American Red Cross
The American Red Cross broke ground on a new headquarters and disaster operations center at Keystone Parke, located at I-71 and Dana Avenue just north of downtown Cincinnati. Each year, the chapter serves 200,000 people in sixteen counties. This facility will allow them to do so more effectively through state-of-the-art communications systems, indoor truck loading, and a customized layout designed to accommodate training, drills, and disaster response. The new building will be 3 stories, 50,000 square feet, and LEED-Silver certified. It is scheduled to open in the spring of 2010.
Economic Development and the Parks Department worked with the chapter on a series of easements, property transfers, and zone changes to accommodate the project, and we congratulate the Red Cross on reaching this important milestone.
