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Health + Wellness

Danielle Korbs' Sweat Training

Home to the founder of leading wellness website, Sparkpeople, and health initiatives like Go Vibrant, designed to get downtown workers moving during the work day, Cincinnati takes an innovative approach to getting fit. Add in an extensive urban park system with miles of hiking, biking and blading trails that helped us earn a top ranking in Outside Magazine, and self-help centers like Main Street's Yoga Row and the rise of locally sourced foods and restaurants, and you'll find plenty of ways to stay healthy here.

Health + Wellness Features

Women in the kitchens, Part 1

Andrew Welsh Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Melissa Mileto grew up in Baltimore's Little Italy. Today, Take the Cake's chef and joint-owner oversees one of the city's busiest and most creative kitchens. She kicks off Soapbox's series that spotlights Cincinnati's female chef-owners.

My Soapbox: Nick Shah, UC Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence winner

Caitlin Koenig Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Nick Shah, who will graduate from the University of Cincinnati later this month, has already proven himself a 21st century Renaissance man. With a degree in biomedical engineering and a minor in Spanish, he'll start med school at UC this year, but he's already a fixture at the Ronald McDonald House, where he shares his talents as a pianist every week. Shah chats with Soapbox about his plans for the future and what he hopes to contribute to the world of medicine.

$29.5M grant, neighbor-focused plans boost Avondale housing revitalization efforts

Geoffrey Dobbins Tuesday, January 15, 2013

What happens when the city, neighborhood advocates and a national redevelopment firm collaborate to transform outdated and underutilized public housing in Avondale? They snag a $29.5M federal grant aimed at holistic renewal.

Innov8 for Health breeds success by forcing failure

Lee Chilcote Tuesday, January 08, 2013

When it comes to the fast-evolving world of health care, Cincinnati's startup community is attracting fans from the White House on down, in part by focusing on fast failures as well as lasting ideas.

For Good Special: Emanuel's transformation

Chris Graves Tuesday, December 04, 2012

This week, we bring you a special, in-depth look at the recent sale of the Emanuel Center in Over-the-Rhine, a nonprofit organization that we've covered before in Soapbox.

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Health + Wellness Videos

Transforming lives

Keith Bowers, UC New Media Bureau Tuesday, October 16, 2012

FOCAS — the Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans — has been a bedrock of support and hope in OTR since 1993, when it opened the Lord’s Gym, where men can lift weights and their spirits. Photos and audio courtesy Keith Bowers, the University of Cincinnati's New Media Bureau.

Epi-ventures' Cincinnati deConstructed: Karen Kahle, Findlay Market

Courtney Tsitouris Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Six businesses that started in Findlay Market last year have already expanded to second locations outside of the historic space. Findlay's resource development director Karen Kahle explains the beauty of Market economics and its nurturing culture. Video courtesy Epi-Venture's Courtney Tsitouris.

GOOD ideas: New landscapes for local food deserts

The Queen City Project Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Right now, one quarter of Cincinnati's population lives in a food desert—children, women and men lack access to healthy food options they can afford. It doesn't have to be this way. Watch one design team's solutions and see how you can help in this first in a series of GOOD Ideas for Cities videos created in partnership with GOOD magazine, the Niehoff Urban Studio, the Contemporary Arts Center and The Queen City Project.

The Bright Ride

ArtsWave Tuesday, January 31, 2012

If you didn't catch this on downtown streets last month, here's your chance to revive some holiday cheer. Cincinnati cyclists don their sparkliest sparkles for a ride to remember. Video courtesy ArtsWave.

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