News & Updates
New playground equipment is coming to Blommel Park!
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! Thank you for participating!
The City will purchase new playground equipment for Blommel Park but needs your input. Please take our ranking survey so we can tell them which of 6 styles you and your children prefer.
Our South Park businesses feel the love
The reviews are in! Read why your neighbors love shopping & gathering in South Park as we celebrate shopping small & local for the holidays.
Escape from the Middle East – The Story of Halal International Grocery
Faez isn’t there all the time, but if you run into him or his three younger brothers, one of whom used to live on Oak Street, and you can get them to talk about the way Faez walked out of Iraq several times to get his family out – it’s an amazing story.
Anonymous Donor Pledges to Fund Blommel Park Fence Repair
Thanks to a very generous neighbor, plans are finally underway to repair the $4,000 worth of damage done to the historic “hairpin” fence around Blommel Park.
South Park Community Garden Wins Grant and is on the Move for Spring 2023!
Good old SPUG has found a new home. The South Park Urban Garden is transitioning from Burns-Nathan to Burns-Jackson Park, by Emerson Academy. Start looking through those seed catalogs!
Support your South Park businesses!
We’re proud to have so many good neighbors doing business in South Park! The keep our community strong and diverse. Please shop small and local whenever you can!
“A Prohibition Scandal” 1920s Murder Mystery & Home Tour
It's part house tour, part murder mystery. Reserve your tickets today at Eventbrite! The South Park Murder Mystery is part house tour, part murder mystery! This tour will take you back to the 1920s to a...
Dayton Daily News article about 2022 Shakespeare in South Park
Great article by Meredith Moss about how Shakespeare in South Park came to be with insights into the production of Twelfth Night.