Amberley Village staff has increased the grant application process over the past decade to make up for revenue unavailable due to budget restrictions. Ever with an eye toward keeping within spending limits, staff continually seeks to offset tax dollars spent with publicly-available funds. However, with growing pressure on entities across sectors, grant funding becomes increasingly more competitive and more limited in availability.

The following list highlights some of the more significant grants Administration staff has garnered for the Village over the past five years, which alone total nearly $1 million. Police-Fire grant awards over the past two years totaled an additional $145,000, with another $850,000 in pending grants awaiting a response.

Amberley Village Mayor Tom Muething and members of the Environmental Stewardship Committee recently hosted Cincinnati Nature Center's Cory Christopher and Lindsey Best for a unique opportunity to learn about the trees at Amberley Green.

An early evening nature walk was held on Thursday, May 25 at Amberley Green. During the walk, residents learned about the variety of trees living on Amberley Green, as well as details about an upcoming Amberley Green Prairie Garden, which was recently funded by a $15,000 grant from Hamilton County Public Health. Mayor Muething headed up the grant application and coordinated with Cincinnati Nature Center to develop plans for the project.

The Amberley Green Prairie Garden will involve reclamation of a portion of Amberley Green to cultivate a native prairie with abundant flowering species that support a robust native pollinator community. Recommendations also include a new prairie trail, as well as four seating areas that could be used for the planting of memorial trees.

Prairie Garden
Amberley Village was awarded a $35,000 grant in December 2023 for improvements to the Municipal Park, including grading of the ballfields (below) and the addition of new ADA-compliant drinking fountains and picnic tables on the grounds. The grant was awarded by Hamilton County Public Health for projects that encourage outdoor activities to promote health and social distancing. Amberley Village anticipates completion of the installations and field-grading in the Spring of 2024.

BallfieldsPhoto of an ADA compliant Picnic TableWater fountain
Above left, the recycled plastic picnic tables selected for Municipal grounds include ADA-compliant tables for the upper playground and the lower park between the ballfields.  At right, the outdoor tubular drinking fountains and bottle filling stations will enhance the Municipal grounds, and bring our facilities to ADA compliance.
Duke Energy approved an additional grant of $10,000 toward the Prairie Garden on top of the $15,000 investment made by Hamilton County Public Health.
A direct deposit was made to Amberley Village from the Hamilton County Auditor's Office for $12,800 as part of the Resident Recycling Incentive Award in March of 2024.  

Amberley Village recently shared in the purchase of a salt conveyor for the delivery of rock salt to the Village salt barn. And while June might seem a bit early to be thinking about rock salt, Village Maintenance must plan ahead to get the best price to treat the roads during winter storm events. But the cost of the salt alone doesn't account for the cost. Transporting it can also be an expensive endeavor.

As part of its commitment to innovative cost-saving measures, Amberley Village entered into an agreement with Anderson Township, the City of Madeira, Miami Township, the City of Springdale, Sycamore Township, Symmes Township and Deerfield Township to purchase the shared salt conveyor at a cost savings of nearly $70,000. The conveyor, which is only needed by each municipality once or twice a year, ensures that salt can be moved and stored when needed without additional cost to the Village. Thanks to our Maintenance Team for coordinating and executing this project with our residents in mind!

salt conveyor
AG Grant
Additional funds were received from Hamilton County for abestos removal totaling $80,000.
Hamilton County grant for stormwater improvements for the fire lane on Beechlands. This grant provided new drainage pipes, retaining walls and embankment stablization. This area had major erosion and water run off in the right of way, causing severe infrastructure failure.
Hamilton County Resource awarded the Village $75,000 toward the purchase of a pull-behind leaf vacuum machine, which will assist Village Maintenance personnel with our annual leaf collection. This replaced an aging piece of equipment that was sold to another municipality, and the funds contributed to the purchase of the new machine.
This grant comes from the Hamilton County Municipal Road Funds, and will be used to pave a portion of Section Road from our western corporation line to the 2600 block of Section Road. This work is slated for 2027.
Site Readiness Grant