Price Hill Will Newsletter (No. 53) |
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Can you feel it? The hill is on the verge of spring! Just as we anticipate the arrival of spring each year, so too we anticipate new projects, new neighbors, and new opportunities to get involved in our community whether in person or digitally. How are we getting into the new mood? By using our beautiful ARCO facility to host events digitally! (pictured above) This month's newsletter contains info on some of our newest board members, a review of the MYCincinnati Annual Campaign, exciting news for OPieO, and news on getting involved in the community plan of West Price Hill. Also some thank you's to our donors and updates on the progress happening at ARCO. |
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New Board Member Spotlight At the end of 2020 Price Hill Will had a number of board members hit term limits, marking time to bring in some new faces. Get to know them here! |
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| | Naimah Bilal is the Chief Development Officer of the Children's Literacy Initiative, a national organization serving and centering 95,000+ Black and Latinx students around the nation. Previously she held executive leadership roles with the UC Foundation, Cincinnati Waldorf School, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra where she served as Director of Artistic Administration. Originally from Washington, DC Naimah has called Cincinnati home for 14 years and is a proud former resident of Price Hill. She is also a former volunteer violin instructor with MyCincinnati. | | |
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| | Craig Hockenberry lives in West Price Hill with his wife, Erin, and their three children: Vivian, Gino, and Rocco. You may know Craig from his 15 years of work and dedication at Oyler School in Lower Price Hill. Craig's leadership at Oyler led to the school being nationally recognized for an entire year on a Marketplace/National Public Radio (NPR) series titled “One School, One Year…” Craig has enjoyed opportunities to speak across the nation about leadership, education, and community leader centers. When he's not consulting about educational leadership, his personal interests include traveling, volunteering, exercising, following college football, and, of course, spending every minute he can with his family. | | |
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Thank You Donors!Price Hill Will extends our sincere thanks to the donors that have continued to support us through these insurmountable times. Thank you! - Nehemiah Manufacturing
- Hubert Family Foundation
- Sisters of Charity
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ARCO Making Plans, Giving Tours At some point, life WILL get back to some normalcy. When it does, Price Hill Will wants Hillians to know they can come to ARCO for their community groups or gala; workshops or weddings. ARCO means arts + community, and as such we are excited for big community events in the future. Till then, we welcome you to check out our space and plan your future event. | | |
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| | O Pie O Next week, Price Hill Will is selling 917-923 State Avenue! We acquired this building in 2015 with City NBDIP funds with the intention to bring additional jobs and economic vitality to Lower Price Hill. The first tenant was Waterfields, LLC an aquaponics group specializing in premium microgreens, edible flowers, and other specialty produce. Unfortunately, as is often the case in business development, Waterfields didn't work out. In late 2017, we reassigned the lease to O Pie O, a specialty sweet and savory pie maker with a retail outlet in East Walnut Hills. O Pie O wanted to convert the building to a Bakehouse for pie-making. Significant capital improvements were made to the warehouse by the O Pie O team and the business has flourished through the years. O Pie O focuses on hiring Lower Price Hill residents and is a second chance employer; there are approximately 15 employees. O Pie O is now exercising its option to purchase the building. This has been a full 6 year journey, but we are thrilled to celebrate this true community development success story in Price Hill! | | |
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| | Work at Meisers The under-construction Meiser's Fresh Grocery & Deli will be opening in about 12 weeks at State and Hatmaker in Lower Price Hill! As our partner Your Store of the Queen City is finishing Meiser's final equipment installation and specialized tenant build-out, they're looking to connect with Lower Price Hill residents who might be interested in working at the grocery. If that describes you, click the button below and fill out theform, and their HR Team will keep you updated when job postings go up over the next few months. For regular news and updates about the project, visit @meisersfresh on Facebook and Instagram. | | |
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Help the West Price Hill Vision The Belong, Be Strong: West Price Hill Plan held its second Working Group Meeting on Wednesday, December 9th virtually via Zoom. Each of the five Plan Theme Working Groups (Business Development/Engagement; Transportation Infrastructure; Community Engagement; Marketing; Crime + Safety) began to identify goals to that can be worked towards to achieve the Vision Statements that each group has developed. These goals and vision statements will help to guide conversations moving forward through the planning process and help in the formation of strategies/tasks and key project ideas for West Price Hill that will be identified in the plan. The Steering Committee is working to identify additional outreach opportunities to continue to get a larger community presence involved in the process. All are welcome and encouraged to attend the Working Group meetings and join in the process. If you are interested in attending these meetings, or learning more, please contact Andy Juengling with the City of Cincinnati’s Department of City Planning at andy.juengling@cincinnati-oh.gov. Stay tuned for more updates! In the meantime, please click HERE to see the progress that has been made by the community so far! |
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Register Your Kiddo for IMAGO Do you have a kid itching to get outside this summer? IMAGO's Summer Camp registration is now open! Sign up for kids 4-12 available and some scholarships will be available. Check out a preview of all the camp offerings below! | | |
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MYCincinnati Annual Giving Campaign MYCincinnati concluded our Annual Giving Campaign on February 26th, raising a total of $33,487! These funds will continue to support the ongoing free, daily music education of 100+ students in the program. It’s not too late to give! If you were not able to make a gift during our campaign, there are many ways to continue supporting us. You can become a sustaining donor anytime by visiting mycincinnati.org/give, like and share our content on social media, and continue showing community support for our students in their ongoing learning. |
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Oboe DonationMYCincinnati would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Chris Philpotts (Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) for his donation of a recently restored professional Yamaha oboe to our Winds program. This generous donation of a top-of-the-line instrument helps us to create a bridge for our older and more advanced students from our MYCincinnati programming to “step up” programs like college music programs and summer music programs. |
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Save The Date! The MYCincinnati spring concerts will on March 17-19 at 6pm. Please join us so you can witness all the work our students and teachers have accomplished during a difficult but rewarding year. | | |
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Supporting The Arts In Price Hill The Price Hill Arts Connection is partnering with community groups, Price Hill programming, local artists, Price Hill Will, and others in an Artswave Catalyzing Impact grant to support existing programming in Price Hill and to fund increased arts opportunities in all three Price Hills. This grant includes live music by area musicians, writing workshops and competitions, youth photography programming, photo contests, walking tours, scavenger hunts, resident-led cooking demos, and more! The group will know by April if they are successful in receiving funds. In the meantime, if you’re interested in learning more about this group, contact Ann A. at aandriacco@fuse.net. |
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Spring Forward Into Healthy Habits with Let’s Get Physical!
Having trouble getting into a mindful and healthy routine? That can be hard at any time, but is especially difficult with pandemic restrictions. Let’s Get Physical can help! Check out our Facebook page and our new Passport to Wellness program. In addition to yoga online, we are offering classes around mindfulness, healthy habits, food and other exercise activities. Check out our Facebook page regularly for class announcements. A big thank you to Baron Engraving for acting as our February yoga sponsor. Please contact us to find out how you or your organization/company can support our free classes and your Price Hill neighbors! - Sundays at 9AM
- Mondays at 5PM
- Tuesdays at 6PM
- Wednesdays at 6PM
- Saturdays at 10AM
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Lower Price Hill Community Council
Date: Monday, March 1st (First Monday of every month)
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom; send email to lph.council@gmail.com for Zoom link Contact: lph.council@gmail.com Price Hill Safety CAT
Date: Monday, March (First Monday of every month)
Time: 7:00pm
Location: District 3 community room Contact: phsafetycat@gmail.com Price Hill Arts Connection
Date: Tuesday, March 23rd (last Tuesday of every month)
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom. Check their Facebook page ahead of time for link to meeting. Contact: aandriacco@fuse.net |
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West Price Hill Community Council Date: Tuesday, March 9th (Second Tuesday of every month)
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Check their Facebook page ahead of time for link to meeting. Contact: karenball@fuse.net East Price Hill Improvement Association
Date: Monday, March 15th (Third Monday of every month)
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/98320532144?pwd=NWU4Uy9Xb1NwR2Z5TkFZblFENXc1Zz09 Meeting ID: 983 2053 2144 Passcode: 243956 Contact: info@ephia.org Price Hill Historical Society & Museum
Date: ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Time:
Location: Price Hill Historical Society and Museum Contact: phhs@pricehill.org |
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