2. DID YOU KNOW?
Cincinnati boasts a long list of “firsts”
1793 - First settlement in Ohio to publish a newspaper.
1849 - First city in the U.S. to hold a municipal song festival - Saengerfest.
1853 - First practical steam fire engine. First city to establish a municipal fire
department and first firemen’s pole.
1869 - First city to establish a weather bureau.
1869 - First professional baseball team - the Cincinnati Red Stockings, now
known as the Cincinnati Reds.
1870 - First city in the US to establish a municipal university - University of
Cincinnati.
1902 - First concrete skyscraper built in the US – the Ingalls Building.
1906 - First university to offer cooperative education - University of
Cincinnati.
1952 - First heart-lung machine makes open heart surgery possible -
Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
1954 - First city to have a licensed Public television station – WCET TV.
3. Green Living in Cincinnati
• First Green Power Community in Ohio (6th in the nation)
• The city uses 408 million kWh green power per year (enough to
offset the CO2 emissions of 60,000 cars a year!)
• Residents enjoy over 5,000 acres of city parkland. CNN ranked
Cincinnati as having the seventh best parks in America.
• Fifty red bike stations encourages Cincinnatians to be car free
with bike sharing.
4. CINCINNATI: PIONEER IN GREEN LIVING
The University of Cincinnati was named to the Princeton Review’s list of
GREEN universities making it the only public university in Ohio to make
the list
Cincinnati is leading Ohio for the most LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) -registered schools.
With six LEED Green buildings, the University of Cincinnati has become a
leader in sustainability.
Cincinnati State offers a Renewable Energy major & a Sustainable Design
and Construction Certificate.
Cincinnati Public Schools integrate sustainability into their K-12 curriculum.
5. Recycling in Cincinnati
Did you know?
In 2015:
• the annual citywide recycling participation rate for Cincinnati was 70%
• 16,399 tons were recycled annually
• 21% of waste was diverted from landfills
Getting rid of textile waste
Cincinnati has a unique partnership with Simple Recycling allowing residents to
participate in the curbside recycling of housewares and clothing.
Junk King Sorts all Collected Waste for Re-use or Recycling
Cincinnati strives to be a Zero Waste city through its recycling program. City-wide
curb side recycling was first introduced to residents and businesses in Cincinnati in
1989 and has steadily increased in participation.
6. Minimize Waste to Landfill for a Greener Tomorrow
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Junk King trucks run on biodiesel
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