Great Parks of Hamilton County

There are multiple ways to get rid of your old mobile phone — donate it, sell it, recycle it, trash it. Great Parks of Hamilton County hopes you won't pick that last one. The county park district is now offering free mobile phone recycling boxes at parks and golf courses.

After being closed because of COVID-19, the wet playgrounds at Winton Woods and Woodland Mound reopen this summer.

Recycling bins will pop up next to garbage cans, along with signs explaining what's trash and what can be recycled.

The former Gamble Estate on Werk Road opens to pedestrians April 1.

A roughly one-mile trail extension along Sharon Creek is getting closer to fruition. The proposal plans to connect Sharon Creek south from Sharon Woods toward the Mill Creek. The trail is still in the early stages and a Great Parks representative says it's too early to estimate the cost or timeline.

The 3.6-mile trail will link the West Fork Mill Creek Greenway Trail to Glenwood Gardens, connecting into the Harbor Loop Trail in Winton Woods.

Sarah Kent was named Outstanding New Interpreter of 2021 by the National Association for Interpretation.

Issues 1 and 29 - focused on children services and money for Great Parks of Hamilton County respectively - passed, while Issue 3 - an amendment to Cincinnati's charter sponsored by State Rep. Tom Brinkman - failed.

Great Parks of Hamilton County is asking voters to approve a 10-year, .95 mill additional levy in November.

Great Parks of Hamilton County is piloting a project to get seniors out of retirement homes for a few hours and into nature.