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District Planning Mill Creek Valley
Our goal was to create greater access to the Mill Creek and around the Mill Creek within our focus district. The vision was to create a destination and a point of connection between the neighborhood it intersects by means of mobility via the creation of a greenway and blueway system. This system will provide visitors with access to a waterway, nature, ecology, and passive/ active recreation.
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Mill Creek
Re-imaging an Urban Waterway
The Mill Creek is a lesser known waterway of the greater Cincinnati area due to its lack of access causing underutilization. Being used for years as an industrial runoff outlet and becoming known as one of the worse polluted waterways in the country, the Mill Creek has regained attention for its restoration efforts.
Today, the Mill Creek is in need of a regional plan to redevelop the area for the people and businesses that surround it, a plan to create greater access and utilization of Cincinnati’s urban waterway.
Framework
The Creek as a Means of Transportation
Early settlements used the creek for movement of goods and people, today railroads, highways and trails line the creek’s banks.
The Creek as an Industrial Catalyst
With the rise of Industrialization, the creek gave life and power to many emerging businesses in the City. This use would eventually turn to overuse though and lead to many problems the creek has faced.
The Creek as a Barrier
Recent years the Creek has created a barrier for the communities it lines, much of its natural features stripped and channelized for efficiency purposes.
Research Objectives
