In the Operations Department, we often are looking for beds to weed, grass to mow and litter to pick up. At the same time, we get to see wild flowers bursting in bloom, turkeys roosting in trees, or – in a recent case – eggs that were surprisingly well-hidden in the middle of a gravel […]

Spring is a busy time of year here at Great Parks of Hamilton County! With a long and cold winter behind us, we are gearing up to make some great improvements out on our nature trails. Recently I hosted a spring kickoff meeting for Adopt-a-Trail volunteers and introduced a new opportunity for volunteering on the […]

One of the responsibilities of the Great Parks of Hamilton County Operations department is to properly manage all of our wastewater sewer treatment plant functions? This includes making sure that all paperwork is submitted in a timely fashion to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA). Currently, our wastewater service provider is Environmental Wastewater Services LLC […]

The Operations Department is the largest group within the park services division. Operations team members operate a wide variety of vehicles and equipment, all while maintaining our parks and golf courses. Servicing and repairing all of that equipment falls to a small group of highly skilled professionals, the Operations Mechanics. There are just five full-time […]

While everyone at Great Parks works towards the same mission and goals, sometimes it’s easy for each department to get caught up in its own day-to-day work. Park visitors probably never know when staff from different areas pull together on a project, but the benefits are still there. This inter-departmental teamwork was especially evident this […]

The typical weather of the Ohio River Valley’s winter months can provide some of the most beautiful scenery and enjoyable experiences imaginable. Few vistas are more rewarding than those that include snow or ice-draped trees, a low winter sunrise (or sunset) or the progressive range of blue shadowed snow spreading across low hills or farm […]

Q:  What do you get when you add 80 Great Parks employees, 12 informative and  educational sites and 87 newly planted trees to 1 beautiful park? A:  Great Parks Day, Miami Whitewater Forest! A very special event took place on Wednesday, October 30, when Great Parks employees from a broad range of parks, departments and […]

If you’ve been to Winton Woods recently, you may have seen the new rain garden and bio-swale areas near Winton Centre and Kestrel Point. You may also know that it was a huge volunteer effort, engaging both REI and US Bank as corporate partners to achieve such an  incredible result. What you may not know […]