This summer has been eventful for the Beekman Corridor Coalition Food Team. We partnered with Cincinnati Health Department to form a food network of the handful of community gardens in the Corridor. We've held volunteer workdays to install infrastructure upgrades at three existing community gardens. We started a tool library so that gardeners in the
On June 25, 33 people met with Brandon LeCrone, Manager for the City’s Western Hills Viaduct replacement project. LeCrone updated Coalition members about the latest design for the viaduct and explained that due to decreased federal funding, the new design eliminates some of the features from the original plan. For example, the bridge will feature
Join us at the South Cumminsville Community Garden (3621 Roll Ave.) to complete garden upgrades!
Join us at the South Cumminsville Community Garden (3621 Roll Ave.) to complete garden upgrades!
Community Building is one of the key elements of Working In Neighborhoods' (WIN) mission to empower people. WIN brought together five neighborhoods—S. Cumminsville, Millvale, N. Fairmount, S. Fairmount, and English Woods—to increase their ability to influence decisions about their community. This group of Mill Creek communities makes up the Beekman Corridor Coalition. At the January
On September 27, Working In Neighborhoods (WIN), Beekman Corridor Coalition leaders, and Mill Creek Alliance guided 42 visitors from Bellarmine Chapel on a Pilgrimage of Hope for Creation, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home. The tour highlighted environmental justice and community resilience in the Beekman Corridor.
Community building takes time, creativity, and a lot of patience. For members of the Beekman Corridor Coalition (BCC), the work of creating meaningful connections—especially with political leaders—is how lasting change begins. On February 26, WIN staff and BCC Housing Team members Saundra Davis and Ia Johnson traveled to Columbus for Statehouse Day, hosted by the
