By Gregory Korte
The Cincinnati Enquirer

WEST END - Neighborhood groups in College Hill, Over-the-Rhine, Northside and Walnut Hills will get $227,096 in city grants to pay for safety-related projects under a proposal from a committee of police and citizens.

The Safe and Clean Neighborhood Advisory Committee, which will disperse $2 million in grants over two years, will present the latest round of funding recommendations to Cincinnati City Council's Law & Public Safety Committee today.

The projects are:

• Surveillance camera and Monitoring System Pilot Project Team: $184,645 for Internet-linked cameras in College Hill, East Walnut Hills, Walnut Hills and Over-the-Rhine. The committee evaluated six proposals from camera vendors and recommended a system by Citywatcher.com, a Blue Ash company that allows volunteers with a password to monitor security cameras over the Internet.

• Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati: $16,857 for lighting around the Over-the-Rhine theater.

• Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce: $12,000 for lighting and fencing around Northern Row Neighborhood Park at Melindy and Clay streets in Over-the-Rhine, and $5,000 for the improvement of four public stairways.

• Northside Community Council: $3,094 to clear away overgrowth in five alleys (Armor, Baltzer, Carrie, Coates and Pope) and Badgely Run Park.

• Denny Dellinger and other Over-the-Rhine property owners: $3,000 to clean up litter and overgrowth on Renner, Stonewall, Mohawk and Dunlap streets.

• Christ's Community in College Hill: $2,500 for a program to have neighborhood youth mow the lawns of the elderly and disabled.

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