/tags/parks parks en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT /2024-06-27/a-new-ohio-park-honors-the-past-present-and-future-of-shawnee-peoples Great Council State Park opened this month – the first and only to feature a center honoring Ohio’s Native peoples. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT /2024-06-27/a-new-ohio-park-honors-the-past-present-and-future-of-shawnee-peoples Adriana Martinez-Smiley, WYSO /2024-05-17/blacklick-woods-metro-park-canopy-walkway-opens-to-the-public Metro Parks opened its new Treetop Canopy Walk at Blacklick Woods on May 17. The 40-to 50-foot high wood and metal structure takes visitors through the forest from a birds eye view. Fri, 17 May 2024 19:58:25 GMT /2024-05-17/blacklick-woods-metro-park-canopy-walkway-opens-to-the-public George Shillcock /politics-government/2023-07-18/linden-and-northland-neighborhoods-to-receive-7-mile-long-park-and-trail-by-2025 The Linden Green Line will stretch from Windsor Park near 17th Avenue to Cooper Park in the Northland community along an abandoned rail line. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:24:22 GMT /politics-government/2023-07-18/linden-and-northland-neighborhoods-to-receive-7-mile-long-park-and-trail-by-2025 George Shillcock /wksu-stories/2020-12-04/summit-metro-parks-celebrates-first-naturalist-who-helped-launch-popular-fall-hiking-spree Today is Bert Szabo Day in Summit Metro Parks. Szabo spent 34 years with the park district as its first naturalist and helped launch the popular Fall Hiking Spree, among other things. Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:05:07 GMT /wksu-stories/2020-12-04/summit-metro-parks-celebrates-first-naturalist-who-helped-launch-popular-fall-hiking-spree Sarah Taylor /2020-10-07/in-cleveland-unlike-richer-suburbs-playgrounds-are-still-not-for-playing Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, and four months after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine allowed playgrounds to reopen, the backboards on the basketball court at Herman Park in Cleveland are empty squares, devoid of baskets. The swingsets are empty too, except for some creaking hooks that are supposed to hold the swings. Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:00:00 GMT /2020-10-07/in-cleveland-unlike-richer-suburbs-playgrounds-are-still-not-for-playing /news/2020-09-14/columbus-city-council-to-vote-on-soccer-for-success-funding Columbus City Council expects to approve grant money Monday night for the Department of Recreation and Parks to implement a youth soccer program.The grant… Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:30:00 GMT /news/2020-09-14/columbus-city-council-to-vote-on-soccer-for-success-funding Adora Namigadde /news-partners/2020-08-05/parks-in-nonwhite-areas-are-half-the-size-of-ones-in-majority-white-areas-study-says Amid high temperatures and a pandemic, green spaces are a lifeline. But new data shows parks in low-income and nonwhite areas are smaller and more crowded than those in high-income and white areas. Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:36:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-08-05/parks-in-nonwhite-areas-are-half-the-size-of-ones-in-majority-white-areas-study-says Laurel Wamsley /news/2020-06-11/traffic-and-cota-ridership-decreased-during-pandemic-while-park-visits-increased The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has released data on how the pandemic affected travel in the region.Beginning in mid-March, traffic dropped… Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:48:58 GMT /news/2020-06-11/traffic-and-cota-ridership-decreased-during-pandemic-while-park-visits-increased Clare Roth /wvxu-stories/2020-05-20/cincinnati-parks-rank-fifth-in-national-park-survey Moving up three spots from last year, Cincinnati's parks rank fifth among the nation's largest 100 cities by the Trust for Public Land. Wed, 20 May 2020 19:18:23 GMT /wvxu-stories/2020-05-20/cincinnati-parks-rank-fifth-in-national-park-survey Tana Weingartner /news/2019-05-22/pools-cabins-and-trails-ohio-looks-for-ways-to-upgrade-state-parks A group of experts is working with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources by taking a close look at Ohio’s 75 state parks to find out what kind of… Wed, 22 May 2019 20:04:04 GMT /news/2019-05-22/pools-cabins-and-trails-ohio-looks-for-ways-to-upgrade-state-parks Andy Chow