Price Hill on an incline

CINCINNATI - Developers along with the Price Hill community council have planned a development for a walking district called the "Incline District."

Pete Witte is a Price Hill resident and owns a local printing company along Glenway Avenue. He said that he is excited about the possible economic impact.

"This difficult development… business environment that we're in, they were able to secure the financing and get the dollars needed to kick this project off when so many around town aren't getting started."

The project calls for an old radio station building and a few houses at the corner of Eighth and Matson streets to be demolished to make room for new business like a restaurant, which would feature a beer garden overlooking the Cincinnati skyline, a 15-unit condominium, and a medical office building.

"Every business benefits when we have new higher income earners, that are people running businesses, moving to our community," he said.

The project was financed by the Center Bank of Milford, Ohio, and will be built by Woodward Construction Inc.

The "Incline District" is expected to bring new jobs when it opens in spring 2011.