Walnut Hills / E. Walnut Hills

Walnut Hills was the first Cincinnati neighborhood to participate in Soapbox's On the Ground series, an embedded journalism approach to learn what's happening in the underrepresenting neighborhoods that are being transformed. Stories covered everything from business and community development, arts and culture and education to health and wellness, crime and food insecurity. A community newsroom was held at Caffé Vivace hosted by the champion of 45206, Kathryn Gardette. 

WAIF 88.3 FM is celebrating 50 years of programming community radio

So, you want to be on the radio? WAIF plays host to almost anyone in the community who wants to broadcast.

Volunteers tend to the Harriet Beecher Stowe House gardens, where native plants are being  reintroduced to restore ecological and historical memory.
Where memory grows: Volunteers unearth history and healing at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House

“This kind of work isn’t symbolic - it’s tangible and necessary,” says gardener and volunteer Sarah, from Greenfaith Guardians.

Scott Hackenberg, IFF, speaks at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Rosemary's Babies on March 30, 2025.
How IFF and CDFIs provide tangible investments and grow nonprofits for Cincinnati neighborhoods

When traditional financial markets don’t provide access to capital, nonprofits can struggle to grow. CDFIs have helped organizations level up services and resources.

ArtWorks brings original art to every space of its renovated historic home and outdoor ArtPark

Colleen Houston and ArtWorks’ board managed a $12M capital campaign culminating with purchase and renovation of a 3-story building plus the Hannan ArtPark.

Newport High School Class of 2024
Power and purpose: The leadership of Dr. Kareem Moncree-Moffett and Ramona Malone

They don’t run daily school operations, but their influence is undeniable.

Local AI consultant and digital agency owner Kendra Ramirez.
When it comes to AI, the little guy (finally) has an advantage

With zero red tape and no budget, an individual employee can simply log in to a multi-purpose AI tool and be off to the races.  

SonLight has handled installations of solar panels in third-world countries for more than a decade. When COVID precluded traveling abroad, they took the opportunity to fulfill their mission of providing energy for local schools and nonprofits.
Cincinnati Zoo expands regional solar energy with nonprofit collaborators

A Cincinnati Zoo/SonLight partnership illuminates BLOC Ministries’ Horses on the Hill.  

The art of getting out the vote

“It’s an important moment in American politics, and it’s a moment to bring a get-out-the-vote message to the streets,” said Shepard Fairey.

Easter morning. Southside, Chicago, Illinois, 1941.
Negro Motorist Green Book exhibition connects past with ongoing struggles for freedom and safety

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service exhibit's personal stories bring realities of travel for African Americans during the Jim Crow era to life.

Megan Wolfkill, a Memphis native who just moved to Cincinnati for her residency at Manifest, stands beside her painting Orange Couplet, which features bright tones and slightly asymmetrical mirror images.
Cincinnati’s creative class: Inspired works of art through study and residencies

Manifest creates a sanctuary space to support artists and their striving for excellence through [MAR] and [SIR] residencies

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