Neighborhood Updates

Please join us on Tuesday, October 29th, at 7:00 PM for a special meeting to review and discuss the project planned for Hyde Park Square.

It will be held in the Multi-purpose Room on the first floor of the Hyde Park School at 3401 Edwards Road. Please enter through Door #1, which is adjacent to the main parking lot, on Edwards Rd., then follow the ground floor hallway to the right to reach the new addition, where the room is located.

Please take time to review the initial presentation from the development partners and complete the HPNC survey.

Community Survey

There are still Free Trees available via the Cincinnati Parks Department's Fall ReLeaf tree program. Since September 21st, eligibility has expanded to include applications in neighborhoods with >40% tree canopy, which includes Hyde Park.

To apply you must be able to pick up your tree on one of a few days in mid-October, and the department does ask that you,
"Please ONLY apply for a free tree if you are dedicated to picking up and planting in your front or backyard."

There are still a few trees left (12 shumard oaks) at the time of writing.

The department's webpage does provide additional information, but be aware that one of the links to the application form is broken. To reach the form, use the link at the top of that page, or simply click below:

Tree Application Form

At the August monthly meeting a group of developers who have acquired several properties in Hyde Park Square, more than 2 acres, announced its plans to redevelop a substantial part of the south side of Hyde Park Square. It requested that we distribute the attached survey to collect feedback.

Please pass this along to anyone else that you think would like to share their thoughts.

Hyde Park Square Community Engagement Survey is available at the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DFS9Z7H or use the button below:

Survey Link

Starting Monday (July 22nd), Edwards Rd. from the square to Hyde Park School (between Erie and Observatory) will be closed to thru traffic due to road construction work until September 9th.

What Connected Communities Means for Hyde Park & How Historic Designation Protects

The Hyde Park Long Range Plan Steering Committee wants to continue keeping you informed on issues that affect our community and our Plan—and to be guided by your questions and input.

City Council passed the Connected Communities legislation on June 5th – what does this mean for Hyde Park, and how can we preserve the unique character of our community?

Come to a second session of What's Up, Hyde Park? on Monday, July 1, 6:30-8:00 PM, in the meeting room of Oakley Recreation Center (in Hyde Park Plaza, near Bob Sumerel Tire) to get answers to those questions. This public meeting will focus on:

• Specific ways Connected Communities will impact Hyde Park - presented by Gary Wollenweber, HPNC Zoning Committee Chair, at 6:30 PM
• Historic districts in Hyde Park; how to seek historic designation for a property, street,or area; and the protection that historic designation offers - presented by Beth Johnson, Executive Director of the Cincinnati Preservation Association, at 7:00 PM  
  
• Your questions and input - throughout the program

This session is presented by members of the Hyde Park Long Range Plan Steering Committee.
Come, learn, be heard!

Just east of Edwards along Wasson Way there are now trees and associated plaques for Carl Uebelacker and the Hapner family

A new Long Range Plan for Hyde Park is finally nearing completion, after much time and thought from a Steering Committee of residents and business owners, working with City Planning Staff. Halted by COVID and then slowed by the need to make major updates to previous work, the plan is entering its final conception stages. Public meetings will be held on the completed plan, hopefully in Fall 2024, but the Steering Committee wants to seek your input now.

Please come to What's Up, Hyde Park? on Monday, June 3, at 6:30 PM, in the meeting room of the Hyde Park Library. This public meeting, open to all Hyde Park residents, businesses, and property owners, is both a conversation and information session on issues that matter to you:

• Hear an overview of the new Long-Range Plan, ask questions, and learn about how it relates to Connected Communities.
• [This plan will replace the one adopted by the City of Cincinnati in 1983.]
• Tell us your vision for the future of our community – What needs to be included in this Plan? What did the Steering Committee overlook?

This session is presented by members of the Hyde Park Long Range Plan Steering Committee. Please come, learn, be heard!

The May 17th Planning Commission agenda contains a single item: Connected Communities.

For those unfamiliar, the Connected Communities legislation, at present, contains proposed text amendments modifying multiple Chapters of Title XIV, “Zoning Code of the City of Cincinnati,” and Title XVII, “Land Development Code,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.

We are requesting that those of you with strong opinions please engage and consider joining the Planning Commission meeting.

During the meeting the full report (available at the link below) will be presented by Planning Staff. They will then allow for anyone from the Public to provide comments for up to 3 minutes. This will be followed by Planning Staff discussion and then likely voting.

Meeting specifics are below:

Friday, May 17, 2024, starting at 9:00 a.m.

Cincinnati City Hall

Council Chambers, Room 300

801 Plum Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202

View the Planning Commission Connected Communities Meeting Packet (PDF) >

Please join us on Tuesday, May 14th, at 7:00 PM, for the Annual Meeting which includes awards and trustee election by HPNC members.

It will be held at Hyde Park School, at 3401 Edwards Road. Please enter through Door #1, which is adjacent to the main parking lot, on Edwards Rd.

HPNC also holds monthly meetings, which are the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM; since the location may vary, please check on the HPNC website, Facebook, or the previous meeting packet to confirm the location of future meetings; the meeting packet can be found below or on the Meetings & Minutes page.

View May Meeting Packet (PDF) >

Earlier today HPNC delivered the letter below to Mayor Pureval, City Council, and several other members of City of Cincinnati government.

Should you wish to read the entire letter you can find a PDF of it here.

And the full survey results and analysis are available here.