Thank you for helping us find our next Beautification Winners!
See the eligibility requirements, judging criteria, and nomination form below.

  1. Any property in the city is eligible for the 2025 Covington Beautification Awards nomination. To see what neighborhood you live in, visit the Online Neighborhoods Map to learn more.

  2. ​Nominations can include homes, businesses, gardens, community projects, parks, apartments, condominiums and neighborhood blocks. You are allowed to nominate your own property or one owned by someone else.

  3. Only exteriors of nominated properties are evaluated. Care, maintenance and design are all taken into consideration.

  4. Market value and or size are not considered in property evaluations. We love to include sizes and shapes of all kinds!

  5. Winners will be selected from the nominations received, however, the judging panel reserves the right to nominate properties in addition to those submitted. 

  6. Properties cannot qualify if they are currently for sale or have received awards in the past 5 years, unless significant renovations have been completed.

  7. The CBA Judges' decisions are final. Nominations are open until June 30, 2025.

To enter, use the 2025 Covington Beautification Awards Entry Form and nominate yourself or a neighbor before the June 30, 2025 deadline. Have any questions? Feel free to send us an email to cbaward@gmail.com.

We will host a special awards ceremony at the Behringer-Crawford Museum, which is located in the beautiful Devou Park, on September 18, 2025, to honor and recognize the outstanding achievements of this year's winners.

The 2024 Covington Beautification Award Winners by Neighborhood

 

Austinburg
• Michele Halloran
• Patrick and Jameka Evans

Central Business District
• Opal Rooftop Restaurant and Bar

Eastside
• Michael DeFallco

Helentown
• Patricia Ann Guillory

Historic Licking Riverside
• Mark and Pattie Byron

Kenton Hills
• Matt and Carol Rogers-Rivir

Latonia
• Mark and Shawn Insprucker
• Randy Ellison

Levassor Park
• Leslie Schicht and Tom Seyss

Lewisburg
• Kevin, Joyce and Austin Unkraut

MainStrasse
• Paul and Kelli Greulich
• Ashlee Childs

Monte Casino
• Diane and Cliff Wick

Mutter Gottes
• Steven Maushart

Old Seminary Square
• David and Christine Russell

Peaselburg
• Karen Verkamp

South Covington
• Mike and Linda Ackerson

Wallace Woods
• Chris and Megan Meyer

Westside
• Center for Great Neighborhoods
• Paula Mayberry

We are a non-profit, umbrella organization composed of representatives from Covington’s many diverse neighborhoods. 

WHAT WE DO

We actively engage in projects that contribute to developing stronger relationships between neighborhoods and that help to enliven our city. These projects are stimulated by ideas from individuals interested in adding to the diverse cultural milieu that is Covington.

HOW WE OPERATE

We have monthly meetings where we openly discuss issues in a forum setting, expand and accomplish our annual goals, hear from visiting speakers who illuminate relevant current issues or who propose projects. All motions and projects are approved by majority vote.

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Who joins cnc

Members are representatives of our neighborhoods, and are experienced in working within their neighborhoods and believe a commitment to volunteerism improves relations between neighborhoods and successfully creates and carry-out projects. 

 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

 

Photography courtesy of Alice Gao.