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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.
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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.
From waste to resource: Cincy Carbon looks to reshape Ohio manufacturing
The idea for the company came from a shift in how entrepreneur Molly Rizkallah viewed carbon itself.
Partner Partner Content Good design is good for the planet
How sustainable design—from adaptive reuse to lifecycle costs—reduces environmental impact and improves how we live.
Video We’re getting involved because we know what’s coming
Concerned citizens are taking action — making whistle kits, getting refreshers in the Constitution, and reaching out to immigrant-owned businesses. The efforts are antidotes to the violence and chaos.
Turning the tide on illegal dumping in Cincinnati
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful’s Don’t Dump the Nati program targets and reduces dumping across the city.
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