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More than $200,000 in grants awarded to local startups

David HolthausTuesday, September 26, 2023

Nonprofit Main Street Ventures provides funding to entrepreneurs and startups in eight counties throughout the region.

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Brewing connection in Dayton, Kentucky

Steve AustTuesday, September 26, 2023

Unataza Coffee gives and receives locally and globally.

Long lives, well lived: What neighborhoods can do to increase life expectancy

David HolthausTuesday, September 12, 2023

Life expectancy is often compared from nation to nation or state to state, but there’s a wide disparity among neighboring communities just within Hamilton County.

YouTube star Feli from Germany delivers take on Germans and Americans from her Cincinnati home

Steve AustTuesday, September 12, 2023

The lighthearted looks at German-American cultural differences and her knowledgeable, approachable tone has helped rapidly grow her YouTube channel.

Congressman Greg Landsman noted that the challenges that young people face has escalated to a “community crisis.”

Landsman and Beech Acres address children’s mental health

Steve AustTuesday, September 12, 2023

Congressman seeks funding for mental illness prevention

Coen Brothers collaborator visits Cincinnati September 22

Margaret A. McGurkTuesday, September 12, 2023

Women in Film Cincinnati and the Mercantile Library have teamed up to present "The Art of the Storyboard" with J. Todd Anderson.

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Covington embraced principles of historic preservation to safeguard culture and community identity

Kareem A. SimpsonTuesday, September 12, 2023

People learn to “skill up” on needed skills to restore older homes and buildings at [CAHT].

Dog-About-Town: Little Miami Brewing Company

Eliza BobonickTuesday, September 12, 2023

A bar for all seasons revitalizes downtown Milford.

Common ground: Creating shared civic space sparks redevelopment in neighborhoods

David HolthausTuesday, August 8, 2023

As older communities look for ways to attract new residents, retain folks who already live there, and lure new businesses, common spaces connect people to place.

It’s not OK to stay not OK

Steve AustTuesday, August 8, 2023

Educators collaborate with Beech Acres to bolster students’ mental health.

Local NOMA chapter sees a welcome resurgence of young, minority architects

Miyah ByrdTuesday, August 8, 2023

Fostering young leaders to carry the chapter with guidance of seasoned professionals is the relaunch focus.

A new Port Authority program aims to attract manufacturing jobs of the future

David HolthausTuesday, August 8, 2023

The $170 million venture would buy and clean up old industrial sites, resell them to manufacturers, and help grow advanced manufacturing jobs.

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NKU graduate wins regional collegiate playwriting competition

Margaret A. McGurkTuesday, August 8, 2023

The play deals with childhood friends who reconnect and discover new insights about themselves and their lives.

FotoFocus 2022 Daytime Symposium at NURFC

This fall, The Convening melds similar programs from New York City and Cincinnati

Eliza BobonickTuesday, August 8, 2023

FotoFocus partners with NYC’s Creative Time to light way for The American Manifest Exhibition in 2024.

Friends and family remember the late David Housley at the opening ceremony of the Old Timers event .

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Old Timers Reunion celebrates region's African American accomplishments

Kareem A. SimpsonTuesday, August 8, 2023

Rural-Urban Solidarity Project premiered four films about rural Kentuckians' racial justice response to the killing of Breonna Taylor.

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(Still) Made in Cincinnati: Meet Damon Gray, maker of fine violins, violas, and cellos

Liz McEwanTuesday, July 25, 2023

Damon Gray didn’t inherit a family business, but he did inherit music from his family.

"We didn't really expect this to last," said Winterfilm founder Kent Meloy. "We thought all this should be fun for a year. The second year, I think we had like six or seven entries."

10th anniversary best of show features indie movie-making contest winners

Soapbox StaffTuesday, July 25, 2023

Mariemont Theatre rolls out the red carpet in late August for Best of Winterfilm.

An oversized puppet named Little Amal walks across America

Connie SpringerTuesday, July 25, 2023

Find out how you can join the planned festivities during her Cincinnati visit.

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Midsummer economic checkup: Inflation's down, jobs are up

David HolthausTuesday, July 25, 2023

So far this year, the economy has performed better than economists expected it would, an NKU analysis finds.