During Cincinnati’s early development, Roselawn was just a stopping point along the Springfield Toll Road. A few dairy farms dotted the rolling landscape. In 1911, Roselawn was annexed to the City of Cincinnati. Few homes existed in the town before 1920.

Now, Roselawn is one of the 52 neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. The population was 7,039 at the 2020 census. The residents in Roselawn are facing some problems because they don’t have access to the things that they need. On June 11, 2024, the green team, Lower Price Hill Media Team, took a tour there to address the problem and spread awareness of the challenges they are facing.      

Our tour guide, Margaux, who helps make a safe environment says, “A long time ago, the residents sold their land to the developer for $65,000 and it is worth over millions now. But now the community don’t have access the things they need and have to hurry to find out how they can do anything without asking the developer to use that space and the thought of what you need for a community.”  

To sum up the problem she is saying, the locals of Roselawn are trying to create a solution for the community and what they need to thrive. But in order to have a community to thrive they need flexible plans and schedules for any problems, and planning for something so dire to the families in the community. 

Margaux also said that, “the city was planning for sometime, they tore down some buildings for more green spaces but one of the green spaces floods so it is not accessible to anyone.” Margaux and her team of climate safe neighborhood activists have been working with other groups to try to make some green space project and make some progress to show the community that they are promoting a scene help.

Margaux spoke about how the city is trying to build multi-use apartments to help but it is invalidating because they are already a food desert; so making the city more dense and making it more populated when there isn’t enough food access. It may seem like a great plan for the developer, but as a neighborhood, it doesn’t show exactly how it will help us thrive.

They do have several businesses open to help, but right now most of the businesses won’t last more than 5 years  and will close, so their business district isn’t as helpful. People don’t know how to thrive with that. That is why they really need this green space and opportunity that is accessible. Also on this tour, we found out that the green space is going over Reading Road which is a state route and it doesn’t give a safety feel to the residence. They created a crosswalk to help them feel safe, but there can’t be a green space if you don’t feel safe. (Safety is key) 

Another point that Margaux and her team of climate safe neighborhood activists, are trying to get funds to help with climate justice, opportunity, and projects. Also, Margaux put sustainability and equity in the city and what it looks like because they need to be more equal to other neighborhood to be a sustainable neighborhood. 

So, their business district, Margaux said, “without the business, without the safety of walkability it is hard to be able to support those businesses and to help those businesses survive. So it also is about a cycle of what are we going to do to think about how all of this is going to work, rather it’s about climate with most of the time you see so many things that can be effect by climate and really understand environmental justice will more us into a place we will be able to carry out other project that extend for that. But now it’s just about getting people on board and changing a lot mentality as a community “.

This is a lot to take in but to sum it up, when you understand a little about the trouble of climate change and how it effect you and our neighborhoods you start to see the bigger picture as a community. We can think of our future and not just ours, but the people after us and their opportunity to save the Earth.

Also, we need to make some changes. No matter where you live there is away a problem and it can different based on where you live. So, if you see some trash on the ground pick it up even if you don’t think it effects you, it will effect the climate and where you live. Inspire other to do the same, don’t just look the other way.