SHARONVILLE, OH (FOX19) - After 20 years as the Executive Director of the Sharonville Convention Center, Will Greiner has announced he will be retiring on May 1.  Will advised Sharonville Mayor Virgil Lovitt last year of his plan to retire in 2012, but hadn’t yet decided on a date.  He wanted to ensure seeing the opening of the fully expanded Center, now scheduled for completion in late March.

Greiner was hired as the Director in 1992, two years prior to the opening of the original Center.  He has overseen more than 10,000 events that have taken place in the Center since that time. 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Are you planning a trip to go camping, boating or hiking?  Do your survival skills extend beyond cellphone and GPS?   If not, the Hamilton County Park District-University of the Great Outdoors has you covered.  The Wilderness Skills programs demonstrate ways to survive in the great outdoors, from first aid to fires, at miniscule prices.

The following Wilderness Skills programs are coming up this winter season at Winton Woods:

Saturday, February 4
2 pm: WILDERNESS SKILLS: FIRE
Fire is crucial to survival and there are several techniques that can be used in the wild to start one. Cost is $5.00 per person. Registration is required by February 2 at GreatParks.org.

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A Who's Who of politicians, planner, activists and academics will take part in an allo-day forum on Over-the-Rhine November 4th, which will be kicked off by University of Cincninati President Gregory Williams. 

Here's a release with details and the schedule: 

"A Right to the City": An Urban Humanities Public Forum & Debate on Development in Over-the-Rhine

Sponsored by the Taft Research Center and the Taft Urban Humanities Research Group 

On Friday, November 4, 2011, the Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati will host “A Right to the City”: An Urban Humanities Public Forum and Debate on Development in Over-the-Rhine, a day-long forum on issues related to downtown development.  Adopting French cultural critic Henri Lefebvre’s notion of a “right to the city,” a concept recently re-elaborated by urban geographer David Harvey, the forum will pose important questions about cities and