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Planning Partnership Annual Meeting
Great Parks of Hamilton County was awarded the Frank Ferris Award for their Comprehensive Master Plan. The Master Plan process included stakeholder interviews, conducting surveys, workshops, and events in efforts to incorporate as much citizen feedback as possible in the community engagement process to guide the focus of parks in our region over the next 10-15 years. The Master Plan also had 5 overall goals; Be a recognized leader in conservation, Provide innovative programming as a gateway to nature exploration, Create outstanding experiences,  Advance fiscal, health and Operate with high standards of excellence. Congratulations Great Parks and thank you for your hard work!

John Linnenberg and Hal Franke were recognized this year for their service as Regional Planning Commissioners. John served on the Regional Planning Commission for 14 years from 2005-2019. John is a resident of Green Township. Hal served on the Regional Planning Commission for 24 years from 1995-2019. Hal is a resident of Delhi Township.

Thank you gentlemen for your service!
Mini Planning Grants

Hamilton County Department of Planning +  Development is soliciting Letters of Interest (LOI) for planning mini-grants funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Administrative funds. There is a Q & A Meeting Thursday, April 11th from 10 am to 11 am, and the pre-applications are due Friday, April 24th. These grants can be used for planning activities like market studies, community visioning, strategic planning and targeted redevelopment plans. Jurisdictions must be members of the CDBG program and preference will be given to proposals from Planning Partnership members. You can find more information about the mini-grants  here or contact Steve Johns 513-946-4455 for questions.
Mini Planning Progress

Last month we highlighted our planning work with the City of North College Hill, which was made possible through their application for a mini planning grant. One of the events planned with the Comprehensive Plan Update will be Saturday, April 27th from 12 pm to 3 pm. This Tactical Urbanism (l ow-cost, temporary changes) project will help create some momentum in North College Hill.

The first half of the day will be clean up efforts in celebration of Earth Day, with the option of helping the new community garden get off the ground or working with the City to spruce up heavily traffic areas like the business district.

For more information about this project and event, please contact Brian Wamsley.
Partner News

First Suburbs Consortium of Southwest Ohio (FSC-SWO) is an association of elected and appointed officials representing older suburban communities in Hamilton County, Ohio, known as First Suburbs.  FSC-SWO strives to establish working relationships between our elected state officials and our member communities. 

The next Membership Meeting will be held Tuesday, April 30th at the Village of Silverton Municipal Building, 6943 Montgomery Road, Silverton, OH 45236 .  The featured presentation will be on CHANGE Court, a developing specialty docket for victims of human trafficking created in 2014. Judge Heather Russell presides over CHANGE Court and will be the presenter on the topic. Register for the event here.
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Mini Planning Grant Q & A
April 11

 American Planning Association
North College Hill Pop Up Event
April 27		 APA Ohio Chapter
First Suburbs Meeting
April 30
RPC
May 2		 communityplanning.net
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