Facade Improvement Program
The Facade Improvement Program is now completed. . Anyone driving down the Avenue in the business district will immediately notice many improvements to the fronts of our businesses. This has been a succesfull parterning with the City.


Streetscape
College Hill received a $1.5 million grant through Cincinnati Neighborhood Business Districts United (CNBDU) for a streetscape revitalization project along Hamilton Avenue. Improving the streetscape with new lighting, landscaping, paving materials, and other upgrades is a keystone of the 1999 College Hill Urban Development Plan. Other than a few remaining ornamental trees, the streetscape project is completed. This project has been successfully completed.


Business District Gateways
In order to develop a stronger identity for the College Hill Business District and reinforce arrival and departure to and from the District, two gateway elements have been manufactured. These gateways will operate in tandem with the Streetscape Project to reinforce a sense of place in the College Hill Business District.

CHCURC was awarded funding through the City of Cincinnati and CNBDU for completion of the Gateway Project. The South gateway is being installed at our new fire house and should be completed by December. The North Gateway will be installed at Linden Park East [the Shuller's lot] on the corner where the PNC ATM now stands. This installation will not be completed until next year after PNC and National City have finalized their merger in College Hill sometime early in 2010.

The South Gateway is to be installed on the corner by our new firehouse. The installation should be completed by mid-June.

Linden Park
A Task Foce has been established by the CHCURC board for the purpose of reviewing all the planning and marketing documents that have been developed since 2002. The Task Force is made up of board members Beth McLean, Bill Huwell and Brad Hammond. The board will review the summation documents at the December 2009 board meeting and who will then communicate it to the Summit, the Forum and the Business Assocation. A determination at that time will be made about community review and input. The purpose of this document is to request apprpriate timing for proposals to developers by the City.

Clean and Safe Neighborhood Grant
College Hill together with three other Cincinnati neighborhoods received funding for security camera surveillance systems. College Hill's system is installed along Hamilton Avenue in the business district. Securing this grant and completing the camera project is key to improving the atmosphere along Hamilton Avenue and continued revitalization of our business district. The cameras are linked together and accessible through the internet, which will allow monitoring by the Cincinnati Police Department and Citizens on Patrol.