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July 2019
KCB Cincy Block Party Page
Join Us for an Unforgettable Night!
Keep palm everyone, the Cincy Block Party is back with a new attitude! Join us in the jungle for an unforgettable evening filled with music, dancing, silent auction, games, and loads of fun! The Cincy Block Party is an important way you can help support our organization and let loose while doing so. This year's event will be taking place Friday, November 15th from 7:00-11: 00 PM at Benken Florist Home & Garden. Tickets are $60, but prices will increase after October 15th! During the upcoming months, we will be releasing exclusive information on our silent auction, music, and food features that will leaf you wanting more, so stay tuned! 
Get Your Early Bird Tickets Here!

UPCOMING EVENTS & RESOURCES

Paddlefest 2019: August 2nd-3rd

Our Education Team is making this year's Paddlefest zero waste! Thanks to Hamilton County Recycling & Solid Waste District, we have the funds to provide both recycling and organic waste diversion at the Friday night Paddlers' Party and Saturday at the Finish Line Party. The Ohio River Paddlefest is recognized as the nation's largest paddling celebration with over 2,200 participants traveling 9 miles throughout downtown Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky in canoes, kayaks, and other human-powered craft.

Want to volunteer for this zero waste effort?

Safe & Clean Neighborhood Fund

Check out the new gateway sign, mural, and landscaping in Mt. Airy! Mount Airy Community Urban Redevelopment Enterprise was able to partly fund this project with a City of Cincinnati Safe and Clean Neighborhood Grant. If you have an idea to improve your community the next deadline for applications is August 2nd.

Click here to learn more!

Volunteers Needed!

Hamilton County Solid Waste District is looking for volunteers to help with a one-day compost bin sale. The event is August 10th from 9am-1pm at St. Xavier High School. We are looking for volunteers who can help host mini compost seminars on-site the day of the event (about 10 minutes) and to assist residents in unloading their compost bins. 

Interested in volunteering? fill out the online signup form

.For more information on the Compost Bin Sale, click here

PROGRAM UPDATES

Great American

Clean-up

Awesome work Cincinnati, so far for the 2019 Community Great American Clean-up has made great progress.  
  • 107 Events
  • 3,123 Volunteers
  • 287 Hours
  • 7,475 Pounds of Trash Collected
The cleanup season is not over!  To start up an event in your neighborhood, Register Here!

Corporate Events

Thank you Barefoot Proximity for all of your hard work despite the heat! Laurel Playground in the West End looks great after all 96 of you came out to sweat with us! It is with corporate sponsors like Barefoot Proximity we are able to make these wonderful projects possible!
Check out Laurel Playgrounds new pollinator garden!

Arts Program

Our Arts team has been busy this year painting facades over 80 boarded up buildings throughout the city. Each year we target vacant buildings for facade painting and transform these neglected structures into vibrant spaces. Check out the before and after photos of this building at the corner of Race and Liberty in Over the Rhine. It is pretty amazing what a little bit of paint and sweat equity can do!

SPONSOR AND GRANT UPDATES

MAGNIFIED GIVING

A big THANK YOU to Camp Give 3rd-4th grade campers at Magnified Giving for recognizing Keep Cincinnati Beautiful as a community asset and awarding us $128. This unique camp exposes kids to local nonprofits and how to be involved in giving back to the community

ELEANORA C. U. ALMS 

FIFTH THIRD BANK

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful's Future Blooms program was awarded $35,000 from the Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fith Third Bank, Trustee.  The gift will enable our Arts team to identify strategic intervention sites, coordinate volunteers, and revitalize key neighborhood corridors with 60 low-cost works of art.  By integrating art into the every day, we are turning blighted areas from a public nuisance into a public benefit.
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Cincinnati is beautiful. We’re committed to keeping it that way. Our education, revitalization, and environmental initiatives build community and foster pride in the places where we live, work and play. Our grassroots network of neighbors, sponsors, and volunteers put passion to work across all 52 neighborhoods, creating safer, cleaner spaces and a higher quality of life for everyone.
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