Madisonville

Offering an eclectic array of businesses, Madisonville is home to deeply rooted residents and newcomers attracted by unique homes in a reasonable price range. This family-friendly neighborhood offers hike/bike trails, an emerging arts scene and a burdgeoning CBD that's just months away from a complete overhaul, thanks to the Madisonville Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation.

Nancy Sunnenberg

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.

Funds from the ASG ticket raffle support Faces Without Places programs like Yellow Bus Summer Camp
Faces Without Places raffling off two All Star Game tix to support its kids programs

Faces Without Places is raffling off a pair of Diamond Seats behind home plate for the July 10-14 All Star Game festivities, including the game itself, to raise funds for its programs that assist children and youth experiencing homelessness. 

Public Library preps student readers for All-Star summer

Summer Reading continues a 40-year tradition at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in July, as students strive to keep their skills sharp and become All-Star Readers.

Starfire members explore passions, engage with community

For Starfire members like Matt Weisshaar, working on a community project is an important responsibility that develops leadership skills and relationship building. It's a major way the nonprofit helps decrease the social isolation felt by people with disabilities.

Soapdish: Cincinnati Neighborhood Summit tries to erase boundaries, promote partnerships

Cincinnati’s 52 neighborhoods are a patchwork quilt of different sizes, shapes, allegiances and demographics cobbled together into a diverse and sometimes non-cohesive unit. The 2015 Neighborhood Summit looked to erase boundaries and emphasize the results of successful partnerships among our neighborhoods.

Family Fitness Fridays in Madisonville
Partnerships help Madisonville get healthier

Two new programs are emerging from the Madisonville Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation’s partnership with Interact for Health and Go Vibrant: a 5K training program and neighborhood walking routes.

Projected new home for Rte. 32
Eastern Corridor project: A road no one wants?

The Ohio Department of Transportation's ongoing study of the Eastern Corridor, which would feature a wider State Rte. 32 and a new commuter rail line, is being called "The $1.4 Billion Road No One Seems to Want" in a new Streetsblog USA post.

My Soapbox: P.G. Sittenfeld, Cincinnati City Council

If there’s one individual in Cincinnati who embodies the calendar's January transition from past to future, it has to be City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld. Just 30, he has his finger on the pulse of today's defining urban trends while looking to possible statewide (and even national) office.

15 for ’15: Big ideas driving Cincinnati forward in the new year

Here are 15 big ideas for Greater Cincinnati in 2015 that, if achieved, will accelerate the region's forward momentum. They're certainly doable given the winds of change moving Cincinnati in the right direction.

Video 2014: The year in Soapbox images

Soapbox photographer Scott Beseler presents the year in photos, a collection of his home page "masthead" images from throughout 2014. See how many local spots you can identify.

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