3CDC

A proposed lease between Cincinnati Parks and 3CDC for the public Piatt Park has drawn criticism from some groups who serve food there. Emails between the city, 3CDC and the Parks show the food distributions have been a topic of conversation for several months.

Piatt Park could see more than $7 million in redevelopment under a plan by 3CDC for the larger area around it. But the fact the private nonprofit is leasing the park from the city and some statements made during a presentation to the Cincinnati Park Board have caused pushback.

The naming rights were purchased by the Cincinnati-based bank First Financial.

3CDC's Joe Rudemiller says the site at 6th and Elm, near the convention center, is part of a bigger plan.

The 18-month project has changed the look of the convention center, on both the interior and exteriors.

The popular winter attraction will move a few blocks west this winter.

Developer Portman Holdings says it will include 62,000-square feet of meeting space, a terrace overlooking Fifth Street, and a skybridge to the convention center.

The project will replace the static light display at the Duke Energy Convention Center with LEDs that can project video.

We talk with the group's president and CEO.

3CDC has gotten massive results — and sometimes, big criticism — with its approach to redevelopment. How have organizations elsewhere approached the work?