Last year, and thanks to the efforts of Jenn Hackman, Kennedy Heights received a grant from the city to install new neighborhood identification signs at our corporation boundaries. The new signs must be designed and installed by the end of this year. The yin-yang symbol has been the KHCC's logo for more than thirty years and was featured atop the old signs.

With the recognition that over $30,000 would be spent designing and installing the new signs, KHCC established an ad-hoc committee to consider a potential update of the logo. We are still looking for residents, business operators, and property owners to offer their comments and opinions on how, or if!, the logo should be updated and what the new signs should look like.

A design workshop held last December 8th provided an opportunity for neighbors to share their ideas about a prospective logo. Attendees offered the following comments at the meeting:

• The legacy of the Yin-Yang symbol should be incorporated in some way on any new logo
• The idea of unity and inclusion is important
• Any new symbol should reflect current energies from Arts & Cultural Enterprises, Churches and Schools, Development Efforts & Successes and the Natural Beauty of the Neighborhood
• The new logo should be simple and adaptable.

A third workshop will be held at KHCC's office this Saturday, February 9th at 10:00 AM. Your participation is important and all KH residents, friends, and neighbors are invited to attend. If you can not attend, please look for a link to an on-line survey on our website (www.kennedyheights.org) and take a few moments to complete a brief questionnaire. Your responses will be used to guide Brownstone Design as they prepare concepts for a possible next-generation logo. We would like to hold at least one additional public meeting or workshop before any formal recommendations are presented to Community Council. Check the website and stay tuned for details on future public meetings.

Kennedy Heights' two leading Arts institutions will be taking part in the Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend.

at ballet tech cincinnati Saturday, February 9th 5PM: Get a sneak preview of the new original ballet based on Rudyard Kipling's novel. Rikki Tikki Tavi will premiere at the Aronoff Center on May 2-3, 2008 but you can see excerpts of this colorful, exciting and fun ballet at 5 PM on February 9th at ballet tech cincinnati World Headquarters and Community Theater, 6543 Montgomery Rd in Kennedy Heights.

8PM: Dialogues for Two II will explores the inner workings and interplay of a variety of relationships with diverse dance and music styles, including ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, salsa, cha, cha, contemporary, ballroom and praise dance. Featuring choreographers from Arthur Murray Dance Studio, ballet tech cincinnati, Eclectic Soul of Dance, Salsa Underground and more!

Across the street at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center (6546 Montgomery Rd.) on Saturday, Feb. 9 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Experience a preview for the KHAC's new art exhibit Heart of Art and the emerging artists Solo-Slam and Logue-Jam. Artists include: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Young Company; Vincent Netherwood, Classical Guitar; and Cincinnati Playwrights Initiative's Renee Alper.

Kennedy Heights Urban Redevelopment Corporation (KHURC) is back at work exploring ways to help advance the strategic goals and priorities of Kennedy Heights. Community Council formally approved the appointment of an interim board of directors in December (verify) of last year. KHURC hopes to nominate candidates for a permanent board no later than September 2008. In the mean-time KHURC is working on ways that it can assist in the revitalization of the Montgomery Road corridor and how it might help stem problems with foreclosures and the deterioration of neighborhood housing stock where it is occurring.

Congratulations to Kennedy Heights author Sharon M. Draper. Ms. Draper was just named a Coretta Scott King author honor winner for the novel "November Blues," which was published by Simon & Schuster in October. It's the second book in a trilogy about the consequences of a high school pledge stunt. -----------------------------------------------------
Cincinnati is in the midst of developing its Climate Action Plan, a roadmap for how government, businesses and residents in Cincinnati will reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while saving money, supporting the local economy, promoting sustainability, and improving the quality of life for local residents.

Please mark your calendar for the Climate Protection Steering Committee's upcoming public hearing:

• Date: Monday February 25, 2008
• Time: 6 - 8 pm
• Location: Cincinnati State Technical and
• Address: 3520 Central Parkway,
• Room: Conference Center in the Main

At the Public Hearing, we will briefly present a vision for a more sustainable Cincinnati, and some of the specific steps that might be included in the Climate Action Plan. For more information, please email Ginnell Schiller, Cincinnati Climate Protection Coordinator Ginnell.schiller@cincinnati-oh.gov . -----------------------------------------------------
Beneath the ball park and walking track known as June Alexander Park is a huge water tank. The pump house on Kennedy Avenue is disguised as a brick apartment building. And the latest construction by the pump house is a back-up generator-- required, we've been told, by Homeland Security. Construction should be completed by the end of February with landscaping in the spring. KHCC has worked with the Water Works to keep the equipment as unobtrusive as possible ----------------------------------------
Please make a note to attend the next meeting of the Woodford Community Learning Center Planning team on Feb 25th at 6:30pm. This group is making desicions that will shape the new school scheduled to be built in our neighborhood. Another meeting is scheduled for March 10th. Both meetings occur at the Woodford school

The Next scheduled meeting of the Kennedy Heights Community Council will take place on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Next meeting of the Board will be held on Tuesday, February 12th, 7:00-9:00p.m., Council's Office

Contact the Kennedy Heights Community Council:
6463 Kennedy Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45213
513.531-4041
kennedyheights.org
khcc@kennedyheights.org

email: khcc@kennedyheights.org

web: http://www.kennedyheights.org