Each year Newsweek puts out a list in the spring of its top 1300 public schools. This year 5 Cincinnati area public schools made it into the top half of that list. Sycamore (585), Mariemont (449), Indian Hill (120), Wyoming (87) and Walnut Hills (56) are excellent examples of the high quality public education available across greater Cincinnati.

The Cincinnati Public Schools System is in the midst of building its first LEED Certified school to services Amberly Village, Gold manor and Pleasant Ridge. The new Pleasant Ridge Elementary, designed by Steed Hammond Paul was engineered to meet the standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ created by the United States Green Building Council. The LEED building exercise has been a true learning experience that CPS is carrying forward into the 10 year, $1 Billion dollar Facility Renovation Master Plan project in which over two dozen school will be refurbished.

Just to the North of the heart of the University of Cincinnati sits Ludlow avenue. And exceptionally eclectic and vibrant street filled with a menagerie of shops, restaurants and mosaic store fronts. Ludlow Avenue is going through a major urban planning and redevelopment that is sure to improve the physical function and aesthetic appearers of the area.

This section of Clifton is mainly populated by old architecture and the unique food and shops there shows the diversity of a area. In addition on the south side of the UC campus on Calhoun Street there is significant construction going on as the university adds additional student housing, new shops, and restaurants. Moreover the Painter group is planning a green development in Clifton with shops and graduate housing just off campus.