Friends of the Little Miami State Park

The Friends is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the stewardship of the Little Miami State Park. You'll find lots of information here about our wonderful trail and the people who are working to make it better.  We hope you can visit, soon.

2011 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE - For a better park, today and tomorrow. 

Gratifying volunteer positions, leadership opportunities through service on our Board of Directors, invitations to our programs and special events and much more.  Make friends and have fun.  Membership form

January 2012 Update, final total: 146 total memberships for 2011, just 4 less than our goal.   Thanks to everyone who joined and made our membership drive a big success.  We're looking forward to 2012 with all of you.

Your membership is tax deductible and all proceeds go to support the Little Miami State Park.

Board Meeting - January 14th at 4pm

The Friends of the Little Miami State Park will hold its next Board meeting Sunday, January 15 at 4:00PM in the Council Chambers at Loveland City Hall, 120 West Loveland Avenue, Loveland Ohio --- less than a block from the trail.

Our plan going forward is to hold our Board meetings the third Sunday of each month at either Milford City Hall, Loveland City Hall, Morrow Township Administration, or Waynesville Township Administration.

The focus of this meeting will be the Strategic Plan, Trail Segment Adopters (we only need 5 more), the new Grant Writing Committee, new bench and kiosk designs, and much more.

Come join us.

Bike Trail Impacts Property Values
By Jay Warren,  WCPO.com

MIAMIVILLE, Ohio - Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say the closer you live to a Little Miami Bike Trail head the more your home is worth.  "Multi-purpose trails have a significant influence on the price of houses when they lie within close proximity to the trail," assert Professors Olivier Parent and Rainer vom Hofe. Read more.

Don Burrell knows first-hand the challenges of riding a bicycle in Cincinnati
by Paul McKibben

On days when weather permits, he rides his bike from his home in Delhi Township to his downtown Cincinnati office. He must share the street with cars and trucks through Covedale and Price Hill and down steep Warsaw Avenue. Read more.

In Search of the Fountain of Youth Along Ohio's Little Miami Scenic Trail
by Abbey Roy

It started out as a Father's Day excursion. My brother Ben, The Amateur Jetsetter, was leaving on Father's Day morning for Morocco, with a layover in Paris for a few obligatory shots of the Eiffel Tower. The least I could do as the only remaining (nee) Stirgwolt sibling in the country was to offer some sort of consolation prize for the man who has put up with our shenanigans for the last quarter century, give or take.  Read more.