In Historic South Park, we don't always wrestle with decisions around urban renewal. Decisions about which fun event to attend are tougher and more frequent! Thanks to South Park's handy location, it seems the majority of events are within ten minutes bike or drive,...
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Happy 22nd Anniversary to The Next Wave!
Happy 22nd Anniversary to The Next Wave, a South Park business that’s been on the corner of Bonner and Adams since March 1, 1990. It’s a milestone for the creative agency, as well as a testament to the vision, tenacity and hard work of its owner/founder, David...
Your S.P.U.G. Report and Cleanup Day, March 24, 1-4PM
Hello to all our returning and new participants in the South Park Urban Garden (S.P.U.G.) project! 2011 was a great success – we went from an initial seven to THIRTY garden beds, added a huge tank to make watering much easier and the fine folks at the Dayton &...
Writer of Famous 1865 Letter Lived in South Park!
An honest God-fearing man wanted to be paid for his labor. Did you see the story in the Dayton Daily News about escaped slaves Jordan and Amanda Anderson and their 1865 letter to their former "master"? Neighborhood historians Betsy & Galen Wilson tell us the...
Brown business corridor improvements may begin March 2012!
We posted about this first in July 2010 (see below). And now we are happy to report that the City may be able to begin work on the Brown Street corridor this March! We even have some aerial pictures of how the sidewalks will be widened, bike lanes added from Wyoming...
Woodland Cemetery added to National Register as historic district
This article appeared in ICCFA Magazine, January 2012 The U .S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service has approved Woodland Cemetery's nomination by the Ohio Historical Society to be designated as a hi storic district on the National Register of Historic...