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.
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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)
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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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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. WWW.PLANWALNUTHILLS.COM | #WEAREWALNUTHILLS
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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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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.
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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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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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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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7. NEW INTERSECTION
12. BEECHER BLOCKS
2. RETAIL CORNER
8. NEW STREET
13. THE GILBERT-MELROSE
3. MIXED-USE
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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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