Markets & small businesses
Create recurring opportunities for Local Love vendors, food businesses, independent shops and new ideas to meet West Side customers.
HIVE Market Square · Nonprofit community arm
A stronger West Side starts with places that connect us.
HIVE Market Square brings daytime energy to the eastern Harrison Avenue corridor and strengthens the connection toward Westwood—while supporting the restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops and established entertainment district that make Cheviot a complete destination from morning into night.
What the nonprofit supports
More visits. More local spending. More chances to grow.
The HIVE Market is the retail anchor. HIVE Market Square is the community-focused nonprofit arm—adding a daytime chapter to a Cheviot story that already includes coffee, bakeries, restaurants, DORA and a lively evening entertainment district.
Festivals & shared experiences
Bring people together through seasonal markets, live music, food trucks, outdoor gathering, classes and community celebrations.
A walkable local destination
Help visitors move between Market Square, daytime businesses, Cheviot’s entertainment district and nearby Westwood—choosing the experience that fits them.
Crafting what’s next · A partnership invitation
Help us build
what comes next.
Explore the vision for a year-round West Side destination where small business, hospitality and community can grow together.
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HIVE · Community Vision 2027
Cincinnati’s West Side · Cheviot DORA District
A vision worth
building together.
Beginning in 2027, we are inviting the right nonprofit, civic and hospitality partners to help turn a landmark property into a year-round West Side destination.
Community pavilionHistoric anchorFuture partner
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From vision to action
Choose your place in what comes next.
Some partners will help bring color to the street. Some will help light it. Others will sponsor weekly music, build the Pavilion or create the hospitality anchor beside it. Every role moves Cheviot toward a more walkable, welcoming and economically active future.
The investment roadmap
Four goals. One more inviting Cheviot.
These early planning goals turn the complete vision into visible, fundable projects—beginning with streetscape beauty and weekly activity, then building toward permanent community infrastructure.
Capital vision$0K
Three visible community investments
Annual activation$0K
52 weeks of live music at $500 per week
Selected goal · 01
Greens & florals
Help create the first visible layer of change with welcoming, four-season color throughout the district.Community donations · General Fund
Give toward the greater good.
Choose a common amount to support the complete HIVE Market Square vision. Your contribution can be directed toward the greatest current community need.Direct capital project funding · Cost low to high
Choose a permanent project.
Direct your contribution to one of the two major capital projects shaping HIVE Market Square.Goal 02 · Light Up Cheviot goal$200K
Light Up Cheviot
A three-block solar market-lighting projection, including structural support, engineering and installation.
Goal 03 · Community anchor goal$800K
HIVE Market Square Pavilion
A flexible, year-round home for markets, food, DORA-friendly gatherings, live music and community programming.
Other amount or flexible support · Greatest need
HIVE Market Square General Fund
Enter a different amount or discuss unrestricted support for the complete vision. HIVE Market Square can direct these funds toward the most immediate need across greens and florals, solar market lights, the Pavilion and weekly live music.Planning projections are subject to site design, permitting, engineering and final contractor bids.
Commercial hospitality opportunity
Build the hospitality anchor for what comes next.
HIVE Market Square is seeking an experienced operator, investor or development partner to explore a complementary distillery, brewery or meadery concept within the existing HIVE property.
Available street-level commercial space and upper-level expansion capacity create an opportunity to develop the concept in phases—with potential uses including production, a tasting room, retail, private events and hospitality experiences.
The preferred partner will bring a compelling concept, disciplined operations and the ability to help activate the Pavilion, strengthen year-round foot traffic and contribute to the continued growth of Cheviot’s DORA district.
Development highlights
01Visible street-level commercial space
Create an immediately recognizable public-facing concept with direct access to the Harrison Avenue corridor.
Potential uses and partnership structures are subject to due diligence, zoning, licensing, building-code requirements, financial review and final agreements.
Your place in what comes next
The next chapter can begin with one conversation.
Whether you want to support a planter, sponsor a night of music, help build the Pavilion or create the hospitality destination beside it, there is a meaningful place for you in what comes next. We’d be glad to have you as a partner.
Around the HIVE
One corridor. Many ways to belong.
Market Square focuses on daytime activity along the eastern Harrison Avenue corridor and the connection toward Westwood, just two blocks away. That focus is designed to complement—not compete with—Cheviot’s established evening entertainment district.
Build the Brunch Club.
The Brunch Club is our easy 10A–3P route: shop the market, enjoy breakfast or lunch, take a class, grab coffee or bring home something sweet. Prefer to dine at home? Shop fresh ingredients and prepared meals along the way—perfect for anyone who loves daytime plans or wants to be home before dark.
The Westside ExchangeClasses · Makers · Creative community↗Santorini Family Restaurant★ HIVE FavoriteBreakfast all day · Family dining↗Caravel CoffeeCoffee · A relaxed daytime stop↗Maribelle CakeryCelebration cakes · Sweet stops↗Mon-Petit-Choux★ HIVE FavoriteFrench pastries · Cake by the slice↗Stephens RestaurantBreakfast · Omelettes · West Side favorite since 1979↗R&R Quality MeatsMeat market · Homemade favorites · Prepared meals↗Wassler MeatsButcher shop · Deli · Ready-to-enjoy meals↗
Stay for the next chapter.
During participating HIVE events, DORA drinks purchased from an approved Cheviot location are welcome in the event area. Pick up a drink, enjoy the market, then use this guide to discover more restaurants, pubs, sports bars and evening stops across Cheviot’s entertainment district.
The Grove Sports BarSports bar · DORA stop↗The Public HousePub food · Guinness · DORA↗Hail Mary’sCheviot sports bar↗Fogarty’s Irish PubNeighborhood Irish pub↗Keller’s Cheviot CafeNeighborhood café & bar↗Reed's 2nd StreetNeighborhood saloon↗Roswell’s BarBar · Billiards↗Rootie’s BrickhouseNeighborhood bar↗Game Time Sports Bar & GrillSports bar · Food↗
A community guide—not a ranking.
Explore Cheviot leads the wider view with its business directory and community calendar. These links help illustrate how daytime and evening businesses strengthen one another; confirm current hours and DORA participation directly with each business.
A gathering place for every season
There is always another reason to come back.
The Square is envisioned as a year-round community destination. Programming will grow in phases, with each season creating new ways to shop small, eat local and spend time together.
Spring at the Square
Fresh florals, artisan vendors, outdoor shopping, live music, food trucks and the first easy weekends outside together.
Summer at the Square
Warm evenings, local makers, family activities, food, music and DORA District experiences that keep the West Side buzzing.
Harvest Season
Pumpkins, handmade goods, fall flavor, Oktoberfest-inspired gatherings and community events made for sweater weather.
Holiday Magic
Twinkling lights, festive markets, seasonal treats, live entertainment and unique local gifts worth leaving the house for.
Follow the journey
Be part of what happens next.
Get upcoming market dates, neighborhood openings, partner news, seasonal events and opportunities to support HIVE Market Square.
Founding partners
Build it with us.
The Square is being shaped with businesses and neighbors, alongside Explore Cheviot’s wider work to connect people with local places and events.