new friends.|
JACOB PRICE MEMORIAL GARDEN MEETING TUESDAY
The former site of the Jacob Price housing project where the new River's Edge at Eastside Pointe is being developed will still retain a tribute to its history. A meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, at 5:00PM at the Housing Authority of Covington. Call (859) 655-7304 with any questions.
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FROM THE KENTON CO LIBRARY:
Free Comic Book Day today at the Durr Branch (for teens) and the Covington library (for teens and children). Libraries open at 10 today.|
CONGRATULATIONS, GATEWAY COLLEGE!
The Gateway Community and Technical College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the nation’s largest academic honor society for two-year colleges, received national recognition at the organization’s annual convention in Nashville April 12.For more on the honor: Gateway
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HAPPY DERBY DAY!
Some perspective on today's race...
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Derby was sublime but now it's ridiculous Kentucky Forward
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Kentucky author Hunter S. Thompson's epic piece "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent & Depraved" Click Here
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Legendary southern writer William Faulkner's take on the Derby written for Sports Illustrated Click Here
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Which Derby horse has been the best investment? Herald-Leader
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"Believe You Can" wins the Kentucky Oaks Business First
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WILDCATS GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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Photo gallery from the White House visit State-Journal
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Calipari, staff get new contracts, raises Herald-Leader
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UK, UofL, and IU are top 3 next season Card Chronicle
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A VERY SPECIAL MOON TONIGHT
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