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CANCELED: Public Hearing for Rezoning

The public hearing scheduled to take place at the October 23, 2018 City Council meeting for the requested rezoning of parcels at 104 Carrlands Avenue and 15 Southmoor Circle NE which would allow for the construction of Raising Cane's location is canceled. The applicant has withdrawn their request. RCO Limited informed the city that they...

AQUATICS SPOTLIGHT: Meet Sam Borchers!Parks and Recreation

From examining eyes to guarding lives, Sam brings a unique perspective to our pool deck! A retired optometrist with service in the U.S. Air Force and VA, Sam joined our KRC lifeguard team two years ago alongside his wife Andrea. Fun fact: Sam and Andrea both held lifeguard certifications back in 1978 when they guarded...

Play Is The WayParks and Recreation

Why play outdoors? It’s not a newsflash that kids LOVE to play, especially outdoors. What’s interesting is that free play isn’t all fun and games. Not engaging in enough free play with peers can have serious emotional and social repercussions for kids. Overall, kids who spend lots of time outside at play tend to grow...

Bruce E. Duke Re-Elected to the National League of Cities Board of Directors

Kettering (OH) City Council Member Bruce E. Duke was re-elected to the National League of Cities (NLC) Board of Directors by NLC’s membership at the 2022 City Summit in Kansas City, MO. Duke was elected to a one-year term and will provide strategic direction and guidance for NLC’s federal advocacy, governance and membership activities. NLC...

Jean Koeller, Kettering Painting SeriesParks and Recreation

Jean Koeller, Great Mulberry Tree, 2013, oil on canvas Jean Koeller (Dayton, Ohio) Great Mulberry Tree, 2013 Fraze Park, 2013 Passing, 2013 Oil on canvas Location: CitySites Collection, Government Center North Building, Upper Level Jean Koeller is a remarkable Dayton-area painter whose numerous commissions, exhibitions, presence in private and public collections, artist awards and her commercial...

Rosewood Gallery presents Juan-Si Gonzalez, Displacement: Collective Practice to Recover Memory (in conjunction with FotoFocus Biennial 2018)Parks and Recreation

Rosewood Gallery presents Juan-Si Gonzalez, Displacement: Collective Practice to Recover Memory (in conjunction with FotoFocus Biennial 2018) On view: October 15 - November 16 Opening reception: Thursday, October 18, 2018, 6-8pm Gallery Tour and Conversation with the artist: Wednesday, November 7 at 7pm Juan-Sí González, Yo Casita, 2018, Digital Print Rosewood Gallery in Kettering, Ohio...

Jeremy Long, New PaintingsParks and Recreation

July 18 – August 19, 2016 Reception: Thursday, July 21, 6 – 8pm Painter Jeremy Long, who lives and works in Dayton, will exhibit a collection of oil paintings in an exhibition entitled New Paintings. Long’s highly detailed environments, to which he refers as “spatial worlds,” he says, “can also be thought of as advocating thoughtfulness over excitement,...

HWD Juried Sculpture ExhibitionParks and Recreation

September 29 - November 8, 2025 Rosewood Arts Center announces a call to artists in Ohio and surrounding states to participate in the 19th annual HWD Juried Sculpture Exhibition with the Kettering Health Art Gallery at Rosewood Arts Center. HWD (Height x Width x Depth) is the area's only gallery exhibition devoted exclusively to sculpture....

Hamilton Dixon, Motion, 2015Parks and Recreation

Hamilton Dixon Motion, 2015 Steel Location: Kettering Government Center South Hamilton Dixon has created forged steel sculptures throughout the Dayton area, and his artwork is collected in numerous private and public commissions. “The most fluid design is sometimes the most complex thing to make—that’s what fun to me—to make a...

Velislav Minekov, Untitled, 2002Parks and Recreation

Image courtesy of Mark Flatch Velislav Minekov (Bulgaria) Untitled, 2002 Indiana Limestone Location: Indian Riffle Park Velislav Minekov’s Untitled sculpture weighs approximately 13,500 pounds and depicts a recurring theme from his artwork, incorporating stalactites which are leg and foot extensions sandwiched between a parted egg shape. The whimsical nature of his work is well known throughout Bulgaria. Velislav...

Safety Programs and Procedures

The personal safety and health of each employee of the City of Kettering are of primary importance. The City’s objective is to reduce the number of injuries and illnesses to an absolute minimum, with the goal of zero accidents and injuries each year. The cost of accidents and injuries in lost productivity, medical expense, and...

Deana Bada Maloney, The Nature We CreateParks and Recreation

Samantha Simpson’s exhibition, Us, Them, It, and Deana Bada Maloney’s exhibition, The Nature We Create, were originally scheduled to be on view in Rosewood Gallery from April 13 through May 17, 2020. Due to COVID-19-related closures, this exhibition will be rescheduled for in-person viewing. While these two exhibitions, like most art, are best seen in person, please visit our...

How To: Eggscellent Easter Egg DrawingParks and Recreation

Happy Easter! Andrew Dailey, Cultural Arts Program Supervisor at Rosewood, put together this fun and easy holiday project. I love to draw and looked around my house for an interesting opportunity for a neat drawing project. I realized that I could draw on eggs and create unique objects. This is such a simple idea that...

Nikos Fyodor Rutkowski, Infinite LoopParks and Recreation

September 21 – October 16 Reception: September 20, 2 – 4pm Artist Nikos Fyodor Rutkowski of Columbus exhibits Infinite Loop, an abstract, mixed media painting installation. Artist Statement: Life can lead us on wild tangents: our lives are a cumulative history of strange paths taken, tangled and interwoven relations. Couplings, relationships, uncouplings; people come into our lives and...

The View 31st Annual Juried Landscape ExhibitionParks and Recreation

January 1, 1970

Exhibition at Rosewood Arts Center from June 9 - July 19 with a closing reception on July 19 from 1-3 p.m. The View is a juried exhibition for artists living in Ohio and working in all media. This year, 107 individual artists submitted a total of 300 pieces. From these the juror, Liz Maugans, selected...

Overnight Roadway Work - West Dorothy Lane at the Ridgeway Road Bridge

Due to overnight work on the Ridgeway Bridge replacement project, West Dorothy Lane will close to through traffic between Southern Boulevard and Far Hills Avenue from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 13 and again on Wednesday, April 14. These closures are necessary as beams will be delivered and set into place for the...

26th Annual The View Juried Landscape ExhibitionParks and Recreation

Rosewood Gallery in Kettering, Ohio is pleased to present the annual The View juried landscape exhibition. For the first time in its 26 year history, the exhibition is housed exclusively online with images and an exhibition video, accompanied by a downloadable exhibition catalogue with an essay by the exhibition juror, Cathy Mayhugh. New for this...

Bruce Duke Elected to the National League of Cities Board of Directors

Bruce Duke, City Council Member of Kettering, Ohio, was elected to the National League of Cities (NLC) board of directors by NLC’s membership at the 2020 Virtual City Summit. Duke was elected to a two-year term and will provide strategic direction and guidance for NLC’s federal advocacy, governance and membership activities. NLC is the largest...

Play is the Way, Part IIParks and Recreation

Last month, we brought you the many reasons why outdoor play is essential for kids. But does the need to engage in free play outside magically stop at age 18? Absolutely not! A number of recent studies point to the value of outdoor play for adults, but those same studies suggest that neighborhood parks are...

Fitness Patron Spotlight: Darron BakerParks and Recreation

Happy Friday! Today's featured fitness patron is Darron Baker, who is a health teacher with Kettering City Schools. Darron began his wellness journey after losing his wife to cancer. In the three years since he joined our fitness center, he's lost nearly 100 pounds and has enjoyed making many positive changes to his routine. Congratulations...

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