Walnut Hills Reinvestment Plan

WALNUT HILLS REINVESTMENT PLAN

C I N C I N N AT I , O H I O

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WE ARE WALNUT HILLS

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WHAT WE LEARNED:

PHYSICAL INVESTMENT PRIORITIES TRANSPORTATION We are a “to” neighborhood, not a “through” neighborhood. Our streets are safe places for people on foot, bike, transit, or car.

HOUSING We are a neighborhood of choice. Our housing stock offers the full spectrum of low-income, workforce/affordable, and market-rate options for a variety of household types.

WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO:

4 KEY ACTION ITEMS 1. Invest in People, Places, and Homes

RETAIL/HOSPITALITY

2. Strengthen Connections

We are a destination for racially diverse retail and entertainment experiences at a variety of price points.

4. Focus Development Resources

3. Prioritize Public Realm Investments

EMPLOYMENT

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We are the home of Cincinnati creativity, building the companies of tomorrow with our entrepreneurial drive to innovate.

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ACTION ITEM ONE

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INVEST IN PEOPLE, PLACES, AND HOMES

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DEVELOP TWO TOOLS

UPDATE THE ZONING MAP

Provide a suite of tools and a one-stop concierge-level guidance for home owners and invested property owners to improve their properties.

Work with property owners and the City of Cincinnati to map zoning districts that flexibly support the goals of the Plan. Make accessing, understanding, and operating within the zoning approachable for the everyday entrepreneur.

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BUILD A NEIGHBORHOOD TOOLKIT

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ACTION ITEM TWO

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STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS

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READING RD

VICTORY PKWY I-71

KEY CONNECTIONS NEW INTERCHANGE

GILBERT AVE. Convert from a divider to a unifier.

Remake into a street that provides a multi-modal connection to Wasson Way and premium transit service to Xavier University and Downtown.

LINCOLN AVE. Provide a direct bicycle connection between Uptown and the historic African-American retail street of Walnut Hills.

MLK

OAK ST. & MYRTLE AVE.

TAFT

E. MCMILLAN ST. I-71

Continue to improve the street to support safety, pedestrians, and mixed-use development.

Connect Uptown to DeSales Corner through the heart of Walnut Hills.

WASSON WAY AND UNIVERSITY (5 MIN)

STREET PRINCIPLES

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HOSPITALS + UNIVERSITY

Prioritize human safety and cost ahead of automotive speed and volume.

Build streets that are conducive to walking, biking, transit, and development.

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(7 MIN)

DOWNTOWN + OHIO RIVER (8 MIN)

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Distribute traffic and provide multiple ways into and out of the neighborhood.

WEALTH + OPPORTUNITY

Accept periodic congestion on slow, human-scaled streets that yield better economic performance.

Establish the ability to prototype design solutions with pilot street projects.

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ACTION ITEM THREE

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PRIORITIZE PUBLIC REALM INVESTMENTS

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BUILD A NECKLACE OF CONNECTED PUBLIC SPACES

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5 POINTS EDEN PARK

NEW PUBLIC SPACES

GREAT STREETS

CONNECTED SPACES

1. Harriet Beecher Stowe Park

Focus active management, landscaping and activation through bike racks, parklets, sharrows. Leverage the City’s repaving program on these streets.

Key public spaces, such as Five Points, should offer free public WiFi for residents and guests to come and be connected to each other and the web.

2. The London Curtis Mews 3. St. James Square

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4. Wehrman Triangle 5. Fredonia Fields

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ACTION ITEM FOUR

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FOCUS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

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AREAS OF FOCUS

WASSON WAY (2017) AND XAVIER UNIVERSITY (5 MIN)

BUENA VISTA The area north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive provides an opportunity for higher density mixed-use and commercial development. This area leverages the excellent accessibility and visibility from MLK, the continued revitalization and development in Uptown, and the new Interstate 71 interchange.

READING RD

VICTORY PKWY I-71

NEW INTERCHANGE

HOSPITALS + UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

GILBERT AVE

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LINCOLN & GILBERT Given the excellent access to Uptown and new Interstate 71 interchange and a number of vacant parcels, this area may accommodate a wide range of higherdensity development typologies including residential, mixed-use and commercial uses. This future development area should encourage and leverage the rehabilitation of existing retail space along Lincoln Avenue.

LINCOLN

WEALTH + OPPORTUNITY

OAK

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MLK, DR

TAFT RD E. MCMILLAN ST

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DOWNTOWN + OHIO RIVER

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Future investment should continue to enhance the retail environment and increase the number of residential units.

Residential development should include a mix of rehab and new construction in mixed-use, mixed-income, and residential buildings.

I-71

PEEBLES CORNER

ACTION ITEM FOUR: FOCUS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

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7. DOLLAR GENERAL

2. REACH HOUSES

REDEVELOPMENT

3. FIREHOUSE ROW

8. CVS REDEVELOPMENT

4. THE CURTIS BLOCK

9. KROGER REDEVELOPMENT

5. DAIRY MART SITE

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REHAB/NEW HOTEL SURFACE/GARAGE PARKING

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FIREHOUSE ROW

NEW HOUSES

Historic Peebles Corner and the southern frontage of East McMillan will be restored and complemented by new mixed-use infill.

New mixed-use development will frame the entry to the business district from the west along East McMillan Street.

Infill residential properties will be developed in the southwest quadrant of the neighborhood.

DAIRY MART SITE

ALMS HOTEL

KROGER SITE

A collection of properties east of Peebles Corner and north of East McMillan will be redeveloped as mixed-income multi-family residential properties.

The former low-income housing high rise will be repositioned as a mixed-income, mixed-use property.

Community parking and a range of new uses will be pursued in the reuse or redevelopment of the Kroger site if or when Kroger vacates the building.

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ACTION ITEM FOUR: FOCUS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

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7. NEW INTERSECTION

12. BEECHER BLOCKS

2. RETAIL CORNER

8. NEW STREET

13. THE GILBERT-MELROSE

3. MIXED-USE

9. MIXED-USE DISTRICT

4. LE MANSE BLOCK

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MIXED-USE DISTRICT

WEHRMAN DISTRICT

The City’s first African-American main street will be redeveloped with small commercial uses and mixed-income residential development lining Lincoln Avenue and addressing Stowe Park.

The consolidation of former detached residential properties will allow the development of a high-density, mixed-use, mixed-income development on a prominent corner.

The land left over from the interchange project may redeveloped into a new mixeduse district that connects back to the existing neighborhood.

BEECHER BLOCKS

GILBERT BLOCKS

LINCOLN TRIANGLE

Over time, the southern frontage of MLK near the interchange will redevelop with a mix of uses that will transition south to the neighborhood along Beecher Street.

As Gilbert Avenue becomes one of Cincinnati’s great streets, large parcels on either side of it may densify or redevelop.

As the Lincoln Avenue Corridor re-emerges, opportunities will exist to rehab or develop new residential uses east of the commercial core.

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LINCOLN AVENUE

PROVIDED FOR

CONSULTANT TEAM

FUNDING PROVIDED BY CITY OF CINCINNATI KROGER UPTOWN CONSORTIUM

CONTACT

513-593-WHRF INFO@WALNUTHILLSRF.ORG