Avondale s days as a food desert are numbered. New grocery store set to open in early 2022
âItâs going to be unlike any other store
Scott Wegener
Chanel and Tennel Bryant own The Country Meat Co. at the Findlay Market. They plan to open The Country Meat Co. Marketplace in Avondale.
and last updated 2021-06-01 05:00:56-04
CINCINNATI â Walking through Findlay Market is a food and shopping experience. Tennel and Chanel Bryant contribute to that experience with their hand-cut meats at The Country Meat Company. It s the experience they now plan to take to Avondale, but on a larger scale.
Avondale community meeting to discuss affordable housing concerns with Blair Lofts project
Dozens of Avondale residents took part in a first-of-its-kind engagement meeting Monday night to voice concerns around the Blair Lofts project, which includes 64 affordable lofts on the corner of Blair Ave and Reading road. Many long-time residents saying itâs a long time coming.
and last updated 2021-04-19 23:41:09-04
CINCINNATI â Dozens of Avondale residents and community leaders took part in a first-of-its-kind engagement meeting Monday night to voice concerns around an affordable housing development.
The Blair Lofts project, which includes 64 affordable lofts on the corner of Blair Ave and Reading road, has many long-time residents saying itâs a long time coming.
Black business owners see opportunity at Avondale Town Center
54 percent of retailers are Black-owned
Black business owners see opportunity at Avondale Town Center
and last updated 2020-12-11 18:48:51-05
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, signs of growth continue within Avondale Town Center on Reading Road, where commercial tenants are moving ahead with opening new businesses.
âWe are at a 63 percent occupancy rate for signed leases,â said Reginald Harris, director of community life for The Community Builders, the developer and property management company overseeing the Avondale Town Center redevelopment.
The largest open space is 15,000 square feet, which will be split between a much-needed grocery store option and the Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio s new Center for Social Justice. Now, several prime commercial spaces facing Reading Road are under lease, and a majority of new establishments are owned by African Americans.
Avondale residents say rioting has repercussions for families and generations to come.
Posted: 11:46 AM, Dec 10, 2020
Updated: 2020-12-14 17:52:23-05
African Americans who lived through Cincinnatiâs riots in the late â60s have strong opinions over whether they should be used alongside peaceful protest to advance civil rights.
CINCINNATI â The history of Avondale is known for a number of things in the Cincinnati area, but perhaps one of the most notorious, impactful and memorable chapter in the neighborhoodâs history are the race riots that occurred there in the late 1960s.
The grainy, jarring images of past uprisings are eerily similar to the visuals America has been confronted with from this yearâs race riots, and those similarities have uniquely resonated with the local residents who experienced the earlier scenes of unrest firsthand. The very same Black people of Cincinnati who took part in or passively watched the riots of 67 and 68 have strong op