The Circuit raises $7,000 to fund scholarships for local students seeking IT degrees

Celebrating its 16th year of service to the community with a day on the links, a local association of information technology (IT) professionals accomplished far more than the polishing of their strokes. Through the efforts of The Circuit —a regional nonprofit composed of IT professionals and organizations — a record $7,000 was raised this year in the association's annual Scholarship Golf Outing.The proceeds from this popular event, now in its 10th year, are used to provide scholarships to local students pursuing IT-related degrees at area universities, a mission the nonprofit believes to have far-reaching impact.

Chamber hosts first-ever Northern Kentucky Innovation Summit in November

Chamber hosts first-ever Northern Kentucky Innovation Summit in NovemberIn a sluggish economy, creative thinking and innovation is even more important than usual for small businesses success, said Mackey McNeill CEO and president of Mackey Advisors, a Covington wealth management firm."We are not in good times and you have to be more innovative to compete on a much higher level," she said. "It's a way to say I'm going to thrive during the down turn."That's why McNeill is leading an effort of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce for a first-ever regional Innovation Conference, dubbed BRINK. The conference is set for Nov. 17 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, from 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

UDF expanding cold storage in Erlanger

Storing its ice cream and milk at just the right temperatures is something United Dairy Farmers has been doing for most of its 70-year history. Now, it's expanding its cold-storage capacity and marketing it to other companies that need it, such as makers of food, flavors and pharmaceuticals.UDF is about to announce a big expansion of its cold-storage operations in Erlanger, a move that, when completed, will add about 40 jobs. Just as important, economic development officials in Northern Kentucky see the expansion as a tool they can use to lure those kinds of companies to the area.

Video Venue Agent shows innovation in wedding planning

NKY Talent Shines at Cincinnati Innovates

The second-annual Cincinnati Innovates regional innovation competition concluded Sept. 22 by recognizing 10 winners at a gathering at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Judges for this year's Cincinnati Innovates competition evaluated 301 entries for new company and product ideas to award $80,000 in prizes to the budding entrepreneurs. Northern Kentucky was very well represented in the results. First place winner was Jocelyn Cates, of Burlington, Ky., who created an online event venue booking website application called Venue Agent. Cates won a $25,000 prize sponsored by CincyTech.

Stewart Iron Works

More than 120 years ago brothers Richard C. and Wallace A Stewart formed the Stewart Iron Works Company. From their roots as Stewart family blacksmiths they began a company that would soon produce wrought iron fence and furniture for the entire country.

Video As Seen on YouTube: Tri-ED’s YouTube Channel

Check out the Tri-ED YouTube page for some of the latest audio/visual stories on Northern Kentucky and where it's headed.

Video A Few of Our Favorite Things

Here's Northern Kentucky. A place for learning, a place for business, a place for life. Thrive steps into the streets, gets out of the office, and talks to those living, working, and creating in Northern Kentucky.

Video University of Kentucky Center for Manufacturing

For more than 20 years The University of Kentucky's Center for Manufacturing's team of engineers and scientists has been a source of focused industrial education, a provider of engineering assistance, and a developer of new technology through research.