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Hello Home project tries new way to welcome residents into civic participation

Nancy Sunnenberg wants to create a broad, proactive way of welcoming people when they move to a new neighborhood and is now testing her Hello Home project in Walnut Hills, East Walnut Hills and Madisonville.

Mortar co-founder Allen Woods (center) speaks with the accelerator's startup class in Over-the-Rhine
Mortar accelerator teaching its second class, planning expansion

The second startup class to go through Mortar's nine-week course of classes and mentorship is learning and growing. The same can be said for Mortar's founders.

DAAP students presented their visions for Cincinnati's Brewery District July 30 at Roadtrippers
DAAP class presents new visions for OTR Brewery District

Design students from UC’s College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning presented "real world" visions and solutions for Cincinnati’s Brewery District and Brewing Heritage Trail.

James Marable wants Original Thought Required to be a place to meet others with similar interests and be inspired
Original Thought Required encourages young talent, creates community

Founder James Marable wants to see Original Thought Required expand beyond a retail store. By working with new designers and maintaining close partnerships with the local hip hop music scene, he's seen it become a cultural center.

Jenifer Sult, founder of Cut and Sewn
Cut and Sewn founder/designer living her childhood dream

A childhood interest in sewing led Jenifer Sult to study fashion design at UC, start a company (Cut and Sewn) in her home and finally open a storefront business in Northside. Next steps: a business plan and expansion.

Grateful Grahams are sold at City Flea, but founder Rachel DesRochers is looking to expand distribution nationally
Grateful Grahams founder displays gratitude along with desire to grow business

Rachel DesRochers wants her message of "sharing gratitude" and her Grateful Grahams cookies to travel far and wide, so she's competing in ArtWorks' Big Pitch program to raise funds to boost product distribution.

Look Here to reveal layers of Over-the-Rhine’s past

Look Here, historic preservationist Anne Delano Steinert's place-based public history project, will mount historic photographs around OTR as close as possible to the vantage point from which they were originally taken, comparing historic views to today's view.

Creative App Project to build community by teaching Android app development

Mark Mussman is making the tools for creating Android apps accessible to as many people as possible through the Creative App Project, which will teach a dozen non-techies how to design, build and market Android apps over six weeks this summer.

Colleen Sullivan (left) and Maija Zummo will connect consumers with local makers on the web
Startup to connect online shoppers with “made in Cincinnati” products and creators

Colleen Sullivan and Maija Zummo, with the help of a People's Liberty Project Grant, will launch Made in Cincinnati this fall as an e-commerce site connecting consumers to local products and the makers' stories.

John Blatchford and Alyssa McClanahan are renovating a historic OTR building while they launch Kunst
Magazine & website to highlight art and craftsmanship in historic building renovations

People’s Liberty Project Grant winners John Blatchford and Alyssa McClanahan hope to become a voice for excellent craftsmanship in remodeling work via a print magazine and website, Kunst: Built Art. They were inspired by their own experience renovating a historic building in Over-the-Rhine.

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