News about Historic South Park in Dayton Ohio.
We need your help to keep South Park green spaces looking beautiful! The City of Dayton mows, but does not provide any other maintenance to the green spaces that make our neighborhood so beautiful – flowerbeds, trees, shrubs, all that is up to us! HSPI is raising funds for maintenance projects for four green spaces [...]
The annual Historic South Park Easter egg hunt on the Park Drive Boulevard drew dozens upon dozens of children and their parents in search of eggs filled with candy and prizes on March 30,2013. Thanks to the efforts of the social committee lead by Abby Reed, those in search of eggs or prizes weren’t disappointed. [...]
South Park Resident Larry Sizer has discovered photographs of what appears to be a South Park library branch. Here are interior and exterior views, with an NCR building in the background of the exterior view. Can anyone tell from the photos where these buildings were? Caption for interior photo: Interior of the South Park Delivery [...]
Last year, Historic South Park was awarded a Capital Improvements grant in the amount of $300,000 to fix walkways and add historic lighting on the Park Drive Boulevard. As part of the grant, we were asked to contribute $5,000 in matching funds, so, in December, we embarked on a matching fund campaign. As of February [...]
The City of Dayton has awarded 2010-2011 CDBG funding in the amount of $106,900 in 2010 and $157,100 in 2011 to repair sections of the walkway and add some historic-looking lighting along the path of the Park Dr. Boulevard. Historic South Park has also been awarded the 2010 Neighborhood Mini-Grant in the amount of $2,000 [...]
It’s always sad to see a once-proud home lost to neglect and greed. You’ve probably noticed the demolition in the 300 block of Wyoming Avenue. The two-story turreted house was purchased by The Home Group three years ago in hope of renovation, but in the end was unsalvageable. Like many fine old homes during hard economic [...]
South Park residents often walk in the peace and loveliness of the Woodland Cemetary and Arboretum. If you’d enjoy this as your morning constitutional, check with neighbor David Esrati at 100 Bonner (esrati@thenextwave.biz). He was given 6 keys to the gate on Wyoming, thanks to the Woodland people, and he’s happy to share if you’d [...]
We’re gathering to clean up and repair the Tot Lot! We will be painting, weeding, cleaning, and grinding stumps. Please join us! The more the merrier because as you know we visit while we work. Wear work clothes and bring work gloves if you have them. Tot Lot Park Work Day Saturday, May 8, 2010 at [...]
Good news for South Park! Dayton Police Chief Richard Biel, accompanied by Major Mark Hess and Lt. Larry Faulkner, outlined plans to expand the boundaries of the Central Business District (CBD) to better align downtown policing services with the broader community and economic development strategies occurring in the area. The change is expected to take effect mid-May. [...]
Parks Committee Plants Eight Trees for Earth Day with Volunteers from Building Together Dayton Volunteers honored Earth Day in South Park April 24th by weeding the garden beds in the Alberta pocket park and the 200 block of Park Drive, and planting 5 trees in Blommel Park as well as one on Hickory Street. Co-Chairs of the [...]
