#GivingTuesday
This #GivingTuesday, consider a donation to Wasson Way to support the mission of promoting and sustaining our trail.
Your donation will go towards keeping our trail beautiful and will support future community programming.
All year-end donations will be matched up to $25k.
Thank you for your ongoing support of the trail!
Volunteers Needed!
Building a More Connected Cincinnati
Wasson Way is more than a trail—it’s a vital link in the CROWN (Cincinnati Riding or Walking Network), a 34-mile urban trail system that connects over 350,000 people across 54 neighborhoods. Together, Wasson Way and CROWN create opportunities for recreation, transportation, and community engagement—improving lives and strengthening Cincinnati’s shared identity.
Why It Matters
Health & Wellness: Promotes active lifestyles through walkable, bike-friendly routes.Economic Vitality: Connects business districts and supports neighborhood revitalization.Environmental Impact: Expands green corridors that foster sustainability and climate resilience.Community Connection: Links people and places across Cincinnati’s urban core and surrounding communities.
A Model for Collaboration and Renewal
Community collaboration powers our progress. Volunteers play a crucial role in sustaining and expanding Wasson Way—helping it remain a model of what’s possible when people come together to make their city better.We are currently recruiting volunteers to contribute their time and talents in the following areas:
- Finance
- Fundraising
- Governance
- Implementation
- Landscaping
- Marketing
- Public Relations
If you are interested in volunteering, please click the button below to share your information and interest in one of our volunteer areas.
Thank you for supporting Wasson Way—a path that connects us all.
The Marketing Committee meets regularly to help spread the word about Wasson Way!
Employees of the University of Cincinnati actively participated in trail maintenance during the UC Serves day on May 16, 2025, a job well done.
New Shared Use Path Proposed Between Wasson Way & Armleder Park
Big News!
The City of Cincinnati, in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), is developing plans to make it easier and safer for bicyclists and pedestrians to travel between the Wasson Way Trail in Ault Park and trails in the Otto Armleder Memorial Park & Recreation Complex.
Learn about route alternatives under consideration and share your thoughts by visiting one of our open houses. Public input is important and will be used to confirm which route alternatives will be selected for further development. Public participation is encouraged without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. Please see the attached flyer.
Learn more at the upcoming open houses!
1. Virtual Open House
The virtual open house is accessible at www.PublicInput.com/WassonArmleder
November 20, 2024 – January 4, 2025
Comments are due by Jan. 4, 2025, and can be shared at the open houses or by mail, phone, or email.
2. In-Person Open House
December 5, 2024, | 5 – 7 pm Karrikin | 3717 Jonlen Drive (Fairfax)
You can read about the in-person open house at www.PublicInput.com/WassonArmleder
Earth Day on Wasson Way with Clark Montessori High School
Wasson Way thanks Clark Montessori High School for cleaning up the trail on Earth Day.
15 Volunteers from Clark, including Students and Teachers joined 3 Wasson Way leaders to clean up a winter’s worth of trash and debris along the trail from Marburg Ave. all the Way to Madison Rd.
It was a Happy Earth Day on Wasson Way.
Lighting Up The Way: WASSON WAY
Ribbon Cutting December 13
Join us Wednesday December 13 at 9 am for the ribbon cutting of Wasson Way Phase 6A! We will meet at the dead end of Blair Court on the west side of the trail. We hope to see you there!
Thanks to Master Gardeners
We at the Wasson Way non-profit organization would like to thank the Hamilton County Master Gardener Volunteers for donating their time and expertise to the Wasson Way this past year to make dramatic improvements to the landscape on the trail through Oakley and Hyde Park in 2023. The Wasson Way lies on top of an old railroad bed so planting anything there presents challenges. Over the past few years we have done a lot of soil remediation and planted species that are carefully selected for the climate and conditions we have along the trail. Nancy Strassel and Christy Holland have donate countless hours and funds to organize, purchase and plant all of the gardens you see along the Wasson Way. Nancy Strassel, Christy Holland, Jane MacKnight, Rene Dierker, Alice Palmer and DeDe Greenberg have carefully selected perennials and flowers for the Wasson Way that thrive and bring beauty the landscape. With tools and occasional heavy machinery borrowed from the Cincinnati Toolbank and a lot of volunteer labor from MadTree Brewing, Thomas More College, Xavier University and other community groups and individuals, Nancy, Christy and the other Master Gardeners are transforming the Wasson Way Landscape into the urban greenway we envision.
We are grateful for their efforts and wanted to let you know what an impact the Master Gardeners have have on our landscape and community. With nearly 2000 people per day coursing the Wasson Way, these activities have a high level of visibility and the work the Master Gardeners have done bring joy to all who see it.
We sincerely thank the Master Gardeners for their contributions in 2023. If you would like to get involved in gardening activities along the Wasson Way please get in touch with us through the website or at the Wasson Way Landscape Committee wassonway@fioptics.com.
