Author Liz Hayden

Liz Hayden

Staff writer Liz Hayden is a Business Development Specialist for the City of Hamilton, Ohio. A life-long rust-belt resident, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri and now calls Hamilton, Ohio home.

Kyle Ezell, Principal Designing Local, Ltd.

Beware of Widgets – The Case for Designing Local

Liz Hayden

August 28, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Economic Development

Kyle Ezell, City and Regional Planning professor at Ohio State University, has recently written Designing Local: Revealing Our Truest Communities, which encourages urban planners and communities to move beyond ...

Rendering of The Banks development. Photo credit UrbanCincy.

Developing Downtown Cincinnati

Liz Hayden

June 16, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Economic Development, Featured

Downtown Cincinnati has been getting some attention for its budding renaissance, and the recent interest is well deserved. The new vibrancy is primarily a result of two redevelopment projects under construction...

Brick in LaSalle Park, St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by pasa47 on Flickr.

St. Louis’ Brick Paradox

Liz Hayden

January 28, 2014

Economic Development

Very few cities in the United States have as many brick buildings as St. Louis has. Brick was utilized not only in the city’s downtown office buildings and wealthy neighborhoods, but also throughout middle and ...

Downtown Dayton, Ohio. Photo by koolade624 on Flickr.

$33.5 million project moves forward in downtown Dayton

Liz Hayden

January 9, 2014

Economic Development

The Water Street Redevelopment Project, a proposed mixed-use development in downtown Dayton, Ohio, has been approved by the Dayton City Commission and continues to move forward. This is exciting news for Dayton...

Lessons in Public Private Partnerships

Liz Hayden

December 10, 2013

Economic Development, Featured

In 2003, the buildings formerly known as the mercantile buildings in downtown Hamilton, Ohio were two weeks from their demolition date. After years of neglect, the floors of the two buildings, built in 1897, ha...