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The March 2010 CTM Meeting

The next meeting will be on March 1st at 7PM at the Clifton Recreation Center. February Agenda

New CTM Committees and Liaisons Announced

In an effort to focus the efforts of CTM’s trustees and member volunteers, we have altered the structure of the organization’s key committees. 

Given today’s community needs we propose 5 standing committees that are responsible for conducting the necessary work of the organization.  In addition, each committee will focus its efforts on achieving 1 goal for 2010. Each trustee will serve on at least one of the standing committees.           

• Executive Committee
• Events Committee
• Communication, Membership, & Marketing Committee
• Housing & Zoning Committee
• Beautification Committee

In addition, each year the CTM Board will identify a limited number of ad hoc committees tasked with achieving specific, high-priority goals. These committees will be limited in order to focus the limited time and energy resources of the trustees and the general CTM membership.  This year’s recommended ad hoc committees are:     

• Clifton Plaza Construction Committee
• Green Clifton Committee

The activities and progress of these committees will be reported on the Clifton Town Meeting tab on this web site. For more information, click here

Plaza Update

As you already know the Plaza was not finished by the end of the calendar year as called for in our contract with the contractor.  We have not been able to get a new target date but the contractor continues to work on the site almost every day and progress continues.  We are hoping that it will be completed by March 1, 2010.  At this point construction has progressed without major surprises so we are still within budget and will be able to have both the furniture and landscaping in place at completion. 

We have at least three things to complete and have set things up for two of them: 1) we need to plan a grand opening celebration, 2) set up ongoing effective management of the Plaza and 3) the tools to maintain and manage the Plaza.  To set up #2 An LLC Management Committee with two CTM and two CBPA reps has been set up but can not get off the ground until after CBPA elections later this week. We will see how things develop.  On #3 Jan has made a list of tools and equipment and priced it out.  Assuming the project comes in as expected we will be able to use funding from the grants we have received to fund tool and equipment purchases.  So at this point we are in pretty good shape except for our celebration event.  Would you be interested in helping to plan the event? If so, contact CTM either by phone or email.

City of Cincinnati 2010 Neighborhood Summit

You're invited to the City of Cincinnati's 2010 Neighborhood Summit
February 26th and 27th, 2010 at the Cintas Center, Xavier University

Don't miss this once in a generation opportunity to shape our future!

Imagine how the City of Cincinnati will look in 20 years. Attend the 2010 Neighborhood Summit and play a role in creating the goals of Plan Cincinnati, our City's first Comprehensive Plan in nearly 30 years. Your participation in this event will have a direct impact on Cincinnati's future by influencing how our City grows and changes.

Attendees will participate in sessions of their choice on the following issues: Housing and Neighborhood Development; Economic Development & Business Retention; Transportation and Transit; Urban Design; Health, Environment and Open Space; Historic Conservation; and Arts and Culture.

It's your chance to share your vision for Cincinnati.

Don't be left out of the conversation. Register Now!

Online Registration - www.xavier.edu/communitybuilding

For more information about Plan Cincinnati, visit www.plancincinnati.org or call 513-352-4845.

Clifton Cultural Arts Center

It's shaping up to be an exciting fall at CCAC. Check out the CCAC website for more information on fall programming at Clifton Cultural Arts Center.

Police Report

Crime was down approximately 4% comparing 2009  and 2008.  Serious crime was very low  for the first month of 2010.  There were two robberies and four burglaries.  In two of the four burglaries entry was gained  through an unlocked door.

Thefts from autos continue to be a concern and occurred on the following streets: Ludlow, Clifton Hills,  Morrison, Evanswood, Wood,  Nixon,   Glenmary, Jefferson, Dixmyth and ML King.

Investigation into the graffiti continues.  Suspect information has been developed  and hopefully some arrests will be made in the near future.

Please call the police when you see suspicious activity.  This could include individuals walking slowly looking into yards/homes, someone looking in your rear window or strangers in your neighbors back yard.

The calls and questions regarding crime issues in Clifton have been  very
interesting.  Don't hesitate to call at 569-8580 or email  at
paul.meyer@cincinnati-oh.gov <mailto:paul.meyer@cincinnati-oh.govf>       

Clifton House Tour Summary

Walter E. Langsam has prepared a complete description of each house on the 2009 House tour. It includes architectural descriptions of the houses: the overall Clifton development, the houses in their context, the owners and their families and interconnections, and up-to-date biographies of the architects particularized for their Clifton works.Click here to view the summary.

Clifton Chronicle - The official publication of CTM.

Winter 2009 Issue

The Clifton Chronicle, Clifton's quarterly publication, is looking for volunteers who are proficient in desktop publishing. If you can spend a few hours in the evening for a week four times a year we need you. Call Tom Lohre at 513-236-1704 or e-mail him at tom@tomlohre.com. The chronicle needs two volunteers with good skills in electronic publishing come forward to volunteer so we can go back to 24 pages. We now only publish the basics: “School News”; “Rec Center News”; “Senior Citizen News”; “Trailside Nature Center News”; “The Library Corner”; “Clifton Business & Professional News” and “CTM News”

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Uptown Consortium

Clifton works cooperatively with the Uptown Consortium. For more information see the Uptown Cincinnati web pages.