and those who may be relocating, Sharonville believes it’s in a good place with an eye towards continued growth. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Sharonville has been rated as the hottest housing market in Cincinnati. “We have a healthy mix of multi-family, single family homes and senior living,” McCandless said. While attractive to many buyers and families, Sharonville is working to expand its housing offerings beyond the traditional single detached, larger established family homes. “For the first time in a long time, we have some new apartments being planned in the northern part of the city, and we are looking at other potential redevelopment opportunities as well,” McCandless details.Active seniors also have a new housing option after Silverfern opened its doors, a $20M project that featured converting a former hotel to highend apartments with all the amenities of a small community to include a movie theater, restaurant, workout facility and more. With plenty of housing options available and more in the development stage, Sharonville can continue to welcome new residents as established companies in the city continue to hire and new companies move in to take advantage of the perks of laying business roots in the community. Open for business could sum up the city’s approach to attracting new business investment and they have the tax advantages to back up their efforts. “As a city, we are unique in that we don’t levy property taxes. The City Council chose several years ago that they were not going to do that and instead fund city services via its payroll tax, a competitive one and a half percent.” The city has a Job Creation Incentive Grant Program that it strategically uses to incentivize growth or retain companies, on a case-by-case basis. This incentive is most appealing to larger companies. In Sharonville, however, small businesses have long been valued too. 159 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 12 SHARONVILLE, OH
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