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March 29: Jenny Robb, Curator of Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Get Smart: Women Helping Women's Sunday Salons are a win for everyone

John Fox Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Women Helping Women is hoping to make you smarter while looking for a little help themselves. Their Sunday Salon series kicks off this weekend, offering amazing speakers in intimate settings in cool private homes — more importantly, it's one of the nonprofit's two annual fundraisers.
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My Soapbox: P.G. Sittenfeld, Cincinnati City Council

Benjamin Plattner Tuesday, January 13, 2015
If there’s one individual in Cincinnati who embodies the calendar's January transition from past to future, it has to be City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld. Just 30, he has his finger on the pulse of today's defining urban trends while looking to possible statewide (and even national) office.
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15 for '15: Big ideas driving Cincinnati forward in the new year

John Fox Tuesday, January 06, 2015
Here are 15 big ideas for Greater Cincinnati in 2015 that, if achieved, will accelerate the region's forward momentum. They're certainly doable given the winds of change moving Cincinnati in the right direction.
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Police-community partnerships offer way to improve neighborhood safety

Brandon Alcorn Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Communities across the U.S. have formed effective, ongoing partnerships with the police that have stopped basement break-ins in Covington, slowed drug dealers in Walnut Hills and generally improved safety and trust between residents and police.
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Top Soapbox stories of 2014

John Fox Tuesday, December 16, 2014
We've checked our Google Analytics once, checked them twice, and here are the top 10 most popular Soapbox stories published in 2014 based on page views. Join us as we go truckin' down memory lane.
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Greater Cincinnati's 10 Most Anticipated Development Projects

Caitlin Koenig Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Today it seems that construction is everywhere. Developments are popping up overnight, and long-time residents and recent transplants are breathing life back into the city, while new projects are being announced every day. Here's a field guide to good things coming to Cincinnati.
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Group celebrates 50 years of saving buildings and improving neighborhoods

Liz McEwan Tuesday, October 28, 2014
In a culture obsessed with the newest, biggest and brightest things, some of our most valuable assets can be neglected to the point where their very presence becomes a blight to the community. The Cincinnati Preservation Association is our city’s local preservation hero, stepping in to speak for historic buildings, artwork, cultural sites and infrastructure that would otherwise be on the slate for demolition.
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Findlay Market neighborhood farm stands offer food and friendship

Julie Murray Monday, July 21, 2014
Community groups in Price Hill, Walnut Hills and Westwood have found a way to achieve a vision for their neighborhood through a unique partnership with Findlay Market.
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Alleys become pathways to urban revitalization

Eric Peterson Tuesday, April 22, 2014
From Seattle to Cincinnati to Washington D.C., alleys are being reinvented as people-friendly spaces. Often perceived as dirty and dangerous, alleys are moving beyond garbage and garages to become havens for pedestrians, public art and small business.
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Neighborhood improvement: The 90-day plan

Caitlin Koenig Tuesday, February 25, 2014
A collaborative effort between city departments, neighborhood residents and community organizations, the three-month Neighborhood Enhancement Program focuses on developing the assets of Cincinnati neighborhoods.
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Speaking for the trees: Campaign aims to avert canopy-loss crisis

Brittany York Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The Taking Root campaign is an eight-county effort to educate the community about the crises affecting our trees. The end goal is to restore our tree canopy by 2020 by planting 2 million trees.
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Original Soapbox series tells story of what's reshaping Cincinnati's neighborhoods

Sarah Whitman Tuesday, February 11, 2014
If you missed one of the community profiles featured in our Hot 'Hoods series, here's your chance to find out more about the five neighborhoods set to flourish in 2014. You might be surprised by our picks.
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Hot 'Hoods: Walnut Hills

Kevin Wright Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Over the next several weeks, we will shine a spotlight on neighborhoods that are poised for growth in 2014. We asked key community members from Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to share their insights on how they expect their communities to develop this year and what big initiatives will shape their pockets of the city.
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#GivingTuesday: How to join in today's national celebration locally

Brittany York Tuesday, December 03, 2013
There were more days than ever to kick off the holiday shopping season this year, but there’s another movement at work—#GivingTuesday—which encourages individuals to take the same fervor they have for Black Friday, and apply it to giving.  
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Local banks and schools partner to teach kids financial responsibility

Andrew Welsh & Brittany York Tuesday, November 19, 2013
As the senior class of 2014 prepares to be the first graduating under Ohio’s new economics and financial literacy curriculum requirements, banks in Cincinnati are partnering with schools and nonprofits to push financial education further than ever for students as early as preschool and through to 12th grade.
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