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Nancy Yerian

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"Fuel the Fire" offers local entrpreneurs and projects an opportunity to pitch for funding and support
“Fuel the Fire” lets projects pitch to audience for funding

Fuel Cincinnati, the grant-making arm of Give Back Cincinnati, will host its fourth annual "Fuel the Fire" event Oct. 19, when startups and projects pitch to the audience and attendees choose which one receives the evening's proceeds.

LawnLife youth employees training on site at a job
LawnLife founder pays forward the values of hard work and a well-kept yard

Tim Arnold has given real work experience to nearly 600 at-risk youth over the past seven years through his LawnLife nonprofit and was recently honored as one of the 10 "brightest social innovators" in the U.S. and Canada by Philanthropitch International.

JoeThirty hosts entrepreneurs seeking feedback in quick 30-minute sessions
JoeThirty offers new round of feedback events for startups

A new round of JoeThirty community feedback and networking events begins Oct. 14, offering entrepreneurs the ability to get feedback on specific questions or problems.

Cincinnati's new app allows direct access to request city services
Fix It Cincy app connects to city services, uses data for continual improvement

The City of Cincinnati's new Fix It Cincy app is a part of a larger city effort to stay up-to-date with changing technology and to improve the efficiency of city services and processes.

African Professionals Network got started at NKU, continues to spread connections

The African Professionals Network, the area's go-to organization for anything related to continental Africa, hosted its annual symposium Oct. 10 with a keynote address from the Northern Kentucky Chamber's Trey Grayson.

Leadership of the African Professionals Network, including Clara Matonhodze (third from right)
African Professionals Network continues to grow influence, spread connections

The African Professionals Network (APNET) hosts its fourth annual symposium Oct. 10 as it develops into Greater Cincinnati’s go-to organization for anything related to continental Africa.

Lumenocity has quickly become the Cincinnati Symphony's highest-profile experiment with audience engagement
Cincinnati Symphony opens new season thriving on experimentation

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens its new season Sept. 25-27 with events centered around the edgy, dreamlike Symphonie Fantastique, a fitting accompaniment to its high-profile experiments on connecting with the community.

Chatfield College's new Over-the-Rhine facility is now open
Chatfield College’s new OTR home maintains community ties, provides room to grow

Chatfield College's unique position in Cincinnati as a private, not-for-profit, faith-based Associate’s Degree program now has a higher profile thanks to its new Over-the-Rhine facility.

People's Liberty staff offers "answer time" sessions to prospective applicants for all of its grant programs
New round of People’s Liberty grants available as first year starts to wind down

The next few months will be busy at People’s Liberty, with new grantees announced, current grantees unveiling project results and grant application deadlines on Sept. 9 and Oct. 1.

Spaced Invaders held its first public test Aug. 27 in Walnut Hills
Spaced Invaders uses play, retro video games to re-energize blighted spaces

Designer Giacomo Ciminello uses play to help spark ideas, and with his Spaced Invaders project (a People's Liberty grant winner) he wants to use it to re-invigorate blighted spaces.

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