Living in Blue Ash, OH

The dynamic community of Blue Ash, OH was settled in 1791 and incorporated as a city in 1961. There are sprawling estates, condos, and numerous restaurants (you can sample some at Taste of Blue Ash in August). Some 2,000 businesses are based in Blue Ash, including Procter & Gamble Technical Center and Ethicon Endo-Surgery. It is home to the Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony, Blue Ash Golf Course (top rated by Golf Digest), Blue Ash Nature Park, and a replica of the old Cincinnati Reds ballpark, Crosley Field. Raymond Walters College, a satellite of the University of Cincinnati, is here. Its 37-acre Blue Ash Sports Center has 10 baseball and six soccer fields. There are playgrounds, picnic areas, park shelters and bike paths. Blue Ash also has a commuter airport (owned and operated by the City of Cincinnati). Exciting future park development is also planned by Blue Ash to include a 130-acre signature park near the airport. Also, a $12 million renovation and expansion project is underway in 2008 at the Blue Ash Recreation Center. Downtown is being revitalized to attract new residential and business development, including new condos and upscale townhouses. Blue Ash offers quality, year-round entertainment (some featuring national level performers)—and most of it is free! Blue Ash was recently selected as North America’s second most business-friendly “micro-city” out of 108 cities by London-based fDi magazine. Blue Ash’s name originated from the late 1700s log cabins built from Blue Ash trees.