American Sign Museum’s CoSign project expanding to Iowa City
CoSign provided new signs to local businesses in Northside and Covington, and now it's launching nationally. Its first stop: Iowa City.
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Annual festival to celebrate 150 years of the Roebling Bridge
This year's RoeblingFest will mark the 150th anniversary of the iconic bridge. The event will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 17 between Third and Court streets in Covington.
Astronaut Shane Kimbrough tweets aerial image of Cincinnati
On Saturday, astronaut Shane Kimbrough tweeted an aerial image of Cincinnati from the International Space Station.
The Art of Food ignites nuclear-themed food and art
This weekend, local chefs and artists will showcase their versions of the 1950s at the 11th annual Art of Food. Shalini Latour of Chocolats Latour and The Chocolate Bee is one of the chefs that will be at the event preparing her interpretation of the era.
CDF/IFF nonprofit loan program leads to community reinvestment
In 2015, the Cincinnati Development Fund teamed up with IFF (and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation) to provide loans to nonprofits in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton.
Female philanthropists to award nonprofits with more than $400k in 2017
For the third straight year, Impact 100 has sustained its member base and will again offer four local nonprofits grants of $101,000 each.
Former Newport school to become 200 residential units and first-floor commercial space
Until spring 2016, Newport Intermediate School on Fourth Street in Newport housed 450 students in grades 3-5. Thanks to a redevelopment project by CRG Residential, the school will now be home to new tenants.
Amazon planning $1.5 billion cargo hub at CVG
Last week, CVG received more good news: Amazon is planning to build a $1.5 billion cargo hub at the airport.
Gateway Tech now offering historic preservation arts classes
For the first time, Gateway Community Technical College in Covington is offering historic preservation arts classes.
Nonprofits to pitch goals and strategies to the public at SVP’s Fast Pitch
On March 1, 10 area nonprofits will compete for $30,000 in award money at Social Venture Partners’ fourth annual Fast Pitch competition.
