News & Updates
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...
Winners of Custom Frame’s South park Photo Contest
And to think that we were worried about not having enough entries! On the contrary, we had so many terrific entries that choosing just three as the winners was incredibly difficult. After extensive deliberations, the judges chose Kathy Bossong's, Summer on Bonner, as...
9,000 Attend South Park Rehabarama 2001
In the summer of 2001, the South Park Historic District hosted a very successfull "Rehabarama." In a partnership with Citywide Development and the Home Builders Association of Dayton, five historic homes were renovated and three new infill houses were constructed....