City of Cincinnati Improving Neighborhood Business Districts Cincinnati Neighborhood Business Districts United Clifton HeightsO’Bryonville

CNBDU – NBDs NBDs help define the unique character of their neighborhood that is critically important to sustaining and/or revitalizing a healthy economic environment through visual improvements and maintenance Mt. Washington Oakley

CNBDU NDBIP – Process 34 Neighborhood Business Districts Participate Finite Funding Pool: Anywhere from $1 - 3 Million Varied Allocation Between Capital & CDBG Funding Clifton HeightsMt. Washington

CNBDU NDBIP – Funding Sources Capital: City Funds Public Improvements and Public Right of Way Can be used in any neighborhood Must provide measurable public benefit CDBG: Federal Funds Projects must meet federal objective: Benefit predominantly low and moderate income areas and/or the elimination of blight Must provide measurable public benefit Northside

CNBDU NDBIP – Projects Types Major No limit, but average is $100,000 to $200,000 Minor $30,000 or less Multi-Year Phased Larger projects may phased over multiple years to assist in project’s feasibility and execution Oakley Pervious Pavement

CNBDU NDBIP – Scope of Projects Wayfinding Signage Streetscapes Gateways Parking LotsFaçade Program Administration

CNBDU NDBIP – Competitive Peer Review Participating NBDs must: Must be one of the 34 recognized NBDs Submit a pre-application Participate in application review Submit an detail application A member of the NBD must participate in the presentations Go on the bus tour Covedale

CNBDU NDBIP – Rating Process and Results Projects Have Scored High By Showing: Community Support & Evidence of an Approved Plan Benefit & Impact to Community Leverage With Private Investment Attention to Details of Application Historical Performance Ready to Implement Spring Grove Improvements

CNBDU NDBIP – Projects: East Price Hill Business District Streetscape Continuation Madisonville Public Lot Upgrades

East Price Hill – Melissa Wegman Project Request: $275,000 East Price Hill Business District Streetscape Continuation

East Price Hill Project Scope – Melissa Wegman New sidewalks Decorative pavers Sidewalk doors (where applicable) Trees and tree wells Lighting Curbs

East Price Hill – Melissa Wegman

East Price Hill Future Direction – Melissa Wegman

East Price Hill Rating Experience – Melissa Wegman Whole process was an amazing learning experience and excellent collaboration of teamwork and community support Feeling that the rating process wasn’t effective in reaching goals of low-moderate business development We satisfied each Project Rating Category EPH Business District we felt was ideal for this NBDIP Grant First time up we knocked it out of the park with our presentation and material presented The Little Engine that Could…

East Price Hill Future Direction – Melissa Wegman We got EPHIA and EPHBA back involved with NSP and NBD –Incredible Tool Box –Amazing Depth of Resources, Knowledge and Experience A-Ha Moments - Community Project Ideas –Membership Campaigns –Newsletters –Community Involvement Activities Rewrote Platform, Bylaws and Purpose of the newly formed East Price Hill Business Alliance Launching totally new web site for EPHIA and EPHBA Working with Graphic Designer for new branding logo Formed-Based Code Case Study

Madisonville – Deborah Tolliver Public Lot Upgrade $ 30,000 Capital Parking Lot Improvements

Madisonville Public Lot Upgrade – Deborah Tolliver

Madisonville – Deborah Tolliver

Madisonville Future Direction – Deborah Tolliver

2012 NDBIP Rankings – Funded RankNeighborhoodProjectAmount RequestedFunding SourceType 1Corryville Short Vine Façade Improvement Program $ 68,833Capital Façade improvement matching grants 2Northside Northside Parking Lot Improvements $ 58,900CDBGParking lot improvements 3E Walnut Hills Parking Lot Pay Machine $ 9,600CapitalParking lot improvements 4Avondale Design of Burnet Avenue Streetscape $ 50,000CapitalStreetscape design 5College Hill Redevelopment of Mid-District Parking Lot $ 250,000CDBGParking lot improvements 6Madisonville Madisonville Public Lot Upgrades $ 30,000CapitalParking lot improvements 7Westwood The Bell Building Project $ 340,000CapitalAcquisition & redevelopment 8Bond Hill Design & Install Gateway Entrances for Bond Hill Community $ 25,000CDBGNBD gateways 9Mt. Lookout Mt. Lookout Branding - Phase 1 $ 30,000CapitalBranding/Signage 10Pleasant Ridge 6099 Acquisition and Redevelopment $ 200,000CapitalAcquisition & redevelopment 11Mt. Airy Business District Development Plan $ 30,000CapitalMarket study 12College Hill College Hill Security Cameras $ 17,000CapitalInstall additional security cameras 13N. Avondale North Avondale NBD Market Study $ 30,000CapitalMarket study 14O’Bryonville District Feasibility Study $ 30,000CapitalMarket study 15Clifton Hts Streetscape Project- Old Town (Phase 3) $ 500,000CDBGStreetscape improvements

2012 NDBIP Rankings – Not Funded RankNeighborhoodProjectAmount RequestedFunding SourceType 16OTR (Vine) Thirteenth Street Connector $ 200,000Capital or CDBGStreetscape/utility undergrounding 17L Price Hill Lower Price Hill Streetscape Phase I $ 100,000CapitalStreetscape design 18Mt. Washington Mt. Washington Wayfinding Project $ 79,000CapitalSignage 19OTR (Main) Walnut Street Façade/ Emery Theater $ 150,000CapitalRe-create original theatre marquee 20Mt. Washington Streetscape IV $ 30,000CapitalStreetscape design 21E Walnut Hills East Walnut Hills NBD Streetscape – E. McMillan St. $ 375,000Capital or CDBGStreetscape improvements 22Westwood Harrison Ave NBD Studies $ 20,000CapitalStudies 23O’Bryonville 2007 Madison Road Property $ 145,000CapitalAcquisition & demolition 24Bond Hill Redevelopment of Bond Hill Business District "A" $ 200,000Capital or CDBGAcquisition & demolition 25E Price Hill East Price Hill Business District Streetcape Continuation $ 275,000Capital or CDBGStreetscape improvements 26Mt. Adams Undergrounding Remaining Wires on St. Gregory $ 387,000CapitalStreetscape/utility undergrounding

CNBDU NDBIP – Successes Project Funded for Projects Not Funded for 2012 Total Amount Requested: $ 3,630,333 Total Budget $ 1,898,500 Total Awards $ 1,669,333 CDBG Awards $ 833,900 Capital Awards $ 835,433

CNBDU NDBIP – Successes 1995 – Projects Funded In 34 Neighborhoods 184 Completed Projects 28 Active Project More Than 3743 Jobs Retained More Than 1392 Jobs Created 6:1 (Private: Public Investment) Approximately $36.4 Million in Public Funds Have Directly Leveraged More than $289 Million in Private Investment in Cincinnati NBDs

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