Initiatives
Engage Cincy Action Team
Comprised of Neighborhood representatives and City staff, the Engage Cincy Action Team (ECAT) works to provide opportunities for meaningful and proactive participation in the City’s decision-making processes. Neighborhood representatives both assess and recommend engagement efforts and work collaboratively with City staff to complete annual projects aimed at strengthening the culture of community engagement in Cincinnati.
Neighborhood Leadership Academy
The City of Cincinnati's Neighborhood Leadership Academy provides residents with valuable tools and resources for better understanding how city government works and how they can be more engaged with the process. The goal is to equip participants with the knowledge necessary to make them more engaged residents and to help them become civic leaders in their respective neighborhoods.
Engaging in the Development Process
As a community stakeholder in Cincinnati, you deserve to know how various development processes work and how you may get involved. This webpage provides key steps in Cincinnati’s Development Process. Development comes in a variety of forms ranging from zone changes to sale of City-owned properties for new development. Knowing these steps may assist you in providing input during the development process in your community.
Engage Cincy Challenge Grant (Past Initiative)
The City Manager's Engage Cincy Challenge Grant program was a unique community building competition that gave participants a chance to win grants of up to $10,000 for the development, launch and promotion of innovative projects that better a specific neighborhood or the entire city.