What happens when a cornerstone restaurant closes in a small town?
No community was more affected by the closure of Frisch's restaurants than the village of Fairfax.
Incorporated in 1855 as a retreat from the city, the village of Glendale is today a historic community featuring homes from the 19th century up to the present day, with a population of 2,200. The heart of Glendale is its village square, with restaurants, shopping and a history museum located in the old railroad depot. Glendale is one of the first planned communities in Ohio, and the village’s 292-acre historic district was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1977.
No community was more affected by the closure of Frisch's restaurants than the village of Fairfax.
The William Henry Harrison Riverfront Park would be an $11 million project that pays homage to the history of the site, the stories of Harrison and his family, the indigenous people who populated the Ohio and Miami valleys, and the importance of the Ohio River to the region’s history and culture.
A 43-mile trail along two branches of the stream would connect more than a dozen Hamilton County communities.
Preserving sites of Black history, and raising awareness of them, has become more urgent as the pressures of commercial development increase, the city and the nation wrestle with the legacy of their racial histories, and racial antagonism continues to taint our public life and politics.
This money went towards immediate, long-term, and transformational needs.
Looking ahead, CPA is working to be more proactive in how it engages the issue of historic preservation.
Private and public entities join forces to link communities in health, transportation, environmentalism and commerce.
"When you look at the sheer definition of what equity is, it should very much be meeting kids’ needs where they are. That's really what it's about,” distinguishes Superintendent Tom Burton.
Thanks to a $120,000 federal grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, improvements will be made to the Mill Creek Watershed.
A proposed charter amendment will allocate funds to support the city’s most vulnerable population.
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