The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority and the City of Cincinnati are leading a comprehensive place-based neighborhood revitalization strategy that builds on community strengths, leverages planned investments for broad and equitable impact, and reflects on the rich history of the West End.
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The West End Choice Neighborhood Transformation will Create Opportunities for Residents, Preserve Affordable Housing and Rebuild the Neighborhood.
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West End Cincinnati Choice Neighborhood Implementation
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority and the City of Cincinnati are working with over 30 partners to apply for a $50M Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant to begin implementation. From 2021-2022, the West End CNI Transformation team conducted an inclusive planning process to develop and build consensus around place-based strategies that leverage opportunities and address challenges in the West End neighborhood and to revitalize the target public housing sites Stanley Rowe Towers A and B, Rowhouses and Liberty Street Apartments.
The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Focuses on Three Key Areas:
HOUSING
New apartments that are climate resilient with community amenities and for sale homes integrated into the neighborhood
PEOPLE/EDUCATION
High-quality education, workforce training, living wage jobs, wellness and quality healthcare
NEIGHBORHOOD
Parks and safe community spaces, shops and job centers, multi-modal, high tech connectivity
West End Choice Neighborhoods
EMPOWERING PEOPLE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS
WHO
CMHA and the City of Cincinnati are applying for a HUD Choice Neighborhood Implementation grant in collaboration with the Stanley Rowe Towers A and B, Row Houses, and Liberty St Apts residents and key stakeholders.
WHAT
Choice Neighborhoods is HUD’s signature program to rebuild mixed-income neighborhoods, preserve affordable housing and create better opportunities for residents in collaboration with local partners.
WHERE
Stanley Rowe Towers A and B, Row Houses, and Liberty St Apartments. The West End neighborhood bounded by north: W McMicken Ave and Western Hills Viaduct, east: Central Parkway, south: 6th St and Kenner, west: CSX-Norfolk Southern rail lines and I-75.
HOW
The Choice Neighborhoods Team is working with Stanley Rowe Towers A and B, Row Houses, and Liberty St Apts residents and the West End to develop a CNI application that serves
as the guiding document for directing transformative change and investment to benefit existing residents.