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Next Step For West End Soccer Stadium Wins Approval

By • Jun 14, 2019
Bill Rinehart / WVXU

The new soccer stadium going up in the West End has cleared another hurdle. Cincinnati's planning commission approved the final development plan Friday morning.

Cincinnati Residents Fight Against The City's Current Development Structure

By Ambriehl Crutchfield • May 28, 2019
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Bill Rinehart / WVXU

Cincinnati community members are rallying together to create a response to new building developments throughout the city.

This Week's Top Stories Span From Dayton, Ohio, To Cincinnati's West End

By • May 3, 2019
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Jim Nolan / WVXU

In 2011, Hamilton County's infant mortality rate ranked the second worst in the nation. Thanks to efforts by local organizations and agencies over the last several years there has been an improvement – last year the county recorded the lowest number of infant deaths in its history. But Hamilton County still has an infant mortality rate that is far higher than the national rate.

FC Cincinnati Partners With CityLink To Find Construction Workers

By • Apr 11, 2019
Bill Rinehart / WVXU

At the pinnacle of construction, as many as 300 people will be working on FC Cincinnati's new stadium in the West End. The team, contractors, and CityLink are cooperating to make sure some of those people will be from the neighborhood.

West End Neighbors Speak Out Against Stadium Displacement

By • Apr 11, 2019
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Courtesy of FC Cincinnati

"99 years old, that was her home," Kim Dillard says of her aunt's home on Wade Street in the West End. "She didn't expect to uproot or anything. She didn't expect this, none of us do." Dillard's 99-year-old aunt, Mary Page, will have to relocate now that FC Cincinnati has purchased the apartment building, which borders the site of the team's future stadium.

FC Cincinnati Breaks Ground On West End Stadium

By Nana Boateng • Dec 18, 2018
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John Minchillo / AP

The West End community and public were invited to what marked the beginning stages of plans to replace the Stargel Stadium at the rear of Taft IT High School with a new MLS stadium Tuesday.

New Statue Will Celebrate Cincinnati Boxing Legend Ezzard Charles

By • Nov 2, 2018
Tana Weingartner / WVXU

After several years of planning, a statue honoring Cincinnati boxing legend Ezzard Charles is finally about to become reality.

FC Cincinnati Releases First Design Concept For West End Stadium

By • Oct 9, 2018
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Courtesy FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati on Tuesday released images of the first designs for the club's soon-to-be-built Major League Soccer stadium in the West End.

FC Cincinnati Stadium Agreements Coming Together

By • Oct 9, 2018

The Greater Cincinnati Redevelopment Authority (The Port) and Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses are signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as the paperwork continues falling into place on FC Cincinnati's West End stadium.

Ezz Fest Celebrates Ezzard Charles And West End Community

By • Oct 5, 2018
Courtesy of Ezz Fest

The West End is celebrating its heritage Saturday with a festival named for one of the community's most well known residents, Ezzard Charles.

Finding Kenyon Barr And Cincinnati's Lost Lower West End

By Dan Hurley • Sep 24, 2018
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Courtesy of Cincinnati Museum Center

The City of Cincinnati's Kenyon Barr project called for the creation of a center for light industry in the lower portion of the West End. In the late 1950s, the city purchased and razed more than 2,000 structures and resold the property to private developers to create the neighborhood now known as Queensgate. The project displaced more than 20,000 residents, 97 percent of whom were African-Americans and largely low-income.

Here's Who Will Build FC Cincinnati's West End Stadium

By • Jun 29, 2018
Tana Weingartner / WVXU

FC Cincinnati is choosing an established team to lead construction on its multi-million dollar Major League Soccer stadium.

How FC Cincinnati, Jeff Berding and Carl Lindner III Got Everything They Wanted

By • May 30, 2018
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Tana Weingartner / WVXU

Raise your hand if you ever, for a second, believed that FC Cincinnati really wanted to put a soccer stadium in the cramped quarters of Oakley.

OK, now raise your hand if you believed in the fairytale of sticking a Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium in the middle of Newport. FC Kentucky, anyone?

Council Approves Agreement Between West End And FC Cincinnati

By • May 16, 2018
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Cincinnati City Council has approved a resolution accepting an amendment to the community benefits agreement for the West End if FC Cincinnati is successful in landing an MLS franchise and builds its stadium in the neighborhood.

FC Cincinnati Stadium Financing Plan Gets Preliminary Approval

By • Apr 16, 2018
FC Cincinnati

The Greater Cincinnati Redevelopment Authority is authorizing preliminary terms for financing FC Cincinnati's proposed stadium in the West End.

Rosenberger Resigns, West End Doesn't Back Down, And More Top Stories This Week

By • Apr 13, 2018
Jim Nolan / WVXU

Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger resigns amid an FBI investigation. Cincinnati City Council's plan to investigate City Manager Harry Black draws the city into a lawsuit. Over continued objections from many West End residents, it looks as if that neighborhood will be the home of FC Cincinnati's new soccer stadium. And the Rev. Jesse Jackson brings his call to boycott The Kroger Co. to its corporate doorstep, and raises his objections to the West End stadium location.

West End Stadium Opponents Refuse To Surrender As Plan Moves Forward

By • Apr 11, 2018
Bill Rinehart / WVXU

Opponents of a professional soccer stadium in the West End say they're not giving up the fight. Many gathered outside Taft I.T. High School Wednesday night to reiterate their stance, a day after the project took a step closer to reality.

CPS Board Approves Stadium Land Swap With FC Cincinnati

By • Apr 10, 2018
Bill Rinehart / WVXU

Carolyn Jones calls Tuesday night's vote "bittersweet."  The president of the Cincinnati Public School board says they feel like they made the right decision in accepting a deal that will build a soccer-specific stadium in the West End. Jones says board members are also aware of the opposition to the deal.

St. Vincent de Paul To Build A New Outreach Center

By • Feb 28, 2018
This is a rendering of the new outreach center at the northwest corner of Bank Street and Winchell Avenue in the West End.
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The Catholic charity St. Vincent de Paul announced Wednesday it will build a 40,000 square foot outreach center directly across the street from its current West End building on Bank Street near Winchell.

Gentrification Versus Opportunity: CPS Board Hears More Soccer Stadium Arguments

By • Feb 21, 2018
Bill Rinehart / WVXU

Updated at 12:52 p.m., Friday

Cincinnati Public School Board members say they are not close to making a decision after hearing more testimony in favor and against an FC Cincinnati stadium proposal. The club proposed building a new stadium for the district on land it would buy in the West End along Ezzard Charles. In exchange, the team would build its own soccer facility where Stargel Stadium currently stands.

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