CINCINNATI (FOX19) – Nine city workers who come up with new ideas are in line for prizes supported by a grant from a local foundation and judged by local business leaders.

Monday the City of Cincinnati, with grant support from the Seasongood Good Government Foundation, launched the 2012 City of Cincinnati Innovation Awards program. The City and Seasongood wish to recognize and encourage City employees whose creativity and tenacity positively impact the Cincinnati community. “The Seasongood Foundation is pleased that this award-winning program is being restarted in a new format,” said David Altman, Executive Secretary of the Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation. “The project will offer another incentive for public employees to innovate and enhance services for our citizens. This effort is at the very heart of the “good government” that the Foundation seeks to stimulate.”

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - On Friday, April 20 Neyer Properties and community partners will be planting the Keystone Community Garden at Keystone Parke in Evanston.  Produce grown at the community garden will go be donated to the Over-the-Rhine (OTR) and Walnut Hills Kitchens and Pantry.

Around fifty volunteers will be working Friday morning to till and plant a 60- by 90-foot garden on vacant land located off Realistic Avenue in Evanston, between Neyer Properties’ Keystone Parke headquarters and the American Red Cross regional headquarters.  The garden is visible from I-71 south of the Dana Avenue exit ramp. Volunteers will be planting peppers, corn, potatoes, green beans, lettuce, cucumbers, and onions.  Volunteers planted their first garden on the property last year.

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory made his State of the City speech Tuesday night at the Aronoff Center in Downtown.  Among the subjects he emphasized: Downtown, the Streetcar, attracting international businesses and attracting young professionals.

Here is the text of the speech:

Fountain Square turned 140 years old last year.