CincinnatiUSA :: Downtown HopAround

YOU'RE INVITED!

Friends of Downtown Cincinnati,

You are cordially invited to join hundreds of community leaders -- including Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and an unprecedented contingent of at least seven former Cincinnati mayors -- to participate in the second edition of the Downtown HopAround on Saturday, September 30. The first HopAround was April 8, 2006, and as you'll see below, was a screaming success.

The grass-roots HopAround is the brainchild of five volunteers who love Downtown's nightspots and wanted to share the wealth.

Mayor Mark Mallory will again serve as grand marshal of the Sept. 30 HopAround. Seven former Cincinnati mayors will serve as "Hoppers Emeritus":

Charlie Luken (1984-91; 1999-2005)
Roxanne Qualls (1993-99)
David Mann (1980-82 and 1991)
Arn Bortz (1983-84)
Tom Brush (1982-83)
Tom Luken (1971-72) and
Eugene Ruehlmann (1967-71)

Former mayors Jerry Springer (1977-78) and Ken Blackwell (1979-80) are trying to adjust their schedules so they can attend.

In addition to this first-ever gathering of mayors, numbers of community leaders and Downtown advocates are banding together to fill downtown nightspots. We are asking you to do the same. You can serve as an Upstanding Ambassador and host friends and colleagues at your favorite Downtown nightspot. You can be an Honorary HopArounder and visit several favorite spots. Or you can simply join us and come Downtown and be part of a tremendous party.

For the nightspots, the April 8 HopAround was a howling success, with several of them reporting their busiest Saturday ever with as much as a 100 percent increase in business. Same goes for the Hoppers, such as Joyce Miller, who said "it was such a joy to see the streets filled with people the entire night."

Here's something else you can do:

Visit DowntownHopAround.com for up-to-date info.
Forward this to your distribution list and line up a crowd.
Check the attached link to the Cincinnati Enquirer's story on the HopAround:
Mayors coming; you're welcome, too by Jim Knippenberg
And above all, be there September 30. We promise to show you a good time.

So mark your calendars. Save up your tipping dollars. Tip off your friends. Be a part of positive change for Downtown Cincinnati. Stand up for Downtown and help us show Downtown the good time it deserves.

Sincerely,
The Organizing Team for the Downtown HopAround:

Mary Armor
Pat Barry
Raymond L. "Buz" Buse III
Ran Mullins
Dennis Speigel

For more information contact Mary Armor marmor@fuse.net

HopAround GRAND MARSHAL

MAYOR MARK MALLORY

HOPAROUNDERS

HOPPERS EMERITUS
FORMER MAYORS
CHARLIE LUKEN
ROXANNE QUALLS
DAVID MANN
ARN BORTZ
TOM BRUSH
TOM LUKEN
EUGENE RUEHLMANN

HONORARY HOSTER
JEFF RUBY

JUDICIAL HOPPERS
JUDGE NICK NADEL
JUDGE MARK PAINTER
JUDGE RON PANIOTO

CHIEF HOPPERATING OFFICERS

POLICE CHIEF TOM STREICHER	FIRE CHIEF ROBERT WRIGHT
Asst. Police Chief Cindy Combs	Exec Mgr Police Relations Greg Baker
Asst. Police Chief Mike Cureton	Asst. Police Chief Vince DeMasi
Asst. Police Chief James Whalen	Police Captain Kim Frey
Police Captain Gary Lee	Police Captain Stephen Luebbe
Police Captain Kenneth Jones
HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF SIMON LEIS	Chief Deputy Sean Donovan

HONORARY HopArounds I
Along with the Grand Marshal, the Hoppers Emeritus, the Honorary Hoster, the Judicial Hoppers and the Chief Hopperating Officers, you will find the Honorary HopArounds I and Honorary HopArounds II hopping around to all the restaurants/nightspots that are listed below.

HopAround ORGANIZING TEAM

Mary Armor	Raymond "Buz" Buse III
Pat Barry	Dennis Speigel
Ran Mullins

STATE OFFICIALS

State Senator
Patty Clancy

State Senator
Eric Kearney

State Senator
Robert Schuler

CITY OFFICIALS	MEDIA
Vice Mayor Jim Tarbell	Peter Bronson (Cinti Enquirer)
Council Member Jeff Berding	Jackie Demaline (Cinti Enquirer)
Council Member Chris Bortz	Eileen Kelley (Cinti Enquirer)
Council Member Laketa Cole	Jim Knippenberg (Cinti Enquirer)
Council Member John Cranley	Margaret McGurk (Cinti Enquirer)
Council Member David Crowley	David Wells (Cinti Enquirer)
Council Member Leslie Ghiz	Howard Wilkinson (Cinti Enquirer)
Council Member Chris Monzel	Rick Bird (Cinti Post)
Council Member Cecil Thomas	James Jackson (Cincinnati.com)
City Solicitor Rita McNeil	Beryl Love (CiN Weekly)
Economic Development Director Mark McKillip	Lauren Good (City Beat)
	Doug Taylor (The Downtowner)
FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS	Jim LaBarbara (WGRR)
David Pepper	Nancy James (Insight)
Christopher Smitherman	Pam McDonald (Time Warner)
	Rob Williams (Channel 19)
	Tom Schaefer (Cinti Gentlemen Magazine)

HONORARY HopArounds II

Barbara Aras	Scottie Maier
Blaine Aston	Julie Maslov & Ed Goodman
Linda Averbeck
Allison Banzhaf	Mike & Gayle McCafferty
Jessica Baron	Tim McDonald
Jason Barron	Dr. Jack McDonough
Craig Beachler	Maria Melish
Suzanne Beane	Jayne Menke
Amira Beer	Jana Monzel
Sarah Jane Bellamy	Kathleen Norris
Javier Benitez	Paula Norton
Jason Bennett	Laura O'Brien
Julie Bernzott	Julie Pfeifer
Susie Bortz	Lorrie Platt
Tim & Patty Burke	Deanna Powell
Sherry Crowley	Nancy Pessler
David & Diana DeBra	Jackie Reau
Donna Dirr	Clara Rice
Peter Djuric & Jean Sepate	Brewster Rhoads
George Ellis	Boots Rigsbee
Christopher Gassett	Brian Sand
Vere and Susie Gaynor	Lena Sandlin
Colin Groth	Joe Seta
Barbara Gould	Melinie & John Sheridan
Dennis Hackett	Stacy Sims
Stephanie Hackett	Murray & Robin Sinclaire
Tamara Harkavy & Matt Kotlarczyk	Donna Speigel
Jolie Harris	Ed & Anne Stern
Betsy Hodges	Dave Thomas
Kevin Johnson	Jeff Thomas
Charlie & Barbara Kanet	Ginger Warner
Jan Michel Lemon Kearney	Toni Wells
Candace Klein & Andrew Salach	Thomas James White
Paul & Kira Laufman	Michael Zeidman
Margie Leis	Jayne Zuberbuehler

AMBASSADORS

UPSTANDING AMBASSADORS
These ambassadors will station themselves at these restaurants/nightspots:

Janet & Roger Ach	The Bar at Palm Court (Hilton Netherland)
Van Ackerman	Nicholson's
Skip Allen	Nicholson's
Michele Berry	McFadden's
Scott Berry	Pigall's
Marianna Brown Bettman	Nicola's
Kathy & George Brinkman	Nicola's
Betty Crew Brown	The Bar at Palm Court (Hilton Netherland)
Rocco Castellano	Morton's
Donald Caster	McFadden's
Ed Collins	Havana Martini Club
Michael E & Kathy Comisar	Jeff Ruby's
Darrick Dansby	Mr. Pitiful's
Daniel Dell, Jr.	Kaldi's
Ralph Di Fulvio	Havana Martini Club
John DiPuccio	Trattoria Roma
Chief Deputy Sean & MJ Donovan	City Wine Cellars at 9th & Race
Bobbie & Bill Dooley	The Phoenix
Cheryl Eagleson	Universal Grille
The Police Officer Keith Fangman	Washington Platform
Cathy Frank	Courtyard Cafe
David Ginsburg	Cafe Martin
The Bengals Shayne Graham*	Havana Martini Club*
Don Haenhle	Head First
Jay Kalagayan & Jan Cox	Jean Ro
Judie Guttadauro & Ron Levin	Morton's
Gail & Tom Guenther	Rock Bottom Brewery
Marge & Smith Hammelrath	Scotti's
Tabitha & Craig Hochcheid	Cricket Lounge at the Cincinnatian
Lanny Holbrook	Federal Reserve Piano Lounge & Restaurant
Steve & Mary Kaczynski	Jeff Ruby's
Bill Kelleher	Bankers Club
Joe Fenton & Eileen Kelley	Akash India Restaurant
Rebecca King	Vinyl
Kim Klosterman & Michael Lowe	JeanRo
Beryl Love	Mejana's
Steve Love	Nicola's
Nancy Malone	The Bar at Palm Court (Hilton Netherland)
Dan & Donna McKenna	Scotti's Italian Restaurant
Sandy Megowen	Arnold's
Jim Moll & Tracy Fox	Palomino
Nancy Parrott	Nicholson's
Vern Rader & Mark Berhardt	JeanRo Bistro
Sean Rhiney	Milton's
Norm Ridge	Blue Wisp
Sean Rugless	TBA
Clint & Joan Schertzer	The Phoenix
Christine Schoonover & George Verkamp	Cricket Lounge at the Cincinnatian
Pat Shaw	The Phoenix
Jeffrey & Lydia Stec	Kun Ying
Scott Stroud	Arnold's
Michael Sweeney	Mr. Pitiful's
Cindy Schrader	Arnold's
Brian Tiffany	Vinyl
Scott Usitalo	TBA
Gary Wright	Universal Grille
Paul Yankie	Exchange Night Club on Main St
George & Kim Zamary	Rockin' Robin's

* Bengals player Shayne Graham will be at the Havana Martini Club from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. to sign autographs for the Downtown HopAround participants.

YP ORGANIZATION AMBASSADORS

Be Engaged and Make A Difference (BEAM)	Nicholson's
Cincinnati Advance	Kaldi's
Cincinnatians United to Save Darfur**	The Poison Room**
Cincinnati Opera Center Stage	Federal Reserve Piano Lounge
CincyUpdate	McFadden's
CSO Encore!	Washington Platform
Dress for Success YP Board	Jeff Ruby's
Enjoy the Arts/START	Mr. Pitiful's
Freedom YPs	Universal Grill
Give Back Cincinnati/Lily Pad	Rock Bottom Brewery
Greater Cincinnati Jaycees	Havana Martini Club
iRhine.com	Kun Ying
League of Cincinnati Theatres	Arnold's
Legacy	Palomino
New School Cincinnati	Mr. Pitiful's
Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce	Vinyl
United Way Young Leaders Society	Palomino
Urbanists	Kun Ying

** The Poison Room will host the Music Cares for Darfur Benefit starting at 8 pm. All door proceeds will be donated to Save Darfur and the UN World Food Program. Cover is $5/$7. For further information, contact Clara Rice at: info@cincyunitedfordarfur.org

PARKING

$1 parking will be available at the following garages for the HopAround:

Federated at 7th & Vine

Fountain Square South under the Westin - enter on Vine St

Garfield Garage on 9th between Vine & Race

Grammercy on 7th between Elm & Race

NIGHTSPOTS THAT FEATURE MUSIC
WITH NO COVER CHARGE

Arnold's	Lagniappe 9:00 - 12:30 pm
The Cincinnatian	Billie Walker Trio 6:00 - 11:00 pm
Hilton Netherland Plaza	Jim Poynter 5:00 - 9:00 pm Jim Hart Trio 9:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Federal Reserve Piano Lounge	Piano
Jeff Ruby's	Pianist Jim Connerley 6:00 - 8:00 pm The Connection 9:00 pm - 1:00 am
Milton's	Boys from the County Hell and special guests 10:00 pm - 1:00 a.m.
The Phoenix	Jack Doll Trio 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Washington Platform	The Jeannine Groh Trio 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

MUSIC WITH NO COVER CHARGE AS A SPECIAL FOR THE HopAround

Café Martin	Don Gauck & Friends 7:00 -11:00 pm
Havana Martini Club	Kelly Red & The Hammerheads 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
Head First	H-Bomb Ferguson & the Medicine Men 9:00 pm - 2:00 am
Universal Grille	DJ Thaddeus

MUSIC WITH A COVER CHARGE

Blue Wisp	Dan Faehnle Jazz Virtuoso & Phil DeGreg Trio 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. - $8.00
Poison Room	Darfur Benefit $5/$7

HOPPING TRANSPORTATION

River Rats (pedicab service) - working for tips only

A Bee Limousine - working for tips only