Avondale is Cincinnati’s fourth largest neighborhood and home to the nation’s second oldest zoo, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Burnet Avenue runs through the community and serves as headquarters for two of the region’s top hospitals and research centers: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The neighborhood abuts both Xavier University and UC main campuses. The developing Cincinnati Innovation District is anchored by 1819 Innovation Hub on Reading Road, just off of interstate I-71 at the Martin Luther King Dr. exchange.
Regional leaders and international experts will join together June 10 for the second annual Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit and figure out ways we can work together to reduce carbon emissions.
Margy Waller reports on a painting project in Avondale for Americans for the Arts' ArtsBlog, exploring how the arts can contribute to creating more equitable local communities.
The Healthy Roots Foundation will host its fourth annual Midsummer Harvest June 12, a picnic experience featuring a local, organic and sustainably raised feast prepared by some of the region’s best chefs.
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled is hosting a series of "ReelPrograms" monthly events leading up to next year's ReelAbilities Film Festival.
The Civic Garden Center continues to build community through gardening, education and environmental stewardship, operating school garden programs at 90 different schools, churches and community organizations.
A group of female community leaders traveled to South Avondale Elementary over 10 weeks to mentor fifth-grade girls in STEM concepts using a 3D printer, which the school was able to keep.
Hickory Place Townhomes opened last Fall along Northern Avenue in Avondale, and due to quick sales of the first eight units Phase II is now in the works.
Greg Norman and Kathye Lewis are using a $10,000 People's Liberty project grant award to offer 10-week ballroom dance classes for fifth and sixth graders at South Avondale Elementary School.
Turn and face the strange changes that 2016 will bring to Greater Cincinnati, thanks to these 10 stories waiting to be told.
Amazing people invested their hearts, souls, time and generosity to improve the region’s education efforts throughout 2015. Here are their stories.
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