Tag: development

Designing the future of downtown Cincinnati

Designing the future of downtown Cincinnati

Cincinnati city leaders have announced plans to create a roadmap for the further development of downtown, where according to Mayor Aftab Pureval, stakeholders can help design a “growth in housing, a growth in jobs, and a growth in tourism.”

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Neighborhood Solutions, a LIVE Community Conversation

Neighborhood Solutions, a LIVE Community Conversation

Brick by Brick’s first in-person community conversation and Q&A event focused on Dayton neighborhood solutions, but the issues and lessons resonate for cities across the region. We turned it into a special podcast so that we can all learn from each other.

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A Season of Solutions

A Season of Solutions

It was the spring of 2024 when Brick by Brick began reporting on solutions that could potentially increase the housing supply and make it more affordable. 32 episodes later we look back at how well some of those ideas are working, and what’s in store for season two.

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Development guide for residents, Hyde Park fights developer at the ballot box  

Development guide for residents, Hyde Park fights developer at the ballot box  

As the population continues to grow, the U.S. has failed to keep up with needed housing. Developers and cities see opportunities, but neighborhoods don’t always agree with the plan and want an avenue to block construction. What kind of an impact can everyday citizens have in their own backyard on housing and other types of development?  Cincinnati’s Hyde Park  To an outsider, a plan to […]

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How “Gentlefication” is helping transform neighborhoods and fight gentrification 

How “Gentlefication” is helping transform neighborhoods and fight gentrification 

An effort to improve one man’s suburban Dallas neighborhood is now spreading across the country, even touching South Bend, Indiana. Incremental developer Monte Anderson coined the term “gentlefication,” valuing people and buildings as he envisions what an area could look like. He’s teaching other cities to do it. Some say it can’t come soon enough as gentrification becomes faster and more widespread.  The Issue  The National Community […]

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Construction of large-scale apartment buildings is breaking records. Will Cincinnati and Dayton welcome the additional housing? 

Construction of large-scale apartment buildings is breaking records. Will Cincinnati and Dayton welcome the additional housing? 

Cities that want to add hundreds of housing units at a time are embracing the addition of large-scale apartments. These big multifamily housing projects are on track to break national records this year and add an estimated 2-million units by 2028. But will the current economic climate allow the building boom to continue and do communities want large-scale apartments in their neighborhoods?  Record-breaking construction  For […]

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