{"id":12054,"date":"2012-05-16T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=12054"},"modified":"2012-05-16T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T16:00:13","slug":"wed-update-an-actual-real-news-post-that-isnt-all-cluttered-up-with-junk-about-tube-tops-and-bbq-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/16\/wed-update-an-actual-real-news-post-that-isnt-all-cluttered-up-with-junk-about-tube-tops-and-bbq-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed update: An actual, real news post that isn’t all cluttered up with junk about tube tops and BBQ Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s news post begins with a piece of very good news. The City Council has given initial approval to a $2 million funding plan that would fill in a financial gap needed to save the Chisca Hotel. A group plans to convert the hotel to apartments, with retail space on the ground floor. The hotel sits vacant at a key intersection, Main at Dr. Martin Luther King Avenue, the gateway between the core and South Main. The MBJ has the full story<\/a>. SAVE THE CHISCA!<\/p>\n

In other Downtown news, the cobblestones along the river are about to undergo a $6 million renovation. A plaza and a fountain at the foot of Union will be added. More details in this Daily News article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interesting post I saw on Facebook this morning: Which birthdays are most common?<\/a> Mine’s about average. September is a huge month for birthdays, apparently.<\/p>\n

Also seen on Facebook: 5 tips for pairing cheap beers with personal failures.<\/a> See, beer goes with everything!<\/p>\n

Fuel Food Truck is headed to the Barking Lot at Main and Jefferson, and they have taco salads. Sounds like LUNCH to me! They’ll be ready to go at 11:15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s news post begins with a piece of very good news. The City Council has given initial approval to a $2 million funding plan that would fill in a financial gap needed to save the Chisca Hotel. A group plans to convert the hotel to apartments, with retail space on the ground floor. The hotel … Continue reading “Wed update: An actual, real news post that isn’t all cluttered up with junk about tube tops and BBQ Fest”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12054"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12055,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12054\/revisions\/12055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}