Several local food truck owners taking next step and opening storefronts
A number of Cincinnati food truck owners are expanding their businesses by opening brick-and-mortar storefronts around the city.
Pleasant Ridge / Kennedy Heights
With a combination of niche shops and restaurants as well as strong community roots and a solid housing stock, Pleasant Ridge has come into its own over the past few years as more and more people realize the benefits this diverse gem of a neighborhood can provide. A burgeoning arts district is taking hold with collaboration from neighboring communities and recent business and education development projects.
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.
Cincinnati Development Fund adds nonprofit loan program to redevelopment efforts
The Cincinnati Development Fund recently unveiled its nonprofit facilities and equipment loan program, which is designed to help nonprofits obtain affordable long-term loans in order to renovate, maintain and improve existing facilities.
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.
Craft beer & community development on WVXU
Soapbox Managing Editor John Fox, Michael Albarella from Nine Giant Brewing and Doug Newberry from Wiedemann Brewing were interviewed on WVXU's "Cincinnati Edition" program about the March 11 forum on Cincinnati's embrace of craft beer as community development.
Soapbox Speaker Series: Nine Giant, Rhinegeist, Wiedemann’s on Craft Beer As Community Development
Soapbox and the University of Cincinnati's Niehoff Urban Studio host a forum March 11 on beer entrepreneurs who are helping drive community development. Leaders of Nine Giant, Rhinegeist and Wiedemann's will talk about their neighborhoods and bring samples.
Neighborhood Heroes: Working behind the scenes in Pleasant Ridge
We all know someone who's emerged as a "hero" in our neighborhood, helping turn a failing school into a national model or saving a library, ensuring that their friends, family and neighbors thrive. This week we profile Pleasant Ridge heroes.
Soapdish: A taproom tourist surveys Cincinnati’s craft beer options
Shortly after the new year arrives, so do Cincinnati Beer Week, Cincy Winter Beerfest and the almighty Bockfest, which can mean just one thing: It’s Beer Season! To celebrate, I offer a highly subjective sampling of what our region has to offer in the burgeoning world of craft beer and taproom tourism.
Formerly blighted corner is harbinger of Pleasant Ridge redevelopment
Pleasant Ridge’s signature property at the corner of Montgomery and Ridge roads is in the midst of a $2 million redevelopment that will be home to Cincinnati’s newest brewery and other "destination businesses" that add to the neighborhood’s entertainment district.
Nine Giant to expand local craft beer growth into Pleasant Ridge
Brothers-in-law Michael Albarella and Brandon Hughes are working to open Nine Giant Brewing, Cincinnati's latest craft beer outpost, this summer in Pleasant Ridge.
