News and Events
Upcoming Events
Full Council Meeting
February 23
City of Sharonvillew Municipal Building, 10900 Reading Rd., Sharonville, OH 45241
Full Council Meeting for the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities.
Public Forum, all welcome.
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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
News
Stream Restoration Forms New Partnerships
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