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Manufacturing Day 2016
We here in Middletown are proud of our bright manufacturing past and are eager to see our strengths in manufacturing lead us into our brighter future. However, the future relies largely on the future...
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Managing the Heroin Crisis
The October 2016 issue of Public Management magazine features the article “Managers Can Help Lead the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis” which lists 10 opportunities and recommendations for local...
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This Week in Middletown (October 24 – October 30)
We gear up for Halloween this weekend with downtown activities. Saturday, October 29, 2016 Flair for Fashion |11:30am – 2:30pm Brown’s Run Country Club Soroptimist International of Middletown will...
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National City Manager Conference – Neighborhood Revitalization
Part of the bus tour I took of Kansas City Missouri included a stop at what was once the worst blighted and high crime neighborhood in Kansas City. Following the foreclosure crisis and the...
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Street Lights and Paving
There was another article in the Journal on a possible street light assessment in the future. The comments after the article made it clear to me that people don’t understand how this process works....
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3rd Quarter City Reports
I have received the 3rd quarter reports from all city departments. We’ll have them posted on the City’s web page in the next few days, but here are a few 3rd quarter highlights… The Law Department...
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Halloween Weekend
If you weren’t paying attention, you missed a lot in your city this Halloween weekend! Hocus Pocus Halloween took place downtown on Saturday with lots of ghosts, witches, and ghouls! There were two...
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This Week in Middletown (November 1- November 6)
I published on Monday the schedule for Halloween, so I’ll start with Tuesday moving through the rest of the week here. Wednesday, November 2, 2016 | 7:30pm Jake Shimabukuro Ukulele Show Location:...
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Middletown and National Politics
I’ve found it both unsettling and a little bit amusing that some people have attempted to use Middletown as a national example of what is wrong in America and how their candidate can fix it. For...
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MPD on Channel 12 last night
Hats off to Chief Muterspaw, Sgt. Birk, and the officers of the Middletown Division of Police for a great representation of Middletown on Channel 12 last night at 11pm. The news story below shows the...
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Duke Urban Revitalization Grant – Torchlight Pass
I had the pleasure of attending the presentation of the 2016 Duke Urban Revitalization Initiative grants this morning. Downtown Middletown Inc. and Torchlight Pass were on hand to receive a $20,000...
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Atrium Medical Center Donation
Anita Scott-Jones, on behalf of Atrium Medical Center, presented the Middletown Division of Police with a supply of Combat Application Tourniquets (CAT). Their generosity will ensure that every full...
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Middletown Boards and Commissions
The City of Middletown is working to be more transparent and responsive to our residents and businesses. One of the many ways we include the public in setting and executing city policy is through the...
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Bring back jobs? It’s more complicated than you think
The Sunday Cincinnati Enquirer last week ran the story below. It’s a nicely written explanation of why in this new economy you can’t rely on just bringing a new factory to your city to solve...
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Doing More with Less Only Takes Us So Far
Our income tax levels (including public safety taxes) are on pace to finish at their highest level in the past decade plus. So why are we still struggling to find money to pave streets and fix our...
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Middletown area Small Business Development Center second in the state in new...
The Ohio Small Business Development Center located at the City of Middletown Government Building returned home from their annual State Conference and Awards banquet feeling pretty good. Associate...
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Finally, a newspaper that gets it right….
A Canadian Paper dug deeper in the Middletown connection to the national elections. The writer captures the Middletown we see every day. This is a great read and you should take the time to click on...
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No video available for November 15 City Council meeting
If you’ve watched city council meetings before, the quality of the video has degraded considerably over the past few years. To that end, we bid out new cameras and audio visual equipment for Council...
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Youth Baseball back in 2017
The City was approached by several potential partners to bring little league baseball back to Middletown again. The first step in bringing back baseball is having a field for a team to play on. We...
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Happy Thanksgiving…
I’ll be taking next week off for Thanksgiving to enjoy time with family. From my family to yours, have a safe and happy Thanksgiving weekend, and enjoy time with your family. See you all in a week!
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