With niche stores such as Everybody’s Records and the Queen City Comic and Card Co., Pleasant Ridge is a destination neighborhood with strong community roots. Recently that vocal community helped ensure Cincinnati's first LEED certified school and Community Learning Center would stay put in PR rather than moving a mile away as originally planned.

Pleasant Ridge has a new slate of restaurants opening including Emanu, a family run Ethiopian restaurant which has been a neighborhood gem for 5 years. It reopens March 4th in its new location on Montgomery Road followed by The Peapod, a vegan café specializing in smoothies, salads, sandwiches and a raw bar.
 

Soapdish: 52 Card Pickup

By: Casey Coston, 12/2/2008 Cincinnati is the home of 52 individual and unique neighborhoods that, some say, serve as the the "key to city's success." But how did we come to have such a rich, quilted patchwork of localities and how will these 52 different personalities work to create a charged and united region? Soapdisher turned explorer, Casey Coston takes us on a quick tour...

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The xYz's of Cincinnati's New Workforce

By: Sheila Owens, 10/21/2008 Millennials, those twenty-something’s from Generation Y, are causing a stir in Cincinnati’s workforce. Bringing a whole new set of ideals, goals and skills, Millennials are making their mark on Cincinnati businesses.

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Creating places that matter

By: Kevin LeMaster, 9/30/2008

This weekend, the City of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati chapter of the Urban Land Institute open convene the Building Valued Neighborhood Conference, a two-day open exploration of how form based codes can attract talent and develop "places that matter."

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World travel served to you one bite at a time

By: Liz Wu, 9/2/2008 A trip to India, Lebanon or Ethiopia may not be within your budget, but you can travel there by taste. With Cincinnati's wide selection of ethnic dining options, those looking to explore new culinary horizons probably won't even have to leave their neighborhood.

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Goetta Free in Cincinnati - A Vegetarian's Guide to a city named Porkopolis

By: Feoshia Henderson, 8/12/2008 There’s more to being a vegetarian than veggie burgers. From dining to shopping to community meetups, Cincinnati vegetarians are creating a community in the heart of Porkopolis.

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