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Council backs mall redevelopment steps: special-assessment reduction, road rename, enterprise-zone deal and $500,000 site grant
Summary
Forest Park City Council approved a special-assessment reduction and two county-backed resolutions and accepted a $500,000 county economic-impact grant to support site work for the former Forest Fair (Cincinnati Mills) redevelopment; the council also renamed the private ring road in the Forest Park portion to Hillman Way.
Forest Park City Council on Aug. 4 approved a package of measures to clear key legal and financial hurdles for redevelopment of the former Cincinnati Mills / Forest Fair mall site. Council adopted an ordinance reducing and recertifying special assessments tied to prior work and passed three resolutions that together clear the way for site work, a local street name change and an enterprise-zone tax incentive.
The council adopted Ordinance 21-2025, reducing previously levied special assessments on mall parcels; Councilmember Sylvester moved the ordinance and it passed 6-0. The council also adopted Resolution 31-2025, renaming the Forest Park portion of Cincinnati Mills Drive to Hillman Way; that vote was 6-0. Council approved Resolution 32-2025, consenting to an enterprise-zone agreement with Hamilton County for Fry Fastening Systems, by a 5-1 vote. Finally, the council approved Resolution 33-2025 to accept a $500,000…
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