Clifton Town Meeting

05/18/2026

A Clifton Tradition! Join in the fun on Memorial Day, and see your neighbors!

05/03/2026

Our hearts go out to the family of Officer Shawn Dent. Officer Dent serves as our neighborhood liaison for the CPD, and we are incredibly grateful for his service to Clifton. Please join us in supporting his family by visiting the link below.

Honoring the Life of Nicholas DentOn May 2, 2026, our lives were forever changed by the tragic and senseless loss of Nicholas Dent. On what should have been…

04/01/2026

Please come to Clifton Town Meeting's Board Meeting on April 6th, 7pm at Clifton Recreation Center

03/26/2026

New orchard coming to Clifton Recreation Center from Common Orchard Project - planting this Saturday which you are welcome to join.

Learn more from Green Umbrella's newsletter - A Message From Our Director, Chris:

Happy post-Spring Equinox, and with it comes the satisfying and sometimes humbling work of tending what we have already planted.

We are in maintenance mode this Spring! For years now, the Common Orchard Project has been adding trees across the Greater Cincinnati Region, over 600 fruit and nut trees across 40+ community orchards. Each of those trees has its own story, and many of them have needed corrections along the way. A wire tag that has grown into the bark and needs to come off before it girdles the tree, but carefully, because we still need to know the variety. A little lean of a tree, a replanting where a tree didn't take, a pruning cut that makes sure the rootstock doesn’t overtake the tree.


None of this is dramatic work. But it is the difference between a mature apple tree that the whole neighborhood wants to harvest from and a tree that quietly fell off the rails while nobody was paying close attention.

This year, we have been doing site visits across the network. We are really getting into the orchards, understanding what is troubling stewards, and removing the small barriers that stand between healthy fruit and the people who want to grow it. What we keep finding is that the problems are fixable, and that the people caring for these spaces are hungry for support. When we show up, the relief is immediate.

That attention to existing orchards does not slow our growth. We have two new orchards coming this spring—including a planting this Saturday at Clifton Recreation Center, which you are welcome to join—and six more slated for the fall. But we are just as proud of the quieter work: going back to what we planted, making it right, and handing off something healthy to the next steward.

That is what food sovereignty actually looks like. Not just a planting day. An evolving process with the people and plants of a place.


Look up at the sky, get out in the sun,

Chris Smyth

Common Orchard Project Director

03/23/2026

Sustainable Market event at CCAC, 3/27, 6-9pm

Market Grün celebrates eco-conscious living by showcasing sustainable business and their practices, nature-inspired artists, photographers, nonprofits, and related small businesses with a mission centered on environmental harmony. If this resonates with you, please join the movement and share your contribution as we grow a new eco-based community marketplace in Cincinnati!
Our Spring Market takes place Friday night, March 27, from 6–9 PM at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center, nestled in the tree-covered Clifton Gaslight neighborhood.
🌱 Come out and be a contributing participant in Cincinnati’s premier green marketplace! Admission is FREE for all guests.

03/03/2026

New Woman: Juried Exhibition Opens March 6 at Clifton Cultural Arts Center!

02/01/2026

01/05/2026

Clifton Town Board Meeting tonight, January 5th, 7pm at Clifton Recreation Center

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12/22/2025

Clifton Town Meeting and the Clifton Business Association teamed up to bring another great Holidays on Ludlow to the Clifton Plaza last Saturday night!

12/18/2025

If you know websites, Clifton Town Meeting could use your input! In 2026, we hope to rebuild our website on a new platform and would love to get input from Cliftonites who understand websites as we work with contractors. If you'd like to contribute your expertise to help in this effort, please email [email protected].