Groundbreaking will be Thursday, June 28th at 2:00 pm out front of Westwood Town Hall. All are welcome to attend and witness a proud moment in this, our 150th year.

The Town Hall Park improvement project is set to bid on January 17th, 2018 with the intent to begin construction in the spring and complete the project in the fall.

Once the project has been awarded to a contractor, Westwood Coalition will host a public meeting to review project schedule and details.

Below is a rendering of the proposed finish look of the park. Also attached are the actual construction drawings that the awarded contractor will use to renovate the park (construction drawings are subject to change).

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Construction should begin in early September.

Pending how the weather plays out in the fall of 2017, some work may need to be completed in the spring/summer of 2018.

We will hold a project information session in late July / early August. This public session will review the final park design and project schedule so we can all know what to expect and when to expect it.

Update as of September 26 – the project will still be completed, though the start date may now be in the spring of 2018.

Channel 12 posted a very nice story about the revitalization efforts seeing results in Westwood’s Historic Business District today.

The owners of Lillywood and West Side Brewing as well as WestCURC’s Executive Director were interviewed.

Check out the video here:

“New stores and restaurants revitalizing local neighborhood“

This article was originally published by WCPO on January 20th

Westwood is ready to blossom with new developments, new life in Gaines Triangle, Town Hall projects

MKSK (designer) and Cincinnati Parks are into the design development phase with a goal to bid the project in April.  Hopeful groundbreaking date in June with the majority of the improvements completed by the end of 2017.

Pending how the weather plays out in the fall of 2017, some finishing work may need to be completed in the spring of 2018.

Representatives of the Westwood Coalition and the City of Cincinnati Department of Traffic & Engineering will be on hand Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the parlor at Westwood Town Hall to speak again exclusively to the proposed closing of the short section of Urwiler Ave between Harrison Ave and Epworth Ave. Note that this is an information sharing and listening session. It is not a hearing. We will start with the proposal and the process that led the Coalition to this recommendation. Then we will address a number of questions that were raised by neighbors. Then we will open it up to questions. We will end not later than 8:30 pm.

Thanks to the many Westwood residents who have offered comments on the conceptual drawings for Westwood Town Hall Park and Gaines Triangle. This has been very helpful to the Cincinnati Parks and the design team at MKSK. Westwood residents serving on the Coalition and its member organizations as well as the local residents on the Parks steering committee for the project have been reading all the input and welcome more. Let the Westwood Coalition know what you think of the latest plan, Concept E, pictured here.  There is great enthusiasm for the overall plan for the park grounds and the Gaines Triangle at Harrison, Epworth, and Urwiler. Respondents appreciate the cohesion that is emerging for the business district, the improved pedestrian and vehicular safety, the event space, playscapes, and landscaping. People like the opportunities for public art, for attending to the historic nature of the property, and the linkages between spaces. Take a good look and tell us what works especially well and where you think adjustments might be needed. The planning process is nearing completion, with another meeting with Parks and the Coalition on Thursday, August 4 and a presentation to the Park Board soon thereafter.

Perspective, Westwood Town Hall Park, Concept E

Thanks to input received from area residents, MKSK, the landscape architect at work on plans for this project, has developed Concept D. The Westwood Coalition continues to invite your comments as refinements are made. Here are some questions in which we particularly are interested:

• Which design elements are the most favorable to you?
• Do you like the notion of imaginative, creative playscapes?
• With this redesign, what can you imagine happening at the Town Hall Park in terms of programming?
• Would you like to see a water feature? What type? For what purpose?
• Do permanently placed urban games appeal to you and, if so, where do they make the most sense?
• What factors would help to distinguish the link between Gaines Triangle and Town Hall Park?
• Is the dog park desirable and well-situated?
• Are the specially marked pedestrian crosswalks at Harrison, Epworth, and Urwiler a good idea? Do you have comments on paving material?
• When you imagine public art as part of the design, what do you imagine or hope for?
• And, of course, we’re eager to hear your other general and specific comments.

We welcome your comments about Concept D through any representative to the Coalition or to MKSK or to the Coalition’s general email address over the next few weeks.