Great Parks Seeks Your Input On Miami Whitewater Forest, Shawnee Lookout, Other Parks

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 7:46 AM

By Mike Perleberg @mikedup84

There are several opportunities in September and October to share your thoughts on the future of public parks in western Hamilton County.

Miami Whitewater Forest. File photo.

(Hamilton County, Oh.) - Great Parks of Hamilton County want your input on the future of its parks.

Great Parks is beginning the process of completing park and facilities master plans for every one of its parks. The plans will become part of Great Parks' first ever Comprehensive Master Plan – a guiding document for the next decade – completed earlier this year.

The process has divided the parks system into three planning regions: West, Central and East. Included in the West region are Miami Whitewater Forest, Shawnee Lookout, Fernbank Park, Mitchell Memorial Forest, Embshoff Woods, Campbell Lakes Preserve, Oak Glen Nature Preserve and land along the Whitewater River corridor.

There will be a series of opportunities in September and October for you to share your ideas and feedback on plans for the West region parks. The dates will serve as open-house style meetings with Great Parks’ employees there to answer questions.

Saturday, September 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Weekend in the 1800s at Shawnee Lookout
Sunday, September 8, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Weekend in the 1800s at Shawnee Lookout
Sunday, September 8, 12:00-3:00 p.m., Harvest Home Fair in Cheviot, Ohio
Thursday, September 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nature Night Bonfire Bash at Fernbank Park
Saturday, September 28, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Great Hunt program at Miami Whitewater Forest
Saturday, October 19, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Shaker Trace Nursery Open House at Miami Whitewater Forest
Saturday, October 26, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River at Shawnee Lookout

Special events are being planned in Miami Whitewater Forest and Mitchell Memorial Forest, but details have not been released yet.

For more information, visit mygreatparks.com.

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