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Full Council Meeting
May 11, 2010 
12:30 pm
 City of Sharonville Municipal Building, 10900 Reading Rd., Sharonville, OH 45241

Join us for Strategic Planning & Potluck 
Public Forum,  All welcome!  Bring a Dish to Share!!

RSVP and Let Us Know What Dish You're Bringing Here

  City of Wyoming 1st Annual Earth Day 5k Walk / 10k Run

Saturday April 24, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
**Sunrise Yoga Stretch at 8:00 a.m.**
Wyoming Recreation Center-9940 Springfield Pike, Wyoming, OH 45215

•Course: 5K Walk (3.1 miles) and 10K Run (6.2 miles) begins at the Wyoming Recreation Center.
Maps available by calling 513-821-5200
•Pre-Registration: By April 10th, Cost is $25.00 for race and t-shirt
•Race Day Registration: Begins at 7:30 am at the Wyoming Recreation Center, Cost-$30
•Donations: Mill Creek Watershed Council-an extra payment can be made to this foundation
•Race Divisions: Men and Women-14 and under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

Download Entry Form Here

  Additional Proceeds go to the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities

 Donate Here

Permaculture Design Certification Course
Feb. 19 - Apr. 3
 Location TBA

The Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) is a 72 hour certification that empowers the student to design sustainable systems and sites that fulfill human needs while working with the laws of nature. It has a strong focus in ecology, design, food production, natural building, water management, politics, economics, & much more. The student learns these topics through classroom lecture, Q&A, site visits, videos, hands on, and a design practicum where the student will design an actual site plan with fellow students.

February 19th - April 3rd   (7 weekends/72 hours)
Location: TBA
Contact Braden Trauth -  513-569-2579
bradentrauth@yahoo.com

Register by Feb. 7th to take full course.  Individual classes also available.

http://omvalleypermaculture.wordpress.com/category/permaculture-classes/

Sponsored by the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities, Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association, OM Valley Permaculture, and the Cincinnati Permaculture Guild

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Rain Barrel 101
Sat. Jan. 30, 11am Park + Vine
 1109 Vine Street. Over the Rhine
Directions

Learn how to harvest rainwater with a simple system. 
Representatives from Cincy Rain Barrels, Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati
and Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities will outline easy ways to
reduce storm water runoff, improve water quality and promote water conservation with rain gardens and rain barrels.

Space is limited to 25.

RSVP info@parkandvine.com or 513-721-7275 before Jan. 29.

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Mill Creek Art Show Moved
Closing Reading December 6

Sitwell's Coffee House
Life of the Maketewah
Photographs, Sculptures,
Paintings, Poetry...in honor of the
Mill Creek
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Suburban Swale and Food Forest Wksp
Nov. 14 & 15 2009, 9:30a-4:30p
2979 Parkwalk Dr. Cincy 45239
$75

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Board of Trustees Full Council Meeting

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
2:00 PM
City of Evendale Municipal Building
10500 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45241

Featured Presentation: General Electric Manager of Facility Management, John Davis & CDM Project Manager, Ross Horvath, will present a power point talk on GE's need for storm water management and flood control at the Evendale Plant.
Public is invited to attend

Click Here For Map

 

News 

The Mill Creek's Monster Dash 5K Walk & Run was a spooktacular success!  We had a great turnout of people in costume!! We had some great sponsors and volunteers to thank.  Pictures of the event can be viewed here.  

If you'd like to include your pictures from the Monster Dash 5K Walk & Run, please upload or link them to  

Mill Creek Headwaters Project
West Chester Township and OKI Regional Council of Governments have converted two traditional storm water basins into bio-retention ponds along the upper Mill Creek in Butler County. Read more...

Manmade Device acts as a Beaver Deceiver
Now that grant partners in Southwast Ohio have converted two stormwater detention basins into bio-retention ponds, they worry about beavers spoiling their work. Read more...

 

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) recently granted $1.77 million for stream restoration to the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities, in partnership with Butler County Department of Environmental Services, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, and the City of Sharonville. The 31-acre, Mill Creek Confluence Project, is at the confluence of the East Fork and the Mill Creek main stem in Sharonville. Stream restoration efforts will create a natural meander pattern to the stream channels in order to improve both water quality and quantity issues, reduce flooding in downstream communities, prevent stream bank erosion, and provide a recreation area with trails and wildlife habitat.  Click here to view map.

 

Past Events

 

Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities' participation in WCPO's Living Green show (aired 8/27/07) was well received. If you missed it, and would like to view it online, visit LIVING GREEN and click on "Watch this Segment" below Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities.

 

Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities
gratefully acknowledges
Hamilton County Storm Water District
and
The NLT Foundation
for their sponsorship of Living Green