Renew The Zoo – Vote FOR Issue 2 – Support the care and feeding of animals and plants at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden! It won't raise your taxes!

Cincinnati Zoo Needs You

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden will be on the ballot for a levy renewal on May 8. The renewal will NOT raise your taxes.

Important Reminders

Monday, April 9th – Voter registration deadline for the May 8th Primary Election
Tuesday, April 10th – Early voting begins for the May 8th Primary Election
Tuesday, May 8th – Election Day – Polls open from 6:30am-7:30pm

Click here to find your polling location. Click here for the early voting form.

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Endorsements

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden levy renewal is endorsed by:

“The Cincinnati Zoo is one of the Queen City’s crown jewels in attracting visitors and diverse talent to our region. It deserves broad support from Hamilton County businesses and residents,” said Jill P. Meyer, president & CEO of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. “We thoroughly vetted the issues voters will be asked to decide in May by engaging Chamber members, elected officials, proponents of the ballot issues and the public” added Jason Kershner, Vice President of Government Affairs for the Cincinnati Chamber. “Through that process, we came to a position of support for these two issues. We encourage voters to do the same.”

Levy Facts

Renew Issue #2, It Won’t Raise Taxes

Every five years our zoo returns to the voters of Hamilton County to approve a renewal of an existing levy that has developed our Cincinnati Zoo into the world class institution, accessible to everyone, that it is today. That means property taxes will not increase with your support for the zoo levy renewal. Vote to Renew #2!

The Zoo Is A Responsible Steward Of Taxpayers’ Dollars

Our zoo’s mission is to conserve nature and in carrying out that mission the zoo strives to conserve the financial resources that are so generously given by the taxpayers to the zoo. Over the past ten years we have reduced our energy consumption by 25% and saved over 1 billion gallons of water. Our zoo has not had a levy increase in 10 years and constitutes 17% of our total operating budget. Vote to Renew #2!

The Zoo Is An Economic Engine For Hamilton County

Our zoo has a significant economic impact to Hamilton County and the region. According to a 2013 University of Cincinnati Economic Impact Study the zoo impacts 1,700 jobs and generates $143 million of economic impact – a great return on investment for the residents of Hamilton County. Vote to Renew #2!

What The Levy Is Used For

The levy funds can only be used for the care, feeding, and maintenance of the zoo’s animals and botanical gardens. The levy keeps admission prices low and affordable for the zoo’s 1.6 million annual visitors, provides high quality care for the animals and maintains over 80 aging buildings. The cost to the taxpayers of Hamilton County is only 84 cents per month for property valued at $100,000. YES on Issue 2!

Thank You, Hamilton County!

Our zoo’s biggest and strongest partner for the past 35 years has been the citizens of Hamilton County. Thank you for keeping our zoo world-class and an important community asset. We ask for your support by voting to Renew the Zoo this May 8^th. It won’t raise taxes, but it will keep our zoo awesome!