A new People’s Liberty project called Curb’d will set up shop in Covington’s central business district and MainStrasse next spring to turn ordinary parking spaces into miniature parks, or parklets. It’s a concept
People’s Liberty tried this summer as a temporary project outside its Over-the-Rhine headquarters.
Cincinnati is no stranger to parklets. The first was installed outside of Tucker’s restaurant in Over-the-Rhine in 2012, and a number of them
were built along Pleasant Street as part of the pedestrian walkway proposed by
UC’s MetroLab. Park + Vine also had a parklet installed last year.
Parklets can host any activity from extended seating for restaurants to a swing set or a small movie theater.
Curb’d will soon begin accepting applications from Covington businesses that are interested in turning one of their curb-side parking spaces into a parklet. If a business is chosen to receive a parklet, People’s Liberty would match it with an organization that would install it.
People’s Liberty will fund five parklets in Covington, including reimbursements to the city for lost parking meter revenue. Each parklet will cost between $5,000 and $10,000 and be active from May to October 2016.
Covington was also recently chosen as one of 10 semifinalists for the
2016 Great American Main Street Award. The award is given by the
National Main Street Center, whose next step is trimming the number down to five. If Covington makes it to the final round, representatives from the National Main Street Center will come here to shoot a video that will depict why Covington deserves to win. The winner will be announced at the organization’s national conference next year in Milwaukee.
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