Settled in 1813, College Hill has about 16,000 residents within a 3.4-square-mile neighborhood, and is Cincinnati’s fourth largest and most diverse neighborhood. A variety of housing options — an eclectic mix of stone, brick and wood homes of every style and in every price range — make it possible for many to spend a lifetime in the neighborhood. The community owes much of its character to the 19th-century colleges that gave the neighborhood its name, and though Farmers’ College and the Ohio Female College are long gone, their campuses left behind a legacy of park-like streets. The vibrant Hamilton Avenue business district is a hub of activity, with a host of new projects planned or underway from the College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corp.: a new senior housing development, a storefront facade improvement program, small business recruitment and new brewery.
Over the past 15 years, many of the businesses in College Hill's central business district have closed or relocated, leaving vacancies and a struggling business district. But fresh ideas and new businesses have started to spring up in the neighborhood, bringing new life to College Hill.
This year, a total of $7 billion in New Market Tax Credits were awarded to 120 organizations around the country from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
The Duke Energy Urban Revitalization Program recently awarded about $240,000 to 10 area development projects.
Ohio State University Extension is offering a free Farm to School Workshop Thursday, Nov. 10 at Pleasant Hill Academy.
Kathye Lewis and Gregory Norman have a shared passion for ballroom dancing, which led them to cofound Let’s Dance Academy in November 2015.
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired has helped to create jobs for 113 years both on-site and within the community.
Ten residential development projects will receive a total of about $4.4 million in city funds through the Notice of Funding Availability program.
If you’ve driven past 5905 Hamilton Ave. in College Hill over the past few weeks, you’ve seen construction begin at Brink Brewing, which plans to open in November.
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired will unveil the Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation’s fourth free eye clinic on Aug. 4.
North College Hill will soon become home to Annabelle's Place, a new affordable housing community for female veterans. Plans were announced for the project last week.
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