Thrusday, January 14, 1999
Harrison to upgrade streets
BY LEW MOORES
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HARRISON — The city is forming a partnership with Main Street Harrison to do extensive work on streets that will begin this year, continue into the next millennium and include the city's historic downtown area.
City officials say some of the work, mostly involving resurfacing and checking water lines, is overdue, while other work will help add to the aesthetic appeal of downtown Harrison.
Main Street Harrison has been working for more than three years to revitalize its downtown business district, through attracting new businesses to the core area, maintaining businesses already there and sprucing up storefronts along Harrison Avenue.
Because the work will involve construction on Harrison Avenue, city officials asked the Main Street group to join in a plan to do extensive streetscaping along the main street through the older part of town.
“We want to work with them,” said Councilman Walter Powers of Main Street. “They have done an outstanding job of getting that revitalized. We've invited the Main Street people for the first three blocks of Harrison Avenue.”
The city and Main Street are plan ning a series of meetings that will take place through the year 2001 to get input from residents and businesses.
Tentative plans call for work to begin on Broadway this summer, and on Harrison Avenue sometime after the city celebrates its sesquicentennial — its 150th anniversary — in September 2000.
Work would then move to State Street west of the downtown business district, right on border with Indiana. That work, say city officials, would involve including Dearborn County, Ind., West Harrison, Ind., and Hamilton County, and wouldn't begin until 2001.
“I see this as absolutely looking forward to the next millennium,” said Jerry Caruso, Main Street Harrison project coordinator. “It's a cooperative project.”
Councilman Dan Gieringer said the work on Harrison Avenue will involve not just road work, but the possibility of sidewalk pavers, an awning program for storefronts and replica gaslights.
The group also would approach Cinergy about whether overhead electric lines could be moved to behind the buildings. Enhancing parking in the area also will be explored, said Mr. Gieringer. Mr. Powers said the cost could run between $250,000 and $300,000 for Broadway and in excess of $1 million for Harrison Avenue.
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