You may have already heard the news about the $400 million in federal stimulus funds awarded to Ohio to develop passenger rail service linking Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. I am excited about the selection of Sharonville as the first stop for the Greater Cincinnati area. Projected to begin operations in 2012, a passenger rail stop in Sharonville will provide our City with additional development opportunities and further enhance our economic base.

We recently celebrated the ground breaking on the former GSA property in Commerce Park for Kutol Products. Being developed by Cincinnati Commercial Contracting, Kutol’s facility will occupy approximately 17 acres of the 46-acre site.

Have you noticed the work being done to the traffic signals in the downtown area of Sharonville? This signal project, 80% of which is being funded by O.D.O.T., will fully update our aging signal equipment downtown with new technology incorporated at all intersections, including video detection devices that will detect the flow of traffic to adjust the signals for optimum efficiency, battery backup power for power failures, and emergency vehicle preemption which gives right of way to emergency vehicles. These video devices are NOT red-light cameras currently operating in other cities.

The hard-working employees and Elected Officials of the City of Sharonville make it their goal to ensure that your community is the best it can be. If you have any comments or concerns, please call the Administration offices at 563-1144