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The National Exemplar in Mariemont has a warm, clubby atmosphere and good food. FILE PHOTO
An ode to Mariemont’s
National Exemplar Keith Pandolfi | Cincinnati Enquirer | USA TODAY NETWORK
It never fails. Every time we drive by the Mariemont Inn together, my mother says the same thing: “That’s where your father and I stayed when we were looking for houses in Cincinnati.” And every time she says it, the same image pops into my head. An image of my parents in their mid-30s, both of them impeccably dressed, sitting down to dinner inside the National Exemplar, which was then known as the Red Lion Tavern. It was 1979. They were newbies from New England with absolutely no idea how their lives would unfold. Knowing my father, he probably ordered the the most expensive steak on the menu; my mother the chicken salad or a club sandwich. I imagine they felt classy and comfortable sitting next to the restaurant’s enormous brick fi replace and beneath its wood-beamed, chandeliered ceiling. I’ll bet they felt hopeful, plotting a future together in a city that neither had ever been to before. I was 9 years old when we moved to Cincinnati. And our fi rst years here
were not kind. All three of us had a diffi cult time fi nding our place in a city where everyone, it seemed, was a native. As an odd kid with odd tastes, I found it hard to make friends. Eventually I met a kid from Canada we all called Bones, who got me through the worst of it. Later, I met a kid from Kentucky named Gordon, who would one day serve as the best man at my wedding. Through the years, my parents and I would come back to the Exemplar, which always felt like hitting the reset button of our lives. By the time I went away to college, Cincinnati was home. And, after 20 years away, it’s home again. And so here I am, 50 years old, sitting at the National Exemplar on a Tuesday afternoon. The tables are full outside, so I opt to eat inside, which seems fi ne, because there aren’t too many people in here. I’ve eaten inside at the Exemplar several times since COVID-19, and, with its distancing protocols fi rmly in place and plenty of hand sanitizer at each and every table, I’ve always felt relatively safe. See EXEMPLAR , Page 2A
Townhome development proposed for Kenwood Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
A Boone County developer is seeking a zone change and permission to build 22 townhomes in Kenwood. Grand Communities wants to build the single-family, attached homes on about 2 1⁄ 2 acres at 8760 Montgomery Road and call the community “Hillpointe.” The Sycamore Township Zoning Commission is set to consider the request on Monday, Nov. 9. The proposed Hillpointe development would include two-story and three-story buildings at the front of the property, according to paperwork Grand Communities fi led with the township. Grand Communities said the four-
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unit and six-unit buildings would include open-fl oor plans, garages and access to jobs and good schools. “Hillpointe is an opportunity for desirable, diverse, high-quality product within Sycamore Township,” Grand Communities said. Grand Communities also said the project would fi t in with surrounding properties, with commercial uses to the north, west and south, and residential uses to the east. “Over 40% of the community is preserved as open space; providing a buff er to the south and east,” Grand Communities said. “A homeowners’ association will be established to own and maintain all open spaces, (including existing trees and/or new landscaping).”
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