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The focus goes beyond development—it’s about making sure the people who carried the neighborhood through hard years share in what comes next.
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It’s youth who are at the center of this strategy to improve the mental health of young people
With the traditional systems that support teen and young adult mental well-being in danger of breaking down, maybe it’s the youth themselves who hold the keys to creating a better future.
FotoFocus Center opens with a celebration of American photography
Designed with visual cues inspired by film and photography, the postmodern center feels deeply rooted in OTR and Mt. Auburn while reflecting the art form’s history.
A coming-of-age musical premiers at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Do you remember the one summer between middle school and high school that changed everything?
[OPINION] ODOT missed by not funding the Western Hills Viaduct and other urban projects
The only funded project in the Cincinnati region is a proposed interchange area that is currently farm fields.
Architecture Matters panel discussion: Good design is good for the planet
You are invited to the next discussion about how sustainable design reduces environmental impact and improves how we live.
Happier, more connected communities start right in the front yard
A study of nearly 1,000 front yards in a Buffalo neighborhood found the livelier and more open the front yard, the more content and connected the resident.
Planet Smilez program gives students hands-on dental career experience
Indiana University hosted the one-day Discovering Dentistry Symposium. The mobile program heads to Michigan next, introducing students to dental careers.
Price Hill rises on its own terms
The focus goes beyond development—it’s about making sure the people who carried the neighborhood through hard years share in what comes next.
Coming Clean: 5 questions with musician Michael Ronstadt
Hailing from a family of musicians (including aunt Linda), it comes as no surprise that Ronstadt began playing music while in grade school.
Community art and skating event “PaintNSkate” transforms Cincinnati’s Riverfront Rink
At the heart of the mural spanning half of the rink is a powerful concept: celebrate everyday people and years of grassroots engagement at the rink.
Schools on the brink: Centers of small-town life, these two districts face financial emergencies
Public schools are sources of pride and launching points for lives and careers. But in Ohio, an arcane, unfair system of funding schools persists.
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