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.
On December 13, the Cincinnati Planning Commission approved a portion of Westwood to adopt the city’s new form-based code. A public hearing is scheduled for Feb. 10 for City Council's decision.
As the senior class of 2014 prepares to be the first graduating under Ohio’s new economics and financial literacy curriculum requirements, banks in Cincinnati are partnering with schools and nonprofits to push financial education further than ever for students as early as preschool and through to 12th grade.
The Community Building Institute recently partnered with Xavier University and the United Way to develop and launch the Neighborhood Asset Mapping tool as a resource for all 52 Cincinnati neighborhoods.
Last month, the City of Cincinnati adopted form-based code, which replaces the traditional zoning code and allows for future development to be mixed-use. Madisonville is the first neighborhood to officially adopt the new code.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County accepted a national honor last week from the library field’s leading professional publication. "The Library Journal Index of Public Library Service" awarded the public library a five-star rating for service.
Livability.com named Cincinnati one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live.
Watching television shows and movies online just became even easier—and free—as a result of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County’s recent addition of streaming services like Hoopla and Freegal Movies into its collection.
In an effort to make more data sets available to the public and to put them in the hands of organizations that can make use of them, OpenDataCincy is engaging community members in the Nonprofit Data Challenge.
The Catherine Booth Residence, the Salvation Army’s newest housing project, will soon join the 150-unit high-rise senior apartment complex and Salvation Army Center Hill Community Center in College Hill.
Barbara Petersen's low vision didn't stop her from taking painting classes at the Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in 2008. Now she has her own art show at Clovernook’s Willoughby Art Gallery.
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