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Wade Johnston, Executive Director, and Sean McGrory, Board President of Tri-State Trails, share how they’re transforming Greater Cincinnati’s trail network. From projects like Wasson Way to the Little Miami Trail, they’re working with communities to create more connected, accessible, and vibrant places to live, ride, and explore.
Wasson Landscape Volunteers!
Wasson Way is waking.
Trail walkers and tail waggers are watching.
As things turn green along the trail and start to bloom.
It’s time for us to get to work with clean up and gardening.
Please join us for the following gardening and landscape maintenance events:
- Saturday, March 28: 10 am-12 pm – Flower Bed Spring Clean-up. Starting at Madison Rd. flower beds near LaRosa’s Pizza
- Tuesday, March 31: 10 am-12 pm – Flower Bed Spring Clean-up. Starting at Edwards Rd flower beds, near Penn Station
- Saturday, April 4: 10 am-12 pm – Flower Bed Spring Clean-up. Starting at Paxton Rd Flower beds, near iCryo
- Tuesday, April 21: 9 am-12 pm – Thomas More Saints Serve Day – Mulching Trees 3, Starting at Eastern Hills Trail Head, Parking across the street @ Colesco
- Saturday, April 25: 10 am-12 pm – Re-planting Day, Location: Meet at Madison. We will move to other parts of the trail if we wrap up early at Madison.
- Friday, May 8: 9 am-11 am – Seed Planting Day – Location: Meet at Marburg. We will move to other parts of the trail if we wrap up early at Marburg.
- Saturday, May 9: 9 am-11 am – Flower Seed Planting Day 2 – Location: Meet at Paxton. We will move down to Monteith and HP Avenues.
- Friday, May 15: 9 am-12 pm – UC Serves Day – Mulching Trees Phase 1 & 2, starting at Burch Ave.
- Saturday, June 6: 9 am-11 am – Weeding Location: Meet at Marburg but the plan is to move all along the trail for maintenance.
Composting Service
December 27, 2025
Wasson Way is pleased to highlight Queen City Commons and its community-based composting service, which is helping reduce landfill waste while returning nutrients to local soils. Composting food scraps is a simple but meaningful action that lowers greenhouse gas emissions, supports healthier landscapes, and strengthens neighborhood-scale sustainability.
Queen City Commons provides a convenient composting option for residents and businesses, making it easier to divert organic waste from landfills and contribute to a more circular local economy. Through a partnership with the City of Cincinnati, Queen City Commons is offering residential drop-off locations throughout Hyde Park and Oakley, including two drop-offs along Wasson Way. Programs like this align with Wasson Way’s broader commitment to over thirty perennial pollinator gardens, an award-winning pocket park, over a hundred trees, environmental stewardship, climate-positive practices, and the integration of green infrastructure along the urban greenway.
To learn more about Queen City Commons and how to participate in composting in the Hyde Park area and beyond, visit: https://www.queencitycommons.com/ and
https://www.queencitycommons.com/hyde-park/
The phrase “My best ideas keep turning into compost” is a metaphor that suggests our “ideas rarely succeed in the way we expect, but they are not wasted; they quietly contribute to future growth.”
Red Bike Site on Wasson Way
December 27, 2025
A new Cincy Red Bike station has been installed in Hyde Park at Wasson Way and Paxton Avenue. This is the first Red Bike location in Hyde Park and directly connects the bike-share system to the Wasson Way trail, improving access for recreation and short trips between Hyde Park, Oakley, and nearby neighborhoods.
Western Expansion-Signalized Crossing Montgomery Road
December 27, 2025
The Wasson Way continues its westward march with a new crossing at Montgomery Road, enhancing access to Xavier University and further extending through neighborhoods to the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. This segment of the Wasson Way, Phase 6B, is now open, extending from the trail’s current endpoint on Montgomery Road, just across from Xavier’s campus, and continuing westward through the campus towards Station Way. With the pavement complete and a new signalized crosswalk fully operational, this extension significantly improves safety and accessibility for all trail users.
The trail extension was made possible through $450,000 from the CROWN Capital Campaign. The signalized crossing at Montgomery Road was made possible through a $450,000 SORTA Transit Infrastructure Grant for pedestrian safety and a $350,000 State Capital Budget Grant approved by the Ohio General Assembly. Special thanks to Xavier University, the City of Cincinnati, and Tri-State Trails for project management and collaboration, and to the Cincinnati Regional Business Committee for the State Capital Budget recommendation. This Xavier-focused extension connects the existing 3.5 miles of Wasson Way east of campus to the 0.8-mile section west of campus. Phase 6B, when complete upon the opening of Xavier’s new College of Osteopathic Medicine, will effectively link these segments together, connecting Evanston and Avondale.
The new signalized Wasson Way crossing of Montgomery Road near Dana Avenue.
Community Perennial Pollinator Garden
December 27, 2025
Wasson Way partnered with Wimberg Landscaping to establish a community perennial pollinator garden at the intersection of Isabella, Wasson, and Paxton. The garden was funded through a grant awarded to Wasson Way by the Charles H. Dater Foundation and the Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation, with additional support from the Oakley Community Council. This collaboration made the community perennial pollinator garden at the site possible.
The perennial pollinator garden at the corner of Isabella, Wasson, and Paxton.
Wasson Way in the News
December 27, 2025
Wasson Way is an urban multi-use paved trail for walking, biking, and running. Wasson Way connects neighborhoods from Old Red Bank Road near Ault Park westward through Evanston and Hyde Park and on toward Avondale/University areas.
“Tri-State Trails’ Vision: Give the Queen City Her CROWN” (LivingMagazines.com, March 2025)
Tri-State Trails is a nonprofit that brings together individuals, organizations, and communities with a shared goal of connecting and expanding the region’s trail and bikeway. The organization advocates for connectivity and access for walkers and bicyclists both within the city of Cincinnati and throughout the region surrounding our city.
“Catching up with Wasson Way” (Hyde Park Living, August 2025)
Highlights recent progress on the WW trail connections—especially the new Montgomery Road crossing onto Xavier University property—and features quotes from Sean McGrory along with photos of community leaders.
“Wimberg Landscaping Receives Statewide Merit Award for Oakley Pollinator Garden” (LivingMagazines.com, August 2025).
Covers the award-winning design and installation of a pollinator garden at the corner of Wasson Road and Paxton Avenue, adjacent to the trail. Funded by Wasson Way grants, the garden has been praised as a calm, natural space in a “loud, hot, and urban” setting.
“Unregulated e-bikes are a growing danger on American streets. In one Bay Area town, a terrible accident finally led to reform.” NYT Magazine article
E-bike injuries and fatalities have surged tenfold as the popularity of high-speed, heavy electric bikes are outpacing safety regulations. Current laws are fragmented, enforcement is weak, and advocates are calling for stricter rules and education to prevent severe crashes, which carry an 11% fatality risk compared to under 1% for traditional bikes.
“Xavier’s light-filled medical school embodies Jesuit, osteopathic principles | Going Up”