NEW WAYS TO WATCH

Viewers will have new ways to watch programming from West Chester TV in the coming months. By the end of the year, West Chester TV will be available on Roku, Amazon, through the WCTV app (available in the Apple and Google Play stores), as well as on Spectrum public access channels.

West Chester TV programming includes public meetings, local high school sports, community briefing bulletins from police and fire and more. Lakota Local Schools, MidPointe Library, MetroParks of Butler County and the Butler County Visitors Bureau will also have programming available to watch on WCTV.

West Chester Township receives funding from Spectrum and Cincinnati Bell for private utility use of the public right-of-way. This is a fee payment (per video subscriber) initiated by federal and state legislation in the early 90s. Communities throughout the region and across the country receive this funding. In West Chester Township, the funding is directed to transparency initiatives and public outreach programming.

West Chester TV will expand programming over the next year to include even more news and information from our community, as well as feature programs highlighting things to do in the area, the arts, sports, interesting people, business news and much more.

“The Township is focused on reaching out to the community in every available way,” said Barbara Wilson, director of West Chester’s Public Information and Engagement Department.

To enhance accessibility of programming, closed captioning will also be available

New Ways to Get Involved

Have an interest and some experience in video production? There are several opportunities to learn and explore video work through WCTV.

Protecting “Cabin in the Clearing” for Future Generations

The “Cabin in the Clearing” at Keehner Park is a physical representation of two parts of our community’s history. The obvious link to history is the cabin as an 1840s dwelling that tells the story of pioneer living. The cabin, however, is also a tribute to a community effort 150 years later, at a time when then Union Township was just beginning to grow into the community it is today. In 1991, the children of Lakota Schools collected spare change to purchase and reconstruct the cabin at Keehner Park.

The effort was led by Adena Elementary School teacher Lorene Ashby and parks director/naturalist Mary Raffel. The community collected $4,300 to purchase the cabin and local construction companies, including Schumacher Dugan, volunteered labor to reconstruct the building.

Now, a significant periodappropriate restoration is taking place to preserve this part of our community history for years to come. A clapboard siding will be added to the exterior of the cabin to preserve the logs that are original to the 1840’s construction. The work is being done within standards recommended by the National Park Service.