News - Roxanne Qualls

3CDC Will Help Cincinnati Move the Drop Inn Center

The Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. has offered to help move the region’s largest homeless shelter away from the tens of millions of dollars of redevelopment occurring around its location in Over-the-Rhine... Read more in the Business Courier

City Officials Take Trip to Examine Nashville's Form Based Code Successes

Headed by Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and council members Laure Quinlivan, Wendell Young and Charlie Winburn, the group toured three developments in and around Nashville, experiencing new development, infill, and revitalized areas of Nashville that capitalized on the basic idea behind form-based code: creating places where people want to be.... Read the rest at Soapbox Cincinnati

Completing Cincinnati's Streets

Construction is due to begin soon on Madison Road between Dana Ave. and Grandin Rd., but this is more than the routine repaving job. Rather than repaint the old lanes, the crew will be striping that half mile stretch of Madison Road as Cincinnati’s first “complete street" ...read the rest at VisionCincinnati

Council Approves Funding for Streetcar Project

The controversial Cincinnati streetcar plan may have made its final political stop at City Hall on Wednesday, when City Council authorized moving ahead with $108 million in grants and bonds for a project that has dominated civic debate for the past three years... read the rest at the Enquirer

Hilton Davis committee to travel to Columbus, pressure for cleanup

A Pleasant Ridge Community Council (PRCC) committee charged with advocating for a full cleanup of the Hilton Davis brownfield site is planning a trip to Columbus to put pressure on state legislators, and is encouraging local residents to do their part... read the rest at Building Cincinnati

Officials debate pension impact of regional water district

The proposed creation of a regional water district could eventually pull hundreds of workers out of the Cincinnati Retirement System, a move some fear could further weaken the troubled pension plan by significantly reducing the number of employees paying into it... read the rest at the Enquirer

Officials meet to discuss importance of Brent Spence Bridge project

U.S. Congressman Steve Driehaus (D-OH) and James L. Oberstar (D-MN) were in Cincinnati on Monday, August 2 to discuss the Brent Spence Bridge replacement and rehabilitation project. The congressmen met with local officials on the 25th floor of the Enquirer Building in downtown Cincinnati overlooking the river span... read the rest at Soapbox Cincinnati

Pension Meeting Likely to be hot one

It's a coincidence - but a fortunate one - that a special Cincinnati City Council committee meeting Thursday on ways to stabilize the city's troubled pension system will be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center... Read the rest at the Enquirer

State Innovation Hub, Streetcar Announcements tie Uptown and Downtown in Economic Growth

With two big economic development announcements last week, Uptown and downtown Cincinnati ties are growing closer than ever... read the rest at Soapbox Cincinnati

Two views on Eastern Corridor Project

The city of Cincinnati is standing in the way of light rail's benefits, Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune charges in an Enquirer guest column. Cincinnati City Council members Roxanne Qualls and Jeff Berding respond that the city isn't opposed; the plan just isn't ready yet... read the rest at the Enquirer

Changes at Drop Inn Center

The homeless shelter is now requiring guests to sign in with identification, and will soon introduce a new step-up unit in keeping with the spirit of the Homeless to Homes Initiative...read more in the Enquirer.

Making Streets for Everyone

'Complete Streets' movement includes pedestrians and bicycles...read more in CityBeat.

Building by building, Over-the-Rhine history slipping away

Over-the-Rhine will have lost over 50% of its structures with the demolition of just four more buildings...read more.

Safe at Home

City and County seek to move homeless to homes...Read more

City's 'required' pension payment soars

Swamped by massive investment losses in 2008.

City Delays on Pension Concessions

Worried about the financial health of the city's troubled pension system, Cincinnati's largest public employee union is willing to raise.

Cincinnati Passes Support for Complete Streets

Councilmember Roxanne Qualls introduced introduced a resolution supporting the federal Complete Streets Act of 2009, a piece of legislation meant to encourage streets that are safe for all forms of human transportation. Read about it at Building-Cincinnati.com.

New bridge next to Brent Spence?

They looked to the west. They searched far to the east.

Homeless to Homes Report Delivered to City Council

A comprehensive new plan to address homelessness in Cincinnati and Hamilton County hopes to shift focus...read more at Building Cincinnati. Read the new plan for helping homeless people successfully move to housing here.

Cincinnati Mayor, Council Want Human Services Cuts Restored

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and council members Roxanne Qualls, Laketa Cole, Cecil Thomas, Chris Monzel and Greg Harris have signed on to a motion to restore cuts to 50 human services programs.

City Pension Funds Tank

City Councilwoman Roxanne Qualls is playing a leading role in attempts to reform Cincinnati's retirement benefits.

Qualls Makes Plan for Clean Up

Cincinnati City Council member Roxanne Qualls isn't waiting for the health department to decide how it will clean up properties with lead hazards.