The Cincinnati Neighborhood Games brings the city’s 52 neighborhoods together to engage, compete and connect while battling for their hood’s bragging rights.
Beginning this spring, neighborhoods participated in qualifying rounds with 16 different competitions in order to see who would represent their community in the games. The competitions consisted of field-day-like activities including hula-hoop endurance, chess, a 40-yard dash and more. Residents of all ages were welcome to participate and were placed in either youth and adult categories. In order to be involved in the neighborhood you wanted to represent, you had to either work, live, attend school or worship in that neighborhood. No participants were permitted to represent more than one neighborhood.
To kick off the official Cincinnati Neighborhood Games, the organization teamed up with local bike-sharing service Red Bike for a Torch Bike Relay that traveled through all 52 neighborhoods with one rider representing each neighborhood (and carrying a fake torch). The relay began at Sayler Park on Friday, July 20 and made 17 stops before coming to an end in College Hill. The following morning, the relay recommenced, making 35 stops — and traveling a two-day total of 84 miles — before finishing at Washington Park, where a real torch was lit and the Opening Ceremonies began.
Final Competitions began Sunday, July 22 and continue through July 28 with multiple competition locations throughout the city.
Closing ceremonies will be held at Yeatman’s Cove on July 28, beginning at 9 a.m. with final competitions and award ceremonies running through 4:30 p.m., when Mayor John Cranley will host the Neighborhood Cup.
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