With demolition now complete on Montgomery Road, the Kennedy Heights Development Corporation is actively receiving proposals for the future of the site. As part of this process, two upcoming meetings have been scheduled to ensure residents have the opportunity to hear directly from a development team and stay informed before any decisions are made.

Rooted in a history of welcoming all people, Kennedy Heights Development Corporation (KHDC) is dedicated to growing a neighborhood where residents, businesses and community thrive.

Building on decades of urban redevelopment, the Kennedy Heights Development Corporation (KHDC) was established in 2007 and tasked with several key neighborhood projects, including the Kennedy Heights Cultural Center and senior housing initiatives.

The predecessor organization of today’s KHDC, the Kennedy Heights Urban Redevelopment Corporation (KHURC), was originally incorporated as a non-profit organization as an offshoot of the Kennedy Heights Community Council. KHURC borrowed money to acquire several residences at sheriff’s sales, rehabbed them and sold them. The KHURC then repaid all loans and went dormant in 1982.

Twenty-five years later, in 2007, at the suggestion of the City of Cincinnati’s Community Development Department, and with leadership from the KHCC, KHURC was reestablished and renamed the KHDC.  

Kennedy Heights Development Corporation is awarded $300,000 from Cincinnati Neighborhood Business Districts United and the Department of Community and Economic Development for the purchase and demolition of 6543 Montgomery. 

Guardian Savings Bank, one of Greater Cincinnati’s largest banks, plans to open another Greater Cincinnati branch and expand into a new market. Guardian plans to open a branch on Montgomery Road in Kennedy Heights, just northeast of Pleasant Ridge.

Kennedy Heights Development Corporation (KHDC) hosted an inaugural workshop on October 2, 2018 to share information and invite community feedback on the topic of affordable senior housing. The first of its kind to address senior housing in Cincinnati, the workshop was held at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center and moderated by Clete Benken of MKSK, a Cincinnati-based urban design and planning firm. MKSK this year conducted an extensive housing study in Kennedy Heights in partnership with KHDC’s Affordable Senior Housing Advisory Committee. The October 2 workshop was an opportunity to share study findings and encourage an interactive community conversation about housing solutions in the neighborhood.