OTR’s Chamber of Commerce creates the Small Business Fund to provide recovery support
The goal is to raise $500,000 to provide grants up to $20,000 to help cover reopening costs for small businesses in OTR and in neighboring Pendleton.
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New tech-focused owners of Latonia Plaza are thinking outside the big box
The project has been touted as a catalyst to spur further development in and around the site.
The COVID-19 Regional Response Fund allowed Shared Harvest Foodbank to continue distribution
A $60,000 donation enabled the purchase of boxes, infant formula, lease trucks for food delivery, and supported additional operating expenses that were incurred because of the crisis.
Video & Co. [VIDEO] featuring Mike Lydon re: public places, streets and COVID-19
Yard & Company's video podcast series focuses on COVID-19 and the impact on cities. Episode three features Brooklyn-based Mike Lydon from Street Plans. Lydon is a key leader of the Tactical Urbanism movement globally.
Partner Partner Content Recovery and resilience: Creating communities and a built environment that can adapt and thrive
From natural disasters to pandemics, architects search for innovative solutions to move forward after a crisis.
Investing in artists creates a vibrant community: ArtWorks launches Jump Start
The program is open to artists who are 26 years or older, who are in the early stages of their creative development and aspire to create a large-scale project.
Learning Grove opens childcare facilities for emergency personnel
Financial support from the COVID-19 Regional Response Fund offered the necessary support to open two childcare facilities.
Responding to their families’ number one need: food
The Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission has pivoted in it's approach to serving families, and is one of several organizations and businesses doing what they can since March to help provide meals during the coronavirus shutdown.
Faith Community Pharmacy steps up to meet a growing need during the pandemic
Since March 1, the nonprofit has provided prescriptions with a total value of more than $1 million across Northern Kentucky.
Northern Kentucky relief fund has granted more than $400,000 so far to nonprofits
The grants have generated an expanding web of impact by allocating money to nonprofits that are able to leverage their networks with other nonprofits.
