Downtown Ambassadors keep streets clean and visitors safe
As the holidays bring more visitors to Cincinnati’s city center, Downtown Ambassadors work to make the streets hospitable, clean and safe.
Downtown
Downtown Cincinnati is the place to live, work, and play populated by restaurants, cafes, bars, arts and culture venues around every corner, plus a long-awaited and busy Kroger's that anchors recently-renovated Court Street Plaza. The downtown urban core is alive with programming, including music during the summer and ice skating in the winter, and features the largest living room 'television' in the region overlooking The Genius of Water at Fountain Square. Downtown has experienced dramatic expansion and population growth with residential developments, including condos and apartments in all price ranges, many of which boast scenic views of the hillsides and the river and offer unparalleled access to nightlife and recreation.
Tom+Chee backs small nonprofits
Tom + Chee co-founders say it's their rise-from-the-top mentality that contributed to their business success, and that's now translating to the company’s involvement in the nonprofit sector.
OMA inspires confidence, provides autonomy to individuals with dementia
Opening Minds through Art provides individuals with dementia a creative outlet for expression, enables them to build confidence and allows them to create relationships with volunteers.
Graeter’s helps neighbors in need in local community
Graeter’s raised more than $52,000 for The Cure Starts Now Foundation during its annual Cones for the Cure campaign this fall, in an effort to help the organization fight pediatric brain cancer.
Book donations further literacy efforts at LNGC
Book collections play an important role for the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati, as the organization works to further its mission of advocating for literacy development in the community.
Cincinnati’s Network of Executive Women leads nation in College Outreach
Mallory Malinoski is a testament to Cincinnati’s success in the Network of Executive Women’s College Outreach program, which engages students in valuable networking opportunities.
New winter farmers market starting at Findlay Market
This year, Findlay Market is adding a winter farmers market to its lineup. The market, which started this past weekend, will be held in the Globe Building.
Kolar Design expands, moves back to downtown
Almost 25 years ago, Kelly Kolar started Kolar Design in a small office downtown on Walnut Street. Three moves later, the company is back downtown, now on the top floor of 807 Broadway.
New group petitioning to let voters decide streetcar’s fate
A newly formed group known as We Believe in Cincinnati announced a petition drive to put the streetcar issue before voters in a special election as soon as February. They said they hoped to collect 12,000 signatures by Saturday.
Cincinnati’s Minority Business Accelerator is model for economic inclusion
With a decade of helping minority-owned businesses flourish under its belt, Cincinnati's Minority Business Accelerator is now serving as a model for other chambers of commerce across the country.
