Caitlin Koenig is a Cincinnati transplant and 2012 grad of the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. She's the department editor for Soapbox Media and currently lives in Northside with her husband, Andrew, and their three furry children. Follow Caitlin on Twitter at @caite_13.
On April 7 and 8, The Center for Great Neighborhoods will host a pop-up restaurant featuring Covington resident and home chef, Chako. It's the culmination of The Center's Chef Fellowship Program, made possible by a FreshLo grant from The Kresge Foundation.
Soapbox wraps up its On The Ground embedded journalism series in Walnut Hills with a community celebration March 23 at the newly revitalized site of the historic Baldwin Piano Company.
Fourteen years ago, Dave Isay wanted to capture stories, but not by sticking a microphone in people’s faces. So he installed a recording booth in Grand Central Terminal in NYC, and StoryCorps was born.
In 2015, the Cincinnati Development Fund teamed up with IFF (and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation) to provide loans to nonprofits in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton.
With the help of a $75,000 grant from the Duke Class Benefit Fund, Green Umbrella will offer smaller grants to local food purveyors to support energy-efficient refrigeration efforts.
This year, the Neighborhood Enhancement Program will touch down in three Cincinnati neighborhoods, beginning in March — East Westwood, Westwood and the West End.
A $1.5 million mixed-use project is underway in the heart of Oakley, and Blue Manatee Children's Bookstore, a longtime neighborhood business, is moving into it.