The hills and landscape of Northern Kentucky hold a variety of values and meanings for the people of this community. Land use has been undergoing change. These changes have community implications for quality of life in the short term as well as the long term. Understanding the opportunities and constraints relative to health, safety, and welfare is essential. Public consensus on how to address this change is lacking.

Consensus on The Hills is Growing…

Get Involved! NKAPC invites you to take the latest online survey regarding hillside conservation; available through September 3rd. Public discussions have established the community’s desire to balance development and conservation. It’s important that you provide us with your opinion on the range of options that could be pursued.

Mark Your Calendars! The third public forum will be held on September 15th from 6:30–8:30 PM at Dixie Heights High School, 3010 Dixie Highway in Edgewood.

To share your opinions related to this issue, participate in our online discussions, or contact staff at thehills(at)nkapc.org.

Public Forum 1
The first public forum was held on December 2, 2009 at Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills to begin the discussion on the future of hillsides in Kenton County. A 16-person panel of design, development, and public policy professionals was formed to take part in the forum. Over 130 people were in attendance to participate in this meeting. A Northern Kentucky University communications professor moderated the forum and the setting allowed the public to ask questions of the panel and the moderator to ask survey questions of the public. An interactive audience response system was used to register there responses.

Below are links to the questions posed by individual audience members as well as the audience responses to the survey questions posed to them throughout the evening.

Forum survey results
Questions from forum attendees
Online survey questions and results- Closed October 2009

Phase 1: UK Department of Landscape Architecture
Fourteen UK students assisted NKAPC to begin the public discussion on hillsides. Three public meetings were held over a four-month period in early 2008. Stakeholder participation and survey activities were used to gather insight and ideas. Collectively, over 200 residents attended these meetings to provide input. Besides helping NKAPC engage the public, students earned a national community service award from the American Institute of Landscape Architects for their work.

Phase 1: University of Kentucky - Final Report