The Spring Cleaning Spirit

In the spirit of spring cleaning and watching way too much HGTV, Price Hill Will has decided to fully embrace the open floorplan concept and knock out the north-facing exterior wall at ARCO to produce the new look above... like it?!

No? Us either! We couldn't resist some April Fools goodness. All joking aside, we have some exciting updates to share this month. 

This month's newsletter contains event details on several openings around Price Hill, a call for artist contributions to our area sidewalks, an invitation to tour ARCO virtually, and hiring information for a key role with PHW. 

GENERAL UPDATES

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! 

Tour the Renovated Price Hill Library!

The Price Hill Branch Library's renovation and expansion is nearing completion! You are invited to tour the building on Sunday, April 11, 2021!Please join us for a 30-minute tour of the newly renovated and expanded Price Hill Branch Library! Masks are required. Access inside the Price Hill Branch Library building will be restricted to tours on April 11.Sign up to take a tour on April 11: cincinnatilibrary.org/grand-opening.The branch will reopen to all customers for regular business hours (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.) starting Monday, April 12.Add your text here. Edit to add dynamic values like name, email and more.

REAL ESTATE

3 Homesteading Projects in the Works

1342 Manss Avenue will be available by the end of the week. This property was built in 1878, with some additions since that time, and features a large, fenced yard perfect for a family. We are in the process of purchasing 4015 Akochia Court. This is a 3-4 bedroom home with a fenced yard and a large separate workshop on a quiet street near Resurrection Church & School. Interior work at 2605 Ring Place will resume next week. The scope of work here is more substantial. Thus far, subsidy has been provided by The Port for the exterior work. Once complete, this will be another 3-4 bedroom home, bungalow style,  with a deep, wooded, and very private lot. We are lucky that several families have already been approved by Santa Maria and Working in Neighborhoods for these homes!

Collective Good[s] Has Got The Goods

Our partnering grocery operator, the nonprofit Your Store of the Queen City, has shared that Meiser's Fresh Grocery & Deli on State Avenue in Lower Price Hill is in its final 8 weeks of tenant fit-out construction, with about 45 days planned after that to finalize equipment installation and inspections and end the food desert in the neighborhood! In the meantime, Lower Price Hill Collective Good[s] Farmers + Makers Market will resume its outdoor season with a weekly socially-distanced presence outside of Meiser's again, beginning on Tuesday, April 13th from 3:30-5:30. There you can get fruits and vegetables for a sliding-scale-donation with Meiser's, as well as purchase neighborhood food-makers' breads, snacks, and treats and a variety of items from The Collective of Lower Price Hill Artists and Makers including handmade jewelry, cotton crochet, visual art and paintings, healing balms and aromatherapy, and plants! Safe online pre-ordering with parking lot pickup is available for many of these quality items, as well as fresh organic chicken and eggs. To learn more about how you can treat yourself with neighbor-owned businesses, visit https://www.yourstoreqc.org/collective-goods-market or follow @meisersfresh on Facebook & Instagram.

COMMUNITY 

Mark Your Calendars: Its Tot Lot Time

The Olden Tot Lot – a newly renovated park in East Price Hill’s Warsaw Avenue neighborhood business district – finished the final piece of its renovation recently with the addition of a shade shelter. The park is now ready for warm, sunny weather, so that it can be filled with the smiling faces of kids, families, and caregivers. This was certainly not an easy project, and we greatly appreciate everyone’s diligence and concerted efforts to see this project through to the end. We would like to host a small, safe gathering/ribbon cutting to welcome this new addition to the park and hope that you all are able to join us. The date for this event – weather permitting – is Friday, April 30th at 10:00AM.

Incline Run on Pace with New Funds and New Planters

Activity is starting back up on the Maryland Ave Incline Run bike and pedestrian path! Price Hill resident and artist Ben Thomas and his student assistant Shariyah will resume painting the mural this month. Paul Kroner is also finishing production on his Incline-inspired brochure stand, which will soon be installed near the mural and south entrance.

Price Hill Will was recently awarded grant money from the Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Fund, so we are thrilled to continue making more community-engaged art! With these funds we want to bring Price Hill resident and artist Caitlin Arnest’s concrete planter mosaics to life. We will be asking residents what images or symbols represent Price Hill to them and using these ideas for mosaic design. Keep your eyes out for more information on ways to get involved with planning and making this next part of the project. 

ARTS & CULTURE

Walk Warsaw is Calling on Artists

We are getting closer to the Walk Warsaw final submission date, but there is still plenty of time to put together your proposal! Design proposals for crosswalk paintings must be submitted by Friday, April 9th at 5:00 P.M. to be considered. Submissions can be emailed to samantha@pricehillwill.org and carlmg@mail.uc.edu. Please be sure to follow our design guidelines and submission format before sending us your design proposal! All of this information (and more) can be found in our RFP and Final Design Submission documents HERE. Still have questions? Feel free to shoot us an email!

MYCincinnati Annual Giving Campaign  

The MYCincinnati Annual Campaign raised $38,350 of a $40,000 goal! There is still time to help us reach our goal - become a sustaining donor or make a one-time gift by visiting MYCincinnati.org/give. We are so thankful for each and every member of our community who shows up to support us year after year.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

COMMUNITY MEETINGS