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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2012
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Cheviot launching new city logo
Branding aims to show vision and pride in city By Kurt Backscheider
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A driver approaches a speed hump on Monfort Heights Drive in Green Township. Many township streets have requested speed humps to address speeding problems, and township officials are looking into developing a policy for installing street humps in the community. KURT BACKSCHEIDER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Green developing speed hump policy Residents say drivers going to fast By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
Angie Ferguson said she fears for the safety of her daughters and the other neighborhood children who play outside on her Green Township street. She lives on Orchardpark Drive in Monfort Heights, and said her street is a racetrack for drivers who speed through the subdivision as they cut through between West Fork and North Bend roads. Ferguson was one of a dozen residents who attended the Green Township Trustees meeting Monday, June 25, to voice support for the installation of street humps on some township streets. “I’m definitely in favor of street humps,” she said. “I’d like for my daughters to be able to use our front yard.” Trustee Chairman David Linnenberg said the board is looking into establishing a policy regarding street humps because many township streets have requested street humps as a way to address speeding problems.
There are more cars on township streets now than there were 20 years ago, and he said drivers are using residential Linnenberg streets as cutthroughs and shortcuts to get around the major intersections in the community. “We need to make sure our residents feel safe in their West yards,” he said. “Ideally, people would take it upon themselves to slow down when driving, but realistically we’re probably going to have to follow the city of Cincinnati’s guidelines for street humps.” Green Township has street humps on two township streets – Monfort Heights Drive and Beechtop Drive. Linnenberg said the township has heard both positive and negative feedback about the existing speed humps. The purpose of Monday’s discussion was to gather additional input from resi-
dents. Don Luebbe, who has lived on Childs Avenue for more than 50 years, said he’s in favor of street humps because he doesn’t want to see a child killed by a speeding car. “How do you stop the speeders on Childs,” he asked. “People fly through there.” Both Luebbe and Ferguson said the speed limit on their streets is 25 miles per hour, but it’s not unusual to see cars zipping through at 45 miles per hour. Although the Green Township Police Department issued more than 5,000 citations for moving violations in 2011, Police Chief Bart West said it’s difficult for his officers to be everywhere. The police department simply doesn’t have the manpower to constantly run radar on streets where speeding is a known problem, he said. “I wish there was an easy answer to it,” West said. “The biggest complaint we receive from people is speed everywhere. “As the years go by, people are less considerate. I would ask everyone to slow down when they’re driving through subdivi-
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Two West Side golfers were at the Metropolitan Women’s Championship. See story, A5
Chicken salad may not be Silverglade’s, but it is close. See recipe, B3
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Cheviot residents will see a new city logo popping up around the community. City officials adopted a new logo for Cheviot as part of the process to update the city’s brand and spark economic development. There are two variations of the logo, both featuring the words “Cheviot” and the city’s tag line, “Big City Spirit, Small Town Charm.” One variation has white letters on a dark blue field, and the other has dark blue letters on a white field. Both variations also feature yellow circles as a contrast color. “Community branding is more than just marketing,” said Cheviot Economic Development Director Caroline Statkus. “It communicates local civic pride and a vision, as well as generating favorable attention – all of which are critical to economic growth.” She said the city started the branding process in 1999 when city council adopted the “Big City Spirit, Small Town Charm” tag line, but the graphic logo on the city’s flag didn’t match up wit the new tag line. She said the old logo displayed a white table cloth, wheat and potatoes in a basket. “Although the graphic represented Cheviot’s Harvest Home Park in the 1800s and early1900s, it was time to devel-
op a new image reflecting modern-day Cheviot,” she said. Cheviot Mayor Samuel Keller said Erin Snape, a Cheviot resident who works as a graphic designer, volunteered to design the city’s new logo. Snape developed several options capturing the essence of the city based on key words and phrases identified through public input, including entertainment, vitality, walkable, festivals, heart of the West, proud city services and home town spirit. “We were very pleased with her stepping forward to assist us,” Keller said. Statkus said the Cheviot ROCKS Committee selected three of Snape’s designs as finalists for the new logo and forwarded them to city council, who made the final decision. “The new logo along with the tag line provides a consistent message that identifies the city of Cheviot to the world,” Statkus said. “You’ll be seeing the Cheviot logo around town more and more.” Keller said the city will gradually implement the new logo on items such as stationary and vehicles as those run out or need to be replaced. “Branding is obviously important now for companies and cities,” he said. “This will bring us into the modern era.” Statkus said as part of the second phase of the city’s streetscape renovation, Huntington Bank donated $10,000 to purchase eight heavy-duty, decorative trash receptacles for the business district. The trash receptacles will soon be installed, and each one will display the city’s new logo along with Huntington’s logo.
The new logo being implemented by Cheviot. PROVIDED
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