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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015
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Restaurants could guide Northern Lights Kelly McBride kmcbride@communitypress.com
The naming of the Hyatt Place Hotel, planned at the site of Sharonville’s Convention Center, has set a direction for development of the Chester Road Northern Lights Corridor. The 120-room, six-story hotel will be connected to the convention center, and a short distance from Princeton’s Viking Village. Both venues will offer opportunities for events ranging from conferences to weddings, musical performances to sports competitions. In addition to athletic fields, Princeton will offer for rent its 1,200 seat performance theater, 500-seat natatorium and 2,500 seat sports arena. While the two facilities will draw tourists to the area, the rest of the street needs to be reinvigorated. That’s why Sharonville is working to improve the street’s infrastructure and make it more pedestrian-friendly, to encourage tourists to explore the area. City officials are hoping to attract businesses that will make the street an entertainment destination. Sharonville Economic Development Director Chris Xeil Lyons envisions restaurants and bars along the corridor. The street’s designation as entertainment district an means there are more liquor licenses available. Of the dozen reserved for Chester Road, nine are still available. Lyons said that while some of
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Several lots are open for development along Chester Road’s Northern Lights Corridor.
the properties are privately owned, the city is in possession of two lots across from the Convention Center that she is working to develop. Princeton City Schools also owns six acres at Sharon and Chester roads. While that property is being used as a parking lot, the district could develop it
in the future. Other property available for sale includes the China Buffet lot, property next to the Fairfield Marriott, and Roxy’s Live. Lyons said she hopes the announcement of the hotel flag will entice developers of highend restaurants. “Now, with the hotel and con-
vention center, there is activity to support it,� she said of the restaurants. Work is expected to begin on the hotel in the fall. “After that, it goes quick,� Lyons said. “We anticipate opening by next fall (2016).� The project will bring 75 new jobs at the hotel, as well as tem-
Princeton voices opposition to proposed funding cuts Kelly McBride kmcbride@communitypress.com
They came by busload and carful, traveling nearly 100 miles to raise the volume against a school funding proposal that has already created hardship, and could cripple their school district. The Princeton City Schools community, including incoming and interim superintendents, school administrators, staff, teachers and union leaders, as well as members of the six municipalities that make up the 6,096-student district, traveled to Columbus April 16 to testify against proposed legislation and tell state officials what they want and need. It’s part of the push-back to the budget introduced April 14 by House Republicans. The proposal offers more overall money to schools – an extra $179 million compared with the plan Gov. John Kasich offered in the winter. House Republicans agreed with Kasich that the state should start phasing out money districts
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In a show of solidarity, dozens from the Princeton community travel to Columbus on April 16, to protest proposed funding cuts. Among them were, from left: Director of Secondary Schools William Sprankles; Rick Pulson of the PSSA union and a maintenance worker; Dana Zinnecker, a media professional and member of PSSA; Interim Superintendent Ed Theroux; teacher and PACE president Gretchen Tash; and Dave Martin, a teacher and PACE vice president.
have received for years as a reimbursement for the discontinued tangible personal property tax, known as TPP. The end result is 93 districts would end up with less state funding over the
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porary construction jobs. “The hotel was the key to kick starting the development of the corridor,� Lyons said. “This was a 14 million private investment. It’s a first-class, brand recognizable hotel. “Now, the restaurants are more likely to come.�
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