Wednesday, June 23, 1999
City considering Web site to show off neighborhoods
BY ANNE MICHAUD
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A proposed Web site could soon match people with some of the 52 Cincinnati neighborhoods that best suit them.
Web site visitors could fill in a questionnaire, and five suggested neighborhoods would pop up for exploration.
The Web site is a proposal by the Cincinnati Homeownership Partnership, a public-private organization that aims to increase the city's rate of homeownership.
The partnership is seeking $300,000 to start, market and maintain the Web site.
City council is expected to consider it today.
The Web site is not yet operational but tentatively called www.cincinnatihome.org It would also offer a virtual video tour of each neighborhood. A camera would turn in a full circle to display houses and streets.
In addition, the Web site would contain detailed profiles of the neighborhoods: demographics, schools, parks, transportation, public safety, types of homes and history.
Lynn Hailey of Northlich Stolley LaWarre Public Relations said research shows people think only of downtown when they think of living in the city. She said the Web site would help broaden that view.
Her presentation was made to a city council committee Tuesday.
The Web site would contain links to mortgage providers and walk people through the steps to buying a house.
City Councilman Todd Portune said the site would give Cincinnati national visibility and provide an answer to some negative Web sites about the city.
Mayor Roxanne Qualls, who helped found the Homeownership Partnership, added that the message of the Web site “will be something we control.”
The timing for this proposal is good, Councilman Jim Tarbell said, because it comes as an urban development consultant, Michael Gallis, is telling Cincinnati that it must blow its horn more.
“Cincinnati has it. It's just a matter of letting people know we have it,” Mr. Tarbell said.
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