photo provided by CiTiRAMA 2012
Who doesn’t like to do a little window shopping? If your window shopping habit involves looking at homes, the housing market and keeping up with what’s new and good in our community or you are considering urban living yourself you may want to visit CiTiRAMA 2012 being held in Northside, again this year.
I don’t venture to Northside often enough; when I do I alway enjoy the quaint up and coming city neighborhood experience. With it’s unique mix of shops, eateries and coffee shops Northside has emerged as one of the cities coolest neighborhoods.
September 8-16 Virginia Place will be featured in CiTiRAMA 2012. The homes range from $200,000 to $300,000. My husband had the opportunity to walk through several of the homes and has come home talking about them on more than one occasion. These homes are also eligible for the City of Cincinnati community development tax abatement incentives.
Candidly, I didn’t know what the Northside community had gone through to avoid a transportation plan to build a connector through their neighborhood. The leaders of that community had a dream of housing and green spaces that serve as a gateway to the neighborhood. Fortunately, they also had the tenacity that lasted decades to realize their dream.
I love the many ways CiTiRAMA engaged the community leading up to the show. They partnered with Blueprint for Success, a program founded in 2005 and “aims to assist participants (ages 18-24) in obtaining a promising livelihood in the field of construction through intensive educational and vocational training based on state and industry standards.” Additionally, the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati sponsored a contest to design the official poster for the CiTiRAMA home showcase. This year’s winner is Jordan Umerley, a student at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. CiTiRAMA 2012 also included a Designers’ Challenge where the interior designers for each home were asked to decorate a room for under $2500.
Platinum Marketing Group (PMG) serves as the marketing agency for Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati who in conjunction with City of Cincinnati is leading production of CiTiRAMA 2012. PMG was kind enough to share three 4-packs of tickets with Family Friendly Cincinnati readers and fans. Kids 12 and under can join you for free.
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1) Comment below (this one is required) with the one feature you couldn’t live without in your home or a feature you’d love to have in your home that you currently don’t have.
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Details
Be sure to comment for each “like” to be included as the additional entry. We will select three winners on Thursday at 5pm. Winners will be drawn at random and will be notified via email provided. You must be at least 18 years of age to enter and a Tri-State resident. We love sharing, so feel free to share this with your friends too. Good luck and happy house looking.
Disclosure: Phyllis has an affiliation with PMG who generously donated the tickets. Computer Networking Consultants, LLC (her husband’s business) works with PMG and HBA Cincy to service their IT needs.
When not blogging for Family Friendly Cincinnati, you can find Phyllis writing at her personal blog, Cincyhealthcoach.com.
I absolutely love our front porch!
I would love to have a laundry room on the first floor. I am really looking forward to touring the Virginia Place Citirama.
I would love to have a bathroom on the first floor. I also live in Northside. I can’t wait to see the new neighborhood of homes.
I could not live without a stepless entry.
I am a newsletter subscriber.
We are currently finishing our basement and adding a bathroom. I cannot wait!!
The one feature I couldn’t live without is a step-free entry; otherwise I couldn’t even get into the home…and neither could my aunt.
Did you notice that two of the three houses left over from the previous development had ramps attached to their front porches? If the houses are built with step-free entries you don’t even notice – it looks like a normal walkway to a normal porch. But, if they’re added on later they look horrible.
Even if you don’t think you need/want a step-free entry, think about your neighborhood’s future property values if they don’t start building step-free entries as they build the houses.
In less than eight years 22.7% of Hamilton County is expected to be 60+ years old… add that to the current 7% that already have a mobility disability. This means that more and more houses will be attaching ramps. What happens to the property value of a development with a bunch of houses that add ramps later, compaired with the property values of a development that built step-free entries as they built the houses?
I couldn’t live without my washer and dryer. I can’t abide laundromats. And my cats, of course. I have to have cats!
I subscribed to FFC newsletter
I liked FFC on FB
My big, oversized mud room
Checked out Platinum Marketing Group on FB ~ pretty cool!
I “liked” Family Friendly Cincinnati” on Facebook.
I subscribe to Family Friendly Cincinnati’s e newsletter.
Laundry room ~ sole purpose room. With everything regarding laundry there…folding area, ironing area, place to soak stained clothes and of course washer and dryer…nice!
I subscribe to the FFC newsletter.
I like FFC on Facebook.
A kids’ bathroom
I subscribe to the Family Friendly Cincinnati newsletter.
I would love to have a woodburning fireplace.