Lincoln Heights

The effort to move Cincinnati’s police gun range away from Evendale and Lincoln Heights is still several million dollars short.

The village won a competitive Hamilton County grant meant to spur economic development.

Current village leaders say there's never been more momentum for improvement than now, and a detailed land use plan maps out the optimistic future they're working toward.

Village Manager Joyce Powdrill has big plans to make Memorial Field the centerpiece of a new village hub. One of the goals is to attract more residents and businesses to grow the tax base. But many of the other projects in this Community Makeover are focused on current residents.

A public forum Saturday will give Lincoln Heights residents a chance to learn more about a comprehensive plan for the Village's future. The village's small tax base has caused financial problems over the past few decades and leaders hope to broaden tax income with more residents and businesses.

Lincoln Heights has long struggled with a tax base much smaller than it should be because previous county leaders blocked the African American community from incorporating for years.

There is no way to measure the amount of knowledge and understanding Westmoreland had of the story of African Americans in this region and nationally.

As the Village of Lincoln Heights celebrates its diamond jubilee of 75 years since incorporation, WVXU has been telling stories from the community as part of our series Round the Corner. We sat down with renowned historian Carl Westmoreland to hear about his experiences growing up in Lincoln Heights in the 1940s and '50s.

Delores Lindsay co-founded the Lincoln Heights Health Center in 1967, the first community health center in Ohio and one of just 10 across the country.

Lincoln Heights is celebrating 75 years since officially incorporating as a village. But seven decades of declining resources and denials have the county have taken a toll on the majority Black community.