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A new 140-unit townhouse development is being proposed to be built off of Towne Boulevard in Middletown.A zoning change from business to a planned unit development was approved by Middletown City Council following a public hearing Tuesday night for the development slated for 16.3 acres on the east side of...
Aglamesis Bro’s Ice Cream and Chocolate’s first new location in more than five decades is within 30 days from opening on Main Street in Hamilton.And the marquee sign is already in place.Click here to read the full article (subscription may be required)
Knightsbridge Advanced Manufacturing Hub will be a game-changing and innovating investment in Hamilton, area leaders say.They expect it to be similar to what happened several years ago when Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill invested in an old, abandoned paper mill and transformed it into the country’s largest indoor sports facility,...
The end-user of a new data center being built at the corner of Grand Avenue and U.S. 127 in Hamilton will be identified in the coming months, the developer of the project says.Construction of the facility is set to begin in early 2025, and the architectural and civil engineering for...
Vinylmax Windows is planning to hire 150 more employees after doubling its footprint in Hamilton.The 40-year-old company moved to Hamilton from Sharonville. Construction on the building started in 2007 and it moved into a 150,000-square-foot facility on McBride Court in Enterprise Park the following year. The facility expansion now gives...
The expanding regional need for robotics-trained workers now has a new feeder link of career learning as Butler Tech unveiled its latest adult education program Wednesday.An audience of dozens, included Butler County office holders and area business leaders, attended the opening ceremony – and toured a new robotics learning lab...
A temporary moratorium has been placed on commercial development along the future Millikin Road interchange with Interstate 75 in Liberty Twp.The move, trustees say, is to give township officials time to review and update zoning on the hundreds of acres in the affected area.Click here to read the full article...
Hamitlon City Council will consider hiring a passenger rail consultant to give the city its best shot at what Councilman Mike Ryan said is a one-time only opportunity.For the past couple of years, the city has been lobbying Amtrak and lawmakers to get one of the suburban stops in Hamilton...
There are a lot of expectations of Smith and the Butler County Finance Authority. Butler County Commissioner Don Dixon, who pushed for Smith to take on this role, said while it’s a “humongous job,” Smith has the institutional knowledge and connections to get it done.“The guy is like a dog...
In a few years, Hamilton could see upwards of 1,000 hotel rooms in the city.The most recent will take place after the city sells a three-acre parking lot in downtown Hamilton for $50,000 to make way for a planned dual Hilton-branded hotel.Click here to read the full article (subscription may...
In 2018, when Chipotle was reeling from multiple food outbreaks that had sickened 1,100 people, the company called Brian Niccol to turn things around.As Chipotle’s chairman and CEO, Niccol beefed up marketing and product innovation, added a loyalty program and improved store operations. He also instituted employee benefits, like a...
Central Pastry has been satisfying sweet tooths in Middletown for 75 years and at the helm for 40 years in a cloud of flour and know how has been Vera Slamka.She and her husband John, a former Armco International employee, bought the business in the heart of downtown on Aug...
The phenomenal growth on the Interstate 75 corridor over the last decade continues to help link northern Cincinnati and southern Dayton.Part of the growth has been anchored by the Austin Landing and Liberty Center developments.Just five short years later in 2015, the Liberty Center development opened for business and has...
Innovative Platform Centralizes Resources and Streamlines Processes for Businesses Exploring Opportunities in Butler County, OHHAMILTON, OH–The Butler County Finance Authority (BCFA) is happy to announce the launch of its new website, www.thebcfa.org, developed in collaboration with Golden Shovel Agency. This new platform is designed to provide centralized access to crucial...
David Shaw’s Big River Get Down Presented by Miller Lite will return to Hamilton this weekend with Shaw performing at a solo VIP ticketed event on the first night of the festival, along with several special guests.“This has been one of the greatest joys of my life, honestly. It is...
When the Butler County commissioners received a $75 million pandemic windfall from the federal government they wanted to invest in projects that would be “transformational” and a huge chunk of the money has gone to support two major developments at Miami University, the latest gift is $5 million in matching...
One of southwest Ohio’s most advanced high school aviation career programs just got a $1 million boost from a statewide business investor group to help a planned airport-based school aid regional airports with staffing shortages.Butler Tech and Middletown officials announced today a $1 million grant from the non-profit JobsOhio’s Ohio...
Pre-leasing for the giant Remington Lake apartment complex behind Meijer on the west side of Hamilton begins this week as construction continues.Maria Lashells, PLK Communities’ vice president of Marketing and Brand, said they are still in the early stages of construction, “but everything is coming along nicely.” She said they...
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WDTN) — Around the end of the decade, drivers traveling through southwest Ohio on I-75 will likely witness history.Just south of the I-75 rest area in Monroe, a major construction project is anticipated to convert the Millikin Road overpass into an interchange. The change would create Exit...
COVID brought Catherine Rentschler home, and a pair of Hamilton redevelopment projects got her to stay.A sign of Hamilton’s economic growth is supported by the fact the city will have two boutique hotels on either side of High Street.The Mueller Hotel LLC project is a half-year away from beginning construction.Meanwhile,...
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WDTN) — Today, city leaders in Middletown broke ground on what’s described as an “epicenter” for shopping, dining and more between Dayton and Cincinnati.Click here to read the full article.
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to donate an ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope, or UHV STM, to the Corbett Research Group led by Dr. Joseph Perry Corbett, an assistant...
The Butler County Board of Commissioners awarded Miami University $10 million to support the establishment of an advanced manufacturing workforce and innovation hub during its meeting today. With the funding, Miami will acquire the property at 101 Knightsbridge Drive in Hamilton to house the new hub.Butler County Commissioners Cindy Carpenter,...
HAMILTON, Ohio — If there is one thing City Council firmly believes, it is that Joshua Smith made Hamilton, Ohio, a better place.All seven Hamilton council members offered Smith thoughts of appreciation for his 13½ years with the city. He was hired in September 2010 away from the village of...