College Hill will soon have a park that helps revitalize Hamilton Avenue while honoring a hometown hero.
The park will be located on what is now a gravel lot at 5923 Hamilton Avenue. Two buildings used to occupy the space but were torn down years ago. The College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation decided to develop the small park space, known as a pocket park.
"The pocket park provides us an opportunity to break up the business district, give a place for the community to gather, the new residents to have a place to go to," said Seth Walsh, executive director of the College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation (CHURC).
The cost was $500,000. "We raised $380,000 through various means from the city of Cincinnati's grant programs," but finding the additional funding was difficult.
However, Walsh said someone recently approached him inquiring about the status of the park and what the name would be. Walsh said the couldn't move forward with the park without the rest of the money. The individual came back weeks later to say they had it.