The oldest public park in Cincinnati could see more than $7 million in redevelopment. But some local groups who use the space to distribute free food, clothing and other necessities have questions about how that will happen.
The Cincinnati Parks Boardvoted April 16 to approve a plan that gives the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation a lease on Piatt Park in Downtown. The park extends along Eighth Street (called Garfield Place as it passes through the park) from Elm Street to Vine Street.
Piatt became the city’s first public park in 1817. Cincinnati Parks Director Jason Barron told the Parks’ board Piatt hasn’t received a major renovation since the late 1980s or early 1990s…