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The Business Courier is reporting that the Bengals organization has donated $250,000 to the Parks project on the riverfront. The check was presented during the groundbreaking ceremony today.
We couldn’t make it this morning to the groundbreaking, so no photos, but you can read about the ceremony at the following sites:
http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/09/29/daily9.html
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/NEWS01/809290318/1055/NEWS

Don’t forget the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Cincinnati Riverfront Park is taking place on Monday.
Groundbreaking on Riverfront Park
September 29
10 AM
Roebling Suspension Bridge
We’re excited to see this get under way. The end product will be much better than what is there now.

Interesting message …

Maybe not too much construction, but certainly a lot of stories in the news this week about the Banks project.
Apparently someone on a design review board thinks that the stairway designs for the parking garage access looks like an insect. There are no pictures to see, but you can read more about it on the [...]

Gerald Checco, Superintendent, Operations, Environmental and International Affairs Cincinnati Park Board has a column in this week’s Pulse Downtowner regarding the new Riverfront Park.
He invites anyone who wants to attend the groundbreaking to actually take a trowel in hand and dig at the ceremony. Sounds fun.
Read the article:
Cincinnati Riverfront Park: Changing the Landscape

The Cincinnati Business Courier is reporting that the Banks developer is considering adjusting the Banks plan to attract a hotel rather than a condominium tower.
With credit tight, the mortgage market in meltdown, and a lot of people tightening their pocket books this doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.
Find our more:
Banks developers on hotel trail [...]

Eye-catching safety signs have started showing up around the job site.