Posts by Cincinnati Parks Foundation
Get Outside and Give on #GivingTuesday
Cincinnati is home to 130 parks and greenspaces, touching every neighborhood in our city. Our parks continue to flourish through continued maintenance, improvements, programming, and more.
And you can help.
Read MoreAn Attitude of Gratitude in Cincinnati Parks
As we enter Thanksgiving week, it’s time to recognize the gratitude in our attitudes. There’s so much to be thankful for in our Cincinnati Parks. We are sharing a few things we are most grateful for this season. I’m so thankful to have an incredible park and playground within walking distance from our house where…
Read MoreObliterating Litter in Your Cincinnati Parks
Cincinnati Parks Foundation volunteers get their hands dirty. Each month, a dedicated group of volunteers gathers at parks around Cincinnati to remove litter. The Cincinnati Parks Foundation provides the tools and our volunteers provide the fun. Together, we’ve made quite an impact. Our 75+ volunteers removed over 300 bags of garbage throughout our nine events.…
Read MoreAccessible Hiking Grows Across the Country
Looks like we’re on to something. This past weekend, the Cincinnati Parks Foundation team celebrated another successful season of accessible hiking with our partners at Luke5Adventures, a group that organizes regular hikes with their all-terrain wheelchair called a Rosie Chair. Through our partnership with Luke5, the Cincinnati Parks Foundation offers an accessible hiking program, Everybody…
Read MoreFundraising Progress for the Capitoline Wolf Statue
The Capitoline Wolf statue will soon be restored to Eden Park. Read more about our efforts that cross the ocean and how you can help. Art is not just something to be enjoyed in a museum. In Cincinnati, art is everywhere, from the murals (link to artworks) on the sides of our buildings to the…
Read MoreLighting Up Cincinnati Parks with BLINK
Attendees Experienced Cincinnati Parks in a Whole New Way. Cincinnati Parks were the backdrop for three installations supported by The Cincinnati Parks Foundation as part of the four-day light and art event, which returned to Cincinnati in October. Housed within the Gardner Family Grove & Rose Garden at Smale Riverfront Park, an installation entitled “Breonna’s…
Read More16th Annual Hats Off Luncheon Raises Over $500K for Cincinnati Parks
The Hats Off Luncheon presented by the Women’s Committee of Cincinnati Parks, the Cincinnati Park Foundation’s signature event and largest fundraiser of the year, was back in person this year and better than ever before. The theme of this year’s event, which was held at the John G. and Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park, was…
Read MoreHonoring a Legend: Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati’s World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Celebrated in the West End. The legacy of Ezzard Charles, the World Heavyweight Champion who grew up and trained in Cincinnati, is now permanently memorialized in the West End neighborhood where he once worked and lived. The Cincinnati Parks Foundation joined forces with Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses, the West End…
Read MoreSawyer Point Pickleball Courts Grand Opening
Join City leaders, Parks officials and pickleball enthusiasts for a short program followed by a ribbon cutting to officially open the new pickleball and tennis facility along Cincinnati’s riverfront on September 9 at 9am. Check out the newly renovated Sawyer Point Courts to incorporate brand new pickleball courts, a new state of the art surface,…
Read MorePlanning begins for Capitoline Wolf restoration in Eden Park
Cincinnati Parks is pleased to report efforts are underway to replace the Capitoline Wolf Statue right back to its home within Cincinnati’s storied Eden Park. The statue was vandalized and stolen in June of this year. After the tragic theft, Cincinnati Parks was overwhelmed with calls and messages from frustrated citizens offering their support in…
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