Chatfield College has been named as a 2016 finalist for one of four grants to be awarded by Impact 100, a collective-giving group of women philanthropists dedicated to improving lives in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky community.
Since 2001, Impact 100 has donated more than $3.2 million to area non-profits. This year, the organization will award four grants of $101,500 each at its Annual Awards Celebration at the Cintas Center on Sept. 13.
Chatfield College is one of seven area finalists being considered for one of the 2016 grants, which, if received, will fund the college’s proposed Central Parkway and Liberty Street Greenspace project in Over-the-Rhine.
The project aims to revitalize and restore an underutilized park adjacent to Chatfield’s OTR Campus on Central Parkway and Liberty Street, creating a vibrant, multi-use green space for Chatfield College students and the surrounding community.
Planned improvements to the park include a sitting wall, park benches, landscaping, trees, and a paved focal gathering space as well as new sidewalks and the resurfacing of the adjacent Kemp Ally. The project was designed in 2014 when Chatfield College partnered with Miami University’s Department of Architecture and Center for Community Engagement. Miami University students living and working in Over-the-Rhine actually designed the park renovations as part of a landscape design class.
With such big plans, Chatfield would be honored to be a recipient of this grant.