Neighborhood Impact

CURRENT PROPOSALS

ACCESS RAILWAY WAYNEFIELD PARK

ELEVATED TRAIL

CONNECTION

The neighborhoods along the Mill Creek overtime have forgotten just how important it is. The Mill Creek ables us to CONNECT each neighborhood. It is extremely important to find a way in doing this. In doing so, people from all around may visit the existing neighborhoods and bring attention to the more forgotten ones. Creating a walkable and bikeable trail elevated above the Mill Creek will allow this to happen, as well as bring many other benefits along with it. The Proposal shows where the elevated trail will go in South Cumminsville and Millvale with a bolded black arrow path. Two specific spots focused on were Waynefield Park and the un-used railway in the neighborhood. Not much is at the park and adding an entrance to the trail would be beneficial. Having a breakaway spot that goes onto the railway would be an interesting use of activity for all ages and would give insight to the neighborhoods past. MILL CREEK TRAIL

ADDITIONS TO TRAIL

HISTORY OF THE MILL CREEK

The Mill Creek is a stream in southwest Ohio. It flows 28.4 miles (45.7 km)[1] southwest and south from its headwaters in Liberty Township of Butler County through central Hamilton County and the heart of Cincinnati into the Ohio River just west of downtown. The section of Interstate 75 through Cincinnati is known as the Mill Creek Expressway. The Mill Creek Valley is a remnant of the Deep Stage Ohio River from the days of the Last Glacial Maximum. The stream, with its water power and valley, were important to the development of Cincinnati. Then, for a time, the steep hillsides that surround the creek limited expansion and gave impetus to the free growth of surrounding communities that were over that barrier. Finally, inclined planes solved the problem, before highways and automobiles eliminated it.