Residents Invited to Complete Survey of Dogwood Park By Randy York The Kleingers Group held a public meeting on September 13th and updated Village residents on the Centennial plans for Dogwood Park. A survey was distributed at the meeting and is now available online through a link on the pop-up window at https:// mariemont.org/. The rehabilitation of Dogwood Park is planned to include the construction of a .4-mile loop trail walking path around the perimeter of the park. This loop trail would connect to the Whiskey Creek hiking trails with signage and trail information. It would provide a safe and comfortable walking trail for our seniors and families as the entire path would be visible from any point along the trail. The rehabilitation would also include the repositioning and rebuilding of the three baseball diamonds in the park. The backstops and dugouts of the existing park are over 30 years old. The baseball diamonds would be repositioned to provide for a green space and a clear vista to the Carillon Tower. Options for an entrance plaza to the park, along with an expansion and update of the playground at the park were also presented. The rehabilitation of the park would include the expansion and redesign of our parking lots to improve universal access and options for limited parking. Finally, the general landscape plans were presented, which includes the placement of Dogwood trees throughout the park and the placement of benches along the trail. Page 12
Dogwood Park’s proposed redesign
Village to work with NKU on Federal Grant The Village of Mariemont was selected to partner with the Northern Kentucky University’s Masters of Public Administration program in preparing a grant application for a Land & Water Conservation Fund. The federal Land & Water Conservation Fund act provides up to 50 percent of project cost assistance to government agencies such as a municipality for the development of outdoor recreation areas. The grant would be prepared for the rehabilitation of Dogwood Park. The program is sponsored by Hamilton County Planning and Development. The Village was alerted of this opportunity in late June and submitted the application. The Village was notified on August 18 that we were selected as a partner for the program
and has since conducted collaboration meetings with NKU. Dr. Darrin Wilson, Associate Professor of Public Administration at Northern Kentucky University is leading the project as part of a PAD 675: Local Government Management class. Members of the team of MPA students who will be working on this project include Jimmy Mills, Shumyla Wright, Zachary Vance, Kyle Mieczkowski, Josh Bornhorn, Amy Martin, Trevor Bonar, Clayton Castle, and P.J. Ginty. The application is due on November 15 cont'd on next page Mariemont Town Crier
