COMMUNITY UPDATE

• City of Blue Ash Wins Award
• Hilton Garden Ground Breaking
• Great Spaces for Meetings
• New or Expanding Firms
• $100 Million Office Project
• Upscale Restaurant
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City of Blue Ash Wins Award

fDi (Foreign Direct Investment) ­magazine, a division of Financial Times publication, has ranked Blue Ash, OH as the second most Business Friendly “micro city” in North America. (Micro cities have under 100,000 residents.)

fDi magazine’s April/May issue named the North American Cities of the Future 2007/08. fDi researchers selected the “top ten” shortlists of cities of all sizes with the best strategies and resources for economic development. This is the first time that cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico have competed directly against one another in fDi’s Cities of the Future research.

Hilton Garden Ground Breaking

City Officials and members of the Hilton Garden management team participated in the March 26th ground breaking for the Hilton Garden Inn to be located at Cornell Park Drive and Cornell Road.

The 108 room state-of-the-art five story facility will have a ballroom, full service kitchen, indoor pool and other desirable amenities. The hotel is scheduled to be completed in early 2008.

Great Spaces for Meetings

Blue Ash has many meeting facilities available, whether you need an off-site location for just a few people or a facility to accommodate 500 people. Check out your meeting facility options. Bookmark BlueAshAdvance.com for easy access to City of Blue Ash amenities and services!

New or Expanding Firms

A sample listing of new or expanding firms in the first quarter of this year include: Premier Manufacturing (Kenwood Rd), Ohio Heart and Vascular (Malsbary Rd) Wolfe Practice (Carver Woods Rd), Bio Rx (Kenwood Rd), Sogetti (Lake Forest Dr), Montgomery Inn catering facility (Tamarco Rd), HDR Engineering (Carver Rd), Fleet Feet (Kenwood Rd), Gate West/Spanish Journal (Lake Forest Dr) and Lake Shore Home Loans (Cornell Rd).

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• We’d like to hear about how doing business in Blue Ash helps you achieve your business plans. Contact Judy Clark at 745-8524 or jclark@blueash.com

$100 Million Office Project

The 29-acre site on Osborne Blvd between Reed Hartman and Kenwood has been purchased by Duke Realty to develop a $100 million office project. This land was the largest vacant continuous parcel of land remaining in Blue Ash. Duke plans to build three 175,000 sq. ft. buildings similar to the Landings project near the Blue Ash airport. Duke has allocated acreage for restaurants, hotels and a smaller office building. “The City is extremely pleased that this process has moved forward,” stated Blue Ash City Manager David Waltz. “We’re proud to have a developer of Duke’s caliber and reputation moving forward with this important site.”

Upscale Restaurant

The former Watson Bros. site on Glendale- Milford will be the new home of an Apsara Asian eatery, scheduled to open this summer. Apsara will be the fourth restaurant opened by Chanaka Delanerolle, who also owns The Celestial, Mount Adams Fish House, and Teak. The new establishment will specialize in Thai and sushi as well as American fare.