SHOW TIME!
We’ve had an overwhelming response to this event and the registrations over the last couple days have been difficult to keep up with! If you did NOT get a confirmation email from us with details for the event, they are pasted below:
Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, June 6th, 2026!
Location: Yellow Bridge (3320 Millcreek Road, Cincinnati, OH 45223). For your convenience, we have created this Google Map of the Event Site with details about activities, parking, and more.
Waiver:
All Guests & Volunteers MUST SIGN a waiver for the event. Save time and SIGN NOW.
Event Timing:
All Guests and volunteers need to check-in at registration
ATTENDING THE EVENT
General check-in opens at 8:15 am
The AM PADDLE is full. AM Paddlers must check-in early, starting at 8:00 am (You must be checked in and ready to meet with the paddle group for required safety talk at 8:45. You will be shuttled up to the paddle put-in and float back to the Yellow Bridge)
Welcome & Opening Remarks are at 9 am
Activities Begin at 9:15
VOLUNTEERING / WORKING THE EVENT
Volunteers can begin checking in at 7 am
Tabling Volunteers should get checked in and have booths set up BY 8:30. Guests will begin arriving for registration between 8-8:15 am and this is a good time to talk with attendees.
If you are a tabling volunteer and have not registered to join an activity for the morning (between 9:15-10:30), you are welcome to join the Nature Walk along the paved Mill Creek Greenway Trail, the Nature Hike along the proposed extension of the Mill Creek Greenway Trail, or a Streamside Habitat Assessment.
PLEASE Signup for one of these activities at the check-in tableMCYC Volunteers are gathering at Salway Park to prep for guests
We are looking forward to seeing you down by the creek for the activities and program.
Previous Forest Park Mayor, Aharon Brown, was inducted into the MCYC after paddling at the 2022 Canoes & Conversations event.
Join us as we welcome elected officials, community leaders, families and friends to experience the many wonders of the Mill Creek and the simple joy of spending time outdoors.
Guests may choose an adventure from among these activities:
Explore Mill Creek scenery during a guided canoe paddle.
Enjoy a scenic bike ride along the Mill Creek Greenway Trail.
Take a guided nature walk and learn to identify trees and read the landscape. Hear about exciting ideas for forest activation, pop-up building and dock, floating “creek bar”, boathouse, lookout tower and more.
Cast your line and join our fishing adventure.
Participate in a hands-on adventure to assess stream water quality and habitat.
Talk with neighbors & agencies about what’s happening in the Beekman Corridor
We’ll also have food, popsicles, refreshments, live music, water dancing, a photo opportunity with Mr. Redlegs and more! What a fun way to learn about the social, economic, recreational, environmental, health and transportation benefits associated with the Mill Creek’s pedestrian and water trails.
For more information, please contact Michele Gottschlich, michele@themillcreekalliance.org