HCDC and Hamilton County Planning + Development are pleased to announce that $600,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds were awarded for five projects through the Community and Economic Development Assistance Program (CEDAP). Hamilton County established the CEDAP using CDBG dollars to fund strategic large scale projects that will make a significant impact on communities. The Board of County Commissioners approved funding for five projects as recommended by the CEDAP Advisory Committee.
World Town Planning Day is Friday, November 8th from 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. at Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Service 2350 Auburn Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45219. Students from Miami University and University of Cincinnati will join professional planners to come up with ideas to address the affordable housing crises in our region.
Greater Cincinnati's Complete Count Committee (CCC) is a team of community organizations and regional stakeholders appointed by Mayor John Cranley and Commissioner Denise Driehaus to develop an outreach and awareness campaign for the 2020 Census.
Census Timeline
April-December 2019: Complete Count Committee formation and educational outreach
March 23, 2020: Census opens (mail, online, phone)
April 1, 2020: Census Day
Mid-May-September 2020: non-response follow-up by Census workers
If you are interested in assisting with this effort email
Steve Johns.
2019 Duke Energy Grants
On October 22nd at the Sharon Center at Sharon Woods Park, Taking Root Inc. participated in the Duke Energy Foundation 2019 Nature Grant Awards ceremony
and received a $10,000 grant for its Energy Saving Trees Program.
The grant will enable Taking Root to distribute 240 free trees to homeowners in the communities of Norwood, Fairfield and Hamilton, Ohio. The participating homeowners will be able to utilize special software that will identify the ideal planting location on their property that maximizes the energy savings from their new trees. All told, the Duke Energy Foundation funded 16 projects for a total of $253,178.00.
Great Parks Forever was awarded $40,000 for designing water quality improvements for Sharon Lake.
Sharon Lake lies at the heart of Sharon Woods, and is the center of recreation opportunities and experiences in the park. The funds will be used to dredge the sediment laden areas where deposits have accumulated in order to restore the lake to its previous depth.
The Mill Creek Alliance was awarded $10,000 for water quality monitoring and education. Water quality education and monitoring are key pillars of Mill Creek's Environmental Education program. Building on these pillars, Mill Creek's Blue Team pairs existing Green Corps workforce development program members and university interns with water quality experts and volunteers from the Water Quality Monitoring program.
Find more information about the grant recipients in Duke Energy's press release
here.
