Columbia Tusculum, Cincinnati

08/31/2026

Notice the invasive Spotted Lantern Fly lately? Its host plant is The Tree of Heaven, and is also highly invasive. It is best to remove these trees from your property as they are harmful to other thriving native plants in the area. 🍃

08/21/2026

Improvements on the Lunken Trail!

Trail improvements are on the way!

Contractors will be paving sections of the Lunken Trail from August 17–28. While the trail will remain open, users may experience intermittent delays as work is completed.

Thanks for your patience as we continue to care for and improve your Great Parks!

For more information and project updates, visit our Projects page: https://www.greatparks.org/about/projects

08/17/2026

Something spooky coming to The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum 👻

08/15/2026

The August newsletter is here!

Email from Columbia Tusculum Community Council Upcoming events and news for our CT neighbors!   August 2026 News FREE Summer Performance Series 8/16 - 4pm - Ice Cream and Opera 8/30 - 1pm - Cincinnati

08/11/2026

Man that was a wild one! I hope everyone is safe.

Hope everyone’s okay after all that! 😓⛈️ If (like us) you could use a beer or a spare outlet, the power is ON at Streetside!

07/30/2026

Great article for both invasive Tree of Heaven and Lantern Flies. These trees have been spotted in properties all over Columbia Tusculum. They are harmful to other thriving plants and can damage your property as well. Cincinnati Parks recommend squishing any lantern flies you see and also removing its top host, the Tree of Heaven from your property. Read carefully as there is a specific removal process.

07/18/2026

The July CT Newsletter is here!

Email from Columbia Tusculum Community Council Upcoming events and news for our CT neighbors!   July 2026 News FREE Summer Performance Series 7/18 - 1p - Homeshores Creative Writing Workshop (see belo

06/30/2026

A very neat read indeed!

Way atop Mount Tusculum, there are some streets that remind us this marvelous hill was once a vineyard. The streets named Chardonnay Ridge, Riesling Knoll, and Catawba Valley are fairly redolent of the vine. Curiously, those obvious streets may have less connection to that old vineyard than three nearby streets, namely Delaware Ridge, Creveling and Elsinboro, and therein lies a tale.

The prominence we know today as Mount Tusculum was once known, according to the 1943 WPA-published Guide to Cincinnati, as Bald Hill, supposedly because “the Indians had cleared away the trees in order to spy on the invading white men.” This is absolute bunkum, baloney and claptrap. If the Native Americans wanted to spy on the settlers downhill in Columbia, they would have kept the trees in place so they wouldn’t be seen, right? Additionally, the settlers were just blaming the Shawnee for their own deforestation. With lumber needed for housing and fuel, the white folks timbered all of Cincinnati’s hills within a few decades. https://ow.ly/xEur50ZifGP

🎨 "Harper's Weekly," July 24, 1858, page 475

06/20/2026

Are we ready for the 10th Annual Tusculum Street Fest? The weather is amazing and we can’t wait to celebrate our beautiful neighborhood tomorrow. 🎶🍻☀️

We will see you all tomorrow! The weather is looking beautiful ☀️

05/02/2026

The Flying Pig Marathon is flying through Columbia Tusculum tomorrow morning. If you have plans on going anywhere, check the city road closures, plan your route and pack your patience. Good luck to our runners tomorrow! 🐷