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I recently received a press release announcing that this year is the 70th anniversary of organized barbershop singing in America.
Given the diverse range of people I’ve met in West Chester and Liberty, I suspect there are at least a few barber-shoppers in the area. Are you one of them? Do you swoon to the ring of tight four-part harmony? If so, share your story here.
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The Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation and the West Chester Twp. Relay for Life are scheduled to take place today.
Are you a charity walker/runner/cyclist? Have you participated in these or the many similar events that happen in the township each year?
Do you think they are effective ways to raise funds, and do those funds really make a difference for the causes they support?
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Do you know about the canals?
Next week, the Muhlhauser Barn at Beckett Park will host the first Beer Barons event, a festival celebrating Cincinnati brewing history. Those breweries needed ice, and that ice, often as not, came from West Chester Twp.
Sudhaus Press, which released two of Cinci author Timothy Holian’s books on area brewing history, has a nifty website. Check it out, and learn more before next weekend’s celebration of all things sudsy.
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West Chester Twp. is one of the fastest growing communities in the region. Many of the developments, from the Streets of West Chester to VOA Shopping Center, were not here when I moved to the area seven years ago.
But the township has a history going back to the late 1700’s.
So what do you know about township history? Is the area’s past relevant to you? Do you think it’s important to hang on to local history as the area develops and evolves?
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The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced today it hopes to complete its aerial gypsy moth treatment in Butler County some time this weekend. The exact time is not set in stone, as it depends on weather conditions.
Several residents of West Chester and Liberty expressed concern after last year’s spraying, saying they did not receive adequate notification.
The township and ODA have been working to change notification pans this year: are they working? Are you concerned about aerial spraying in the township?
For more on the spraying, you can check the township’s web site.
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While driving through the Union Centre area today, I noticed that Aladdin’s Eatery is open in the US Bank building on Union Centre Boulevard.
I’ll probably be looking closer at the restaurant for the paper, though I haven’t heard so much as a peep from them on the PR front (unusual - new businesses around here are usually breaking my door down well before they open).
Have you eaten there? What did you think of the place?
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There is a story coming in this week’s Pulse-Journal about part of the development being heralded as West Chester Twp’s new downtown - the Union Centre Boulevard area. Keep your eye here and on pulsejournal.com for the story.
In the meantime, I am very curious what township residents think of township officials, business leaders, developers, and others in the area labeling the Union Centre area as the township’s downtown.
What do you think? Can an area under development be labeled “downtown,” even before it’s complete? Will this designation help/hinder/have no effect on the area’s development?
This is your forum. Post a comment, and let us know what you think.
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