Featured Stories

Second Sunday on Main

Scott Beseler Tuesday, August 14, 2012

From chocolate chili popsicles to handmade shoes, from art galleries to sustainability-focused retailers, Main Street in Over-the-Rhine continues its latest renaissance. Soapbox photographer Scott Beseler offers a visual 411, with images captured during an idyllic Second Sunday on Main celebration.

Architecture, Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Consumer Products, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Green, Move to Cincinnati, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Reuse / Rebuild, Sustainability, Talent

Over-the-Rhine

On a roll: Euro Cargo bikes mix art, sustainability

Jack Ellenberger Tuesday, August 07, 2012

What happens when a European designer lands in Cincinnati to create a new breed of Cargo Bike? Farmers, and artists, take note.

Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Green, Health + Wellness, Leadership, Move to Cincinnati, Non-Profit, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Research + Innovation, Sustainability, Talent, Transportation

Price Hill / Covedale, Downtown, Over-the-Rhine

GOOD ideas: Art on the move

The Queen City Project Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Cincinnati's arts leaders posed a challenge for creative thinkers: how can the city's vibrant arts scene be maximized to attract and retain talent? Twenty-somethings doing something offer an exciting new approach during the GOOD Ideas for Cities event held downtown this fall. Take a listen and see how you can keep the conversation going. Video courtesy The Queen City Project.

Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Diversity, Move to Cincinnati, Non-Profit, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Downtown

Miracle on Woodburn

Michael Kearns Tuesday, July 31, 2012

From vintage stores to high-end fashion shops and art galleries, a new day is dawning on Woodburn Avenue in Walnut Hills. Entrepreneurs who have long called the neighborhood home welcome the fresh energy and say it has already made an impact in one of Cincinnati's most iconic communities.

Architecture, Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Consumer Products, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Move to Cincinnati, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Sustainability, Talent

Walnut Hills / East Walnut Hills / O'Bryonville

GOOD ideas: Get on the bus

The Queen City Project Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Change the way you work with buses in our region—that's the GOOD idea proposed by Team Possible as part of the GOOD Ideas for Cities project, an initiative launched this spring. Video courtesy The Queen City Project.

Cincinnati, City Building, Emerging Technology, Leadership, Northern Kentucky, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent, Transportation

Northern Kentucky

Poster boy: Neltner builds cool creative niche

Elissa Yancey Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Keith Neltner loves music. And while he doesn't play an instrument, his art captures the essence of bands like the Alice in Chains, Shooter Jennings and, perhaps most famously, Hank Williams III, in everything from album covers to belt buckles. That's when he's not working as a brand-building ad-man in Newport.

Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Entrepreneurship, Northern Kentucky, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Northern Kentucky

My Soapbox: Floyd Johnson, OATW

Maria Seda-Reeder Tuesday, July 24, 2012

If you've seen an Ohio Against the World t-shirt, you've seen the work of Cincinnati designer Floyd Johnson. And the DAAP-rejected college drop-out proudly embodies the phrase he appropriated. He tells all, including the scoop on his recent work with Nike and his college brush with Playboy, to Soapbox's Maria Seda-Reeder.

Branding + Design, Cincinnati, City Building, Consumer Products, Diversity, Move to Cincinnati, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Northside, Downtown, Over-the-Rhine

The New Revolutionaries: All Night Party mixes business, pleasure

Evan Wallis Tuesday, July 24, 2012

From specialty pizzas to "HearPlugs," the musicians of The All Night Party know lots more than creative music promotion. With their help, local bands navigate the business of music in fresh, innovative ways.

Arts + Culture, Branding + Design, Cincinnati, City Building, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Move to Cincinnati, PR, Marketing + Advertising, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Research + Innovation, Talent

Northside, Downtown

Composing a life of music, art, Cincinnati stories

Jane Durrell Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Call Liberty Hill's Rick Sowash a grasshopper and you won't be far off. From his home of the edge of downtown, the accomplished chamber music composer also works as an author, Cincinnati tour leader, public speaker, sometime house painter and publisher of books, musical scores and cds. Oh, and two days a week he works as a guard at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Quality of Life, Talent

Over-the-Rhine

Bunbury's full frontal

Scott Beseler and Casey Coston Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Big yellow beach balls. Hula-hoops and craft beers. And a really cool app. Soapbox's Scott Beseler and Casey Coston team up for a full-frontal review of the inaugural Bunbury Music Festival.

Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Entrepreneurship, Green, Parks + Greenspace, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Downtown

Soapdish: The ultimate insider's guide to downtown + OTR

Casey Coston Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Soapbox's own Casey Coston delivers again with his “Highly Subjective, Sometimes Eccentric, Oftentimes Random Insider’s Guide to Over the Rhine and Downtown,” from best art/dog park to best rooftop establishment by default.

Architecture, Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Consumer Products, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Food, Move to Cincinnati, Parks + Greenspace, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Downtown, Over-the-Rhine

Fashion forward in Northside

Scott Beseler Tuesday, June 26, 2012

parProjects transformed the Bertke Electric Warehouse into 10,000 square feet of art fusion, including music, visual arts and fashion. Lots and lots of fashion. Soapbox's Scott Beseler takes you there.

Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Consumer Products, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Move to Cincinnati, Non-Profit, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Northside

The New Revolutionaries: Shaping the future with art, strings and passion

Elissa Yancey Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Tatiana Berman wants to get Cincinnati noticed. Her fresh take on the city's established arts scene shaped her Constella Festival, now headed into its second year and poised to strike a powerful economic as well as artistic chord.

Arts + Culture, Cincinnati, City Building, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Move to Cincinnati, Non-Profit, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Mt. Adams, Oakley, Downtown, Over-the-Rhine

The many faces of Etsy

Robin Donovan Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Four local artists who maintain Etsy shops take very different approaches to the online craft megasite. Each small business owner has a plan, but the role Etsy plays depends on products, time and long-term goals.

Cincinnati, City Building, Consumer Products, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Move to Cincinnati, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Talent

Northside, Over-the-Rhine

VFA Fellows excited to move to Cincinnati

Elissa Yancey Tuesday, June 19, 2012

They are young, high-powered, high-achieving, highly skilled professionals with their sights set on the same thing: success in Cincinnati, start-up style. Read where they are working — and why.

Branding + Design, Cincinnati, City Building, Diversity, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, High Tech, IT, Jobs, Leadership, Move to Cincinnati, Quality of Life, Regional Indicators, Regionalism, Research + Innovation, Talent, Venture Capital

Clifton, Mariemont, Corryville, Uptown, Over-the-Rhine

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