The City of Cincinnati is in the process of revising the Land Development Code for the entire City. This process will allow for several rounds of public comment and revisions before completion. CTM’s Housing & Zoning Committee will be reviewing the changes and making comments. Please email Committee chair, Adam Hyland, if you would like to be part of the review process. (Hylandae@gmail.com)
The 2nd Annual Clifton Town Meeting (CTM) Golf Outing held on Saturday, August 16th was a huge success! 73 golfers participated in the event that raised over $7,000 for the benefit of the Clifton Cultural Arts Center (CCAC). The golf outing also honored David Mann as the 2014 Friend of Clifton. CTM thanks the following businesses and individuals for participating in the event:
Hole Sponsors:
Cincinnati Development Fund
Cincinnati Eye Care
Clifton SAY Soccer
Django Western Taco/LaPoste
Druffel & Bryan Realtors – Comey & Shepherd
Relocation Strategies
Rich & Company
Skyline Chili (Clifton)
Superior Honda
Uptown Rental Properties
Prizes Provided By:
Ace Hardware (Clifton)
Adriatico’s Pizza
Ambar India Restaurant
Dewey’s Pizza
Esquire Theatre
Grainger Industrial Supply
Habanero
J. Gumbo’s
Kingsgate Marriott (UC)
Ludlow Wines
Paolo A Modern Jeweler
Personalities by Leona
Sitwell’s
Taste of Belgium
Food Provided By: Django Western Taco, Keystone Grill
Key organizers: Joe Huber, John Juech, John Whedon, Tom Dwyer (CTM Trustee)
Photography: Tom Lohre
We will be putting various photos of the progress of the Probasco Fountain Restoration & Relocation project into this news posting. They will also appear on our Facebook page.
Update on construction from early October:
The granite has been cleaned. The bronze has been cleaned and is ready for patination during October. The bell jet nozzle has been delivered. The granite cobbles and slabs have been pulled from the salvage yard to be cleaned and prepped for installation. Fences, benches and lighting are being fabricated.
The construction schedule was delayed due to the need to repair a sewer connection that was in this area. Currently, the project is scheduled to be completed before the end of November.
Update on Oct 22:
The restored fountain has been placed in its new position. Next steps are installing all the surrounding stone, lighting, new sidewalk, fencing, and benches. The fountain will be much more visible now as you can see from the single picture below.
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After many months of volunteers working to develop plans with the community and the City, the Probasco Fountain restoration and relocation project will begin. A tentative construction schedule has been developed by the City, and some details are below. All work is subject to weather delays and other unforeseen events. The start date is today. The project is expected to take about 14 weeks and be completed in mid November. We will provide further updates on the project status via email announcements and our Facebook page.
The new location will be approximately 7.5’ west and 3’ north of its current location. The fountain’s top level water feature will be restored and activated at this new location.
Date / Event
Aug 7 / Disconnect utilities
Aug 11-20 / Site preparations
Aug 20 / Remove fountain
Aug 20-Sep 5 / Water main construction
Sep 5-12 / Plumbing work
Sep 15-19 / Pour foundation
Sep 22-30 / Refurbished Fountain returns
Oct 1-31 / Electrical & stone/concrete work
Nov 1-11 / Light fixtures & benches
This past July 3rd, the Cincinnati Parks Department organized an American Salute event at our very own Burnet Woods. The event consisted of an evening of music presented by the CCM Preparatory Department, the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, and finally, The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra brass quintet. Following the wonderful music, there was a fireworks show over the lake. Based on our limited research in speaking with a long time resident of Clifton, this was the first fireworks display at Burnet Woods. We’ve included some pictures in case you missed this event.
Lots of people attended, some with picnic dinners while others enjoyed offerings from food trucks at the event.
