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🌱 Cities Blocked From Regulating Airbnbs + $500K To End Gun Violence
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Here are the top three stories today in Cincinnati:
- An Ohio House committee passed legislation that would prevent local governments from banning or regulating short-term rentals like Airbnbs. House Bill 563 prevents towns and counties from instituting ordinances that prohibit businesses or people from renting property for less than 30 days at a time or regulating the amount, duration, or frequency of rental periods. Opponents argue that the bill would undermine local zoning laws. (Cincinnati CityBeat)
- On Monday, Cincinnati officials announced that the city is committing $500,000 to the Safe and Clean Accelerate Fund, an expansion of the current Safe and Clean Neighborhood Fund program, a citizen-led beautification project that aims to improve public safety. Through the new program, the City hopes to find community-based answers to addressing the rising gun violence. Neighborhoods with the highest incidence of gun incidents will be prioritized. (Spectrum News 1)
- While the U.S. Postal Service claims that mail deliveries are on time 93 percent of the time, some Cincinnati residents disagree stating that they've waited weeks and sometimes months for service. Jack Humason, a Norwood resident, said that he gets mail once a week or every two weeks. Because of staffing shortages, the USPS considers every other day mail delivery to be on time. (WCPO 9 Cincinnati)
Today in Cincinnati:
- Bold Moves Festival At Aronoff Center (7:30 PM)
- COVID-19 Testing: No Out-Of-Pocket Cost At Corryville (10:00 AM)
- Art of Making Memories At Cincinnati Music Hall (6:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- Several thousand Brood X, the largest of the all the 17-year cicada broods, are expected to descend upon the Greater Cincinnati area in the next couple of weeks, said Dr. Gene Kritsky, Dean of Behavioral and Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph University. Dr. Kritsky is an internationally renowned cicada expert and is also the inventor of the Cicada Safari tracking app which gives users the ability to record and photograph the insects. (Cincinnati CityBeat)
- Owners of Pompilios Italian Restaurant, KHI Food Brands and Sweet Tooth Premium Ice Cream & Candies have stepped up to save Giminetti Bakery Company, a wholesale bakery that announced its closing last week. Mike Mazzei, owner of Pompilios Italian Restaurant said that when he learned that the owner was retiring he knew that he had to find a way to keep their iconic bakery alive. (WLWT Cincinnati)
- Andre Atkinson of Corryville has wondered for the last 22 years what those yellow, acorn-shaped lamps were that he has seen all over Cincinnati neighborhoods. His research revealed that they are warning devices to let people know when there's an interruption in the roadway. (91.7 WVXU News)
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