Events

February is Meet-a-Neighbor Month in South Park

In need of some social interaction? If you would like to meet someone new in the neighborhood, fill out our survey and let our social team play matchmaker.

Neighborhood Events for 2021

Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Historic South Park, Inc. has canceled social events for the first half of 2021. We may still do an Earth Day Clean-up in April, three neighborhood parties beginning in July, a Halloween and Christmas event.

A Treasure Map for the 2020 Neighborhood Yard Sale!

Download and print a copy of the 2020 HSP Yard Sale map!

Bonjourno! PPD #2, Saturday, July 9, 6PM

Don't get to take your Italian vacation this summer? Staycation instead in South Park at the Saturday, July 9 PPD. 6PM at 29 James, 8PM at 510 Adams. Cost $5 and bring something to share. Signoras Mary Jo and Cheryl encourage you to put your best pied forward, pick...

Fireworks! Watch them from South Park Green!

Sunday, July 3rd at 10PM the City of Dayton fireworks will go off to celebrate our nation’s independence. If you need some downtime after a busy weekend of parties and festivals, bring a blanket to the South Park Green at Hickory and James and watch the big booms of color from a hillside that overlooks the skyline. It’s free, you can walk there–no parking hassles–and it’s nice to just sit on the grass and look at the sky

Memorial Day Walk in Woodland Cemetary with Historian Betsy Wilson

Join South Park’s neighborhood historian, Betsy Wilson, for another chapter in the history of the original residents of South Park as we visit their resting places in Woodland Cemetary and Arboretum. Meet at Woodland’s front gate on Monday, May 30th at 10am. Traditionally, neighbors bring flowers from their gardens in remembrance of our “ancestors” so vases and water are provided if you are so inclined. Expect to spend 90 minutes in a pleasant walk through Woodland’s shady and steep hills.

This year, Betsy took her cue from some of the homes on this spring’s Historic South Park Home Tour. Her research will focus on the working class families who built the homes or lived in them, and shed some light on the lives of laborers who plied their trades in Dayton in the early 1900s. While many,of course, worked at National Cash Register, society also needed the support of saloon keepers, brick layers, horse trainers, music teachers–and an acrobat? You’ll have to join the Walk to find out more! Wear your comfy shoes.

Neighborhood Yard Sale! Sat-Sun, May 14-15, 10AM-4PM

Start cleaning out your basements and closets! South Park is having a neighborhood yard sale. Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15. If you would like to participate, contact our Yard Sale organizer: Anna Claugus at [email protected] on or before our Deadline of April 14th. Cost to participate is $5, towards the 3-day advertisement in the Dayton Daily News, balloons to mark your house and signs around the neighborhood.

Chili Cookoff March 26. Bring the Family!

We hope you've been testing your chili recipes!  It's almost time for the annual South Park Chili Cook Off at the always warm and congenial Hope Lutheran Church. Join us on Saturday March 26th at 4pm to taste test South Parks finest Chili Creations! Based on previous...