The Rotary Club of Florence is excited to hear from Steven Hampton the Executive Director of the non-profit Over the Rhine (OTR) Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation (CURC). A registered architect, he has overseen the preservation of CIncinnati’s brewing heritage and the growth and redevelopment of the Brewery
District via master planning, neighborhood activism, and developing heritage tourism projects like the Brewing Heritage Trail.
From The Brewery District’s Webpage www.otrbrewerydistrict.org :
Welcome to the Brewery District in historic Over-the-Rhine. We are residents, business owners, and developers dedicated to making the Brewery District THE place to Live, Work, and Play.
Dubbed “Over-the-Rhine” by German immigrants, the Brewery District was the center of Cincinnati’s rich beer brewing history. At one time the city’s social and economic heart, years of economic decline followed, preserving Over-the-Rhine and its stunning architecture. Today, the largest collection of Pre-Prohibition breweries in the country, along with other historical industrial and mixed use buildings, sits amid the largest collection of Italianate architecture anywhere, befitting one of the most unique urban neighborhoods in the country. In addition to the blocks of historic buildings that comprise Over-the-Rhine, the Brewery District also contains the beloved Findlay Market, which is the state’s oldest farmers market.
The Brewery District continues to work to repopulate our neighborhood with visitors, residents, and businesses. We do this with heritage tourism, including festivals like BOCKFEST and HISTORIC BREWERY TOURS. We do this with redevelopment guided by our MASTER PLANNING INITIATIVES. Our key initiative, the BREWING HERITAGE TRAIL, will be a world class urban heritage trail celebrating and sharing our grand brewing traditions with the world. New residential and retail development in the neighborhood is poised to make the Brewery District THE premier urban neighborhood in the city.
Guests are always welcome.
Location: Hilton Airport, 7373 Turfway Road, Florence, Kentucky
When: Monday, July 22nd
11:45 am – Buffet Opens ($14 Buffet, Coffee, Tea and Dessert)
12:15 pm – President Jim Ferguson, Presiding
Greeting, Prayer, Pledge & 4-Way Test
12:30 pm – Program Begins
1:00 pm – Meeting Adjourned
Unable to attend? The meeting will be live streamed on the club’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubFlorenceKY/
#FloRo #ServiceAboveSelf #PeopleofAction #OTR #OvertheRhine #ExploreCincy #Breweries #BrewingHeritageTrail #Heritage #GermanImmigrants
