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Building a better environment

There isn’t a single solution to the challenges of greening our built environment but improving the sustainability of existing and future buildings can be done.

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Rocco Castellano returns to Cincinnati for more than the weather

Radio made Castellano a household name. After 14 years of moving, growing his business and building his brand, he boomerangs to a place where “people care about people.”  

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Kentucky Nonprofit Assistance Fund fills revenue gaps, awards $1 million in Campbell County

The fund makes direct payments to nonprofits affected financially by the pandemic. Most recently, $1 million was awarded to 14 organizations in Campbell County.

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Green Cincinnati Plan update focuses on climate equity, sustainability, innovation, and engagement

The five-year update of the plan was a sustained effort from multiple organizations, businesses, and community members.

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Onward and upward: Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub pushes toward expansion

For the future, they are setting their sights on a huge expansion involving various ecocentric partnerships.

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City of Music: Cincinnati's renowned symphony orchestra becomes a voice for positive change

Cincinnati's renowned symphony orchestra is diversifying its repertoire and musicians, to change, grow, and attract a twenty-first century audience.

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Cincinnati is a great place to be a female founder

Meet the current cohort from Elevate Equity, Flywheel's program which supports social enterprises in building their businesses. 

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Community leader expanded racial equity workshops to thousands in Montgomery County

Participants have come away with a broader perspective, an open mind, and a willingness to continue to interact and talk with others of different backgrounds.  

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Local missionary in Hungary works to help feed and shelter neighbors in war-torn Ukraine

“How can we be called Christians and not do something when our neighbors are in a crisis and in a time where they don't know what to do?"

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A multi-cultural arts center in Cincinnati’s West End will honor local African American arts icon

ROMAC plans to redevelop the historic Regal Theater at 1201 Linn Street.

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Born in a pandemic, a meal-kit service evolves into a brick-and-mortar bakery

Moxy bakery and Urbana Café now on deck at Findlay Market.

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CPS and Miami University team up to address teacher shortages and grow a more diverse workforce

Nationally, there are about half a million fewer teachers in classrooms than prior to the start of the pandemic three years ago.

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Cincinnati hears from women leaders in tech for International Women’s Day

From entrepreneurship to attrition rates to working mothers to extending opportunities for women, this panel event touched on many of the issues that resonate with the women of our city.

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NKY couple taps into family’s entrepreneurial spirit to sell the food they love in their own space

It took five years alone just to get a spot at the Boone County Fair operating a small food truck.

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The region's first Bike & Trail Expo is a chance to shake off the winter blues and start planning

The Expo will include more than 50 diverse cycling and adventure destination exhibitors.

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Cincinnati Public Schools community shares ideas to improve local schools

School Board School and CPS partner again to hear innovative ideas during Policy Pitch Night.  

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Kenton County Library's career services can help meet new Kentucky requirements on jobless benefits

The library has built a nationally recognized career and job services program that assists a couple thousand people a year.

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One of the world’s coolest film festivals returns on July 6, 2023

MovieMaker magazine recognized Over-The-Rhine International Film Festival in 2022 noting “this is a newer festival, but it is mighty."  

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Getting Around the City: A 50-year-old bus system works to reinvent itself

New funding and service improvements at Metro promise the kind of advancements in public transportation that are essential to a city that works for all.

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Racial equity workshops energized NAACP leader for his new role

“It really made me be a little more assertive when it comes to individuals and corporations talking about equity and racial equity.”