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Apple Street Market Cooperative will be a full service grocery store located in the former Save-A-Lot building in Northside. The market will include affordable fresh produce, assorted deli items, quality meats and dairy. This new grocery will be a place where everyone feels welcome —owned by its workers and the community. Apple Street Market will eventually be one of a network of neighborhood groceries in low food access areas. This effort is supported by Northside Community Council and Cincinnati Union Co-Op Initiative as part of their vision to “create family sustaining full time jobs while meeting the need for grocery stores that can provide quality, affordable, walkable groceries in neighborhoods that are food deserts.”
$150,000 in equity from the community. To reach this goal, the campaign is currently collecting $100 memberships as well as $10 subsidized memberships for people who qualify for SNAP benefits or free and reduced lunch at public schools. The Community-Owner contract form and information are available online and at McKie Recreation Center and Happen Inc. The Apple Street Market Cooperative campaign is organized by a committee that meets regularly in Northside. As part of the campaign, the committee met on May 28th to determine who the 23 Block Leaders would be. These group leaders are responsible for leading the campaign effort in 1 of 23 sections of Northside. Group leaders head up knocking on doors, distributing information and holding membership parties in their neighborhood section. FOR MORE INFO: visit our website at www.applestreetmarket.org For questions, or to get involved: • Casey Whitten-Amadon (Project Manager); cwhittena@yahoo. com (513) 368-9694
A place where everyone can shop. A place that everyone can own.
Become an owner today!
Apple Street Market Community Owner Benefits: • Access to a full-service grocery store • A grocery owned by its workers & the community • A business responsive to your needs • A vote for the Board of Directors • To serve on the Board of Directors • Selective discounts • A patronage rebate in profitable years
property owners would like. The Land Development Code will update the Zoning Code to facilitate better mixed-use development and allow for a zoning map that meets the vision of Plan Cincinnati and the 2014 Northside Comprehensive Land Use Plan, which was approved by the City Planning Commission on May 16th. Keep in mind that many things already work in the current Zoning Code. Certain sections, such as Single-Family Districts will generally be carried over into the new Code and Map. The proposed zoning map for Northside will generally reflect the future land use map created in the 2014 Northside Comprehensive Land
• Purchase a share for $100 • No annual fee • Available to everyone • Subsidized for applicants who qualify for SNAP or free & reduced lunch
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City of Cincinnati is updating its Zoning Code and Map
n 2011, The Department of Planning and Buildings received a large grant from the federal government to create a new Land Development Code (LDC) for the City of Cincinnati, which will not only include a new Zoning Code and improvements to the Building Code but will also help streamline the permitting process. As a result, Plan Cincinnati-- the city’s comprehensive plan adopted in 2012 after a three-year public process-- has a vision focused on allowing more mixed-uses around Cincinnati’s 40 neighborhood centers. Northside is one of these Neighborhood Centers. The current Zoning Code does not allow for mixed-uses as easily as many 4 vol. 1 | Issue 9 JUNE 14’
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Summer Campaign Kickoff
pple Street Market Cooperative began its Community-Ownership drive on Monday, June 2nd. In order to succeed in opening its doors in early 2015. For this first phase, the campaign must raise a minimum of
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Use Plan. Over the last month, planning staff has attended all active Community Council meetings and mailed a postcard to all property owners within the City to inform as many people as possible about these changes. The public is invited to attend one of four public meetings (all at 6:30 PM) to learn more about this process. Each meeting will be the same, repeated in four quadrants of the City held on the following dates: • Tuesday, June 17: Oakley Recreation Center • Wednesday, June 25: Elder High School (W. Price Hill) • Tuesday, July 8: Hartwell Recre-
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ation Center • Thursday, July 17: Corryville Recreation Center View the draft LDC online at www. cincinnati-oh.gov/zoning and use an interactive map to learn about the differences between the existing and proposed zoning districts. The public can review the documents and submit input online, by phone or in person with staff members from June 2nd to August 1st. Call 513-352-4845 for more info.
BY James weaver James is a City Planner for the Department of Planning and Buildings. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife and dog.