In the News

UC campaign raises $500 million

Source: Cincinnati Business Courier, 6/30/2009

The "Proudly Cincinnati" fundraising campaign was a bold endeavor when the University of Cincinnati started it back in 2005. Since that time there has been a major economic downturn which would make one think that it would be difficult to raise the $1 billion goal for the campaign.

The University of Cincinnati has done extraordinarily well so far though and has eclipsed the half way mark with over $500 million raised thus far.

If the university wants to meet its goal it will need to raise the other half of the money by 2013. Should the pattern hold steady UC should accomplish this goal and be amongst the select universities nation-wide to successfully run a $1 billion fundraising campaign.

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Higher Education , Leadership

Uptown

Bright Lights, Wide Eyes: Nostalgic Collections That Speak Volumes

Source: New York Times, 6/30/2009

The American Sign Museum and the Vent Haven Museum are two of the more peculiar museums you will come across. In Cincinnati these two unique establishments are just another part of the museum collection.

The American Sign Museum boasts a large collection of signs that celebrate the nostalgia of the American sign heritage. Some are lit, others are not, but there are over 200 such signs inside the museum in Cincinnati's Camp Washington neighborhood.

The Vent Haven Museum was started by Cincinnati businessman William Shakespeare Berger in 1910 and looks at the trade of ventriloquism with dummies, photographs and more.

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Arts & Culture , Entrepreneurship

Koreans interested in Dayton project

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/30/2009

The proposed Manhattan Harbour development in Dayton, Kentucky has attracted the attention of a South Korean firm that hopes to create a project that boasts cutting-edge technology that will also be brought to the rest of the city.

Technology firm LG CNS signed a memorandum of understanding with Manhattan Harbour's developers to be a part of the project that will be built along the banks of the Ohio River.

LG CNS' involvement is attracting other international firms and investors with one considering building $20 million to $40 million worth of development in the project.

Once complete, Dayton, Kentucky would become the United States' first "smart city," and be among a select few world wide.

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Emerging Technology , Northern Kentucky , Quality Of Life , Talent

Cincinnati named ticket department of the year

Source: Our Sports Central, 6/30/2009

After a season of strong ticket sales, and a robust growth over the previous season's sales, the Cincinnati Cyclones have been named the 2008-09 Ticket Department of the Year.

The ECHL hockey team raised their attendance by 44 percent which was the second highest in professional hockey this season. This 44 percent increase comes off of the previous season's increase of 36.8 percent which ranked first.

Since returning in 2006, the Cyclones have increased their attendance 68 percent and recorded the largest crowd in ECHL playoff history when 12,722 turned out for its Kelly Cup championship game last year.

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PR/Marketing

Downtown

A quarantine for WEG horses will be in a Cincinnati parking lot

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, 6/30/2009

An estimated 600 horses will come to the Kentucky Horse Park for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and they will all need somewhere to stay.

Part of that lodging solution will come in the form of a parking lot at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport where a complex of covered stables will be built to help house the horses before they compete at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.

The games will take place from September 25 to October 10 and will attract visitors from all over the world, and the quarantine will allow for the proper prevention of the spread of any potential diseases.

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Arts & Culture , Northern Kentucky

Wussy: Strong Work, And Not Without Pain

Source: NPR, 6/30/2009

The Cincinnati-based quartet, Wussy, recently released their third album which is called Wussy. The work has drawn the praise of National Public Radio's (NPR) Ken Tucker who reviews the album.

Tucker describes the album as reflecting the pun that the someone else that the music is entertain is in fact us. He goes on to discuss the narrative of the album and breaks down the feeling ofthe music.

Tucker says that Wussy "conveys the delicacy and fragility of the emotions they want to describe," and goes on to say that the band strives to avoid easy poetry instead going for something more conversational.

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Arts & Culture , Talent

Cincy Tech funding yields impressive results

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/23/2009

Zipscene got a great jump start in 2007 from an investment made by CincyTech which is a partnership of local corporations, research institutions and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber with the goal of commercializing entrepreneurial ideas.

Zipscene started out with just an idea and have since grown to a company serving 25 cities nationwide with a few dozen employees and a headquarters in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Walnut Hills.

Zipscene was one of ten companies funded in part by CincyTech with dollars coming through Ohio's Third Frontier program.

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Emerging Technology , Internet , IT , Jobs , PR/Marketing , Talent

Cold Comfort

Source: MSN City Guides, 6/23/2009

MSN City Guides' Andrea Pyenson went around the country in order to find and report on the best ice cream parlors in America. She found out that the best ice cream is made by small outfits and often with local ingredients.

Of the nine parlors that made the list, Cincinnati's famous Graeter's Ice Cream made the cut with their French Pot process that they have used since the late 19th century. The Cincinnati ice cream parlor represents the older grouping of parlors in the ranking that also included some newer businesses that are less than five years old.

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Entrepreneurship , Talent

Distinguished panel discusses civil rights

Source: MLB, 6/23/2009

A distinguished roundtable panel including Oscar Robertson, Tony Perez, Harold Reynolds, Dr. Richard Lapchick, Nathaniel Jones, James Clingman and Lee Lowenfish discussed the civil rights movement in Cincinnati over the weekend.

The discussion highlighted a weekend of activities that highlighted the civil rights movement and the current state of race relations in America. The events took place in downtown Cincinnati at the Great American Ballpark, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Cincinnati's Fountain Square.

The weekend of events also included Bill Cosby, Muhammad Ali, Hank Aaron and former president Bill Clinton among others who emphasized that while much has been done the fight must continue.

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Diversity , Leadership

Downtown

Cincinnati Children's makes U.S. News pediatric hospitals Honor Roll

Source: Cincinnati Business Courier, 6/23/2009

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center was ranked as one of the top ten pediatric hospitals in the United States by U.S. News in their annual ranking of America's Best Children's Hospitals.

The Honor Roll features only those hospitals ranked in all 10 specialties including caner, diabetes, and endocrine disorders, digestive disorders, heart and heart surgery, kidney disorders, neonatal care, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, respiratory disorders and urology.

Cincinnati Children's ranked as the best hospital for digestive disorders and ranked within the top five for five of the other nine categories. The hospital ranked in the top ten for nine out of the ten total categories.

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Leadership , Life Science and Medical Research Innovation , Quality Of Life , Talent

Uptown

Revitalizing Over-the-Rhine: Making Impressive Progress

Source: Switchboard, 6/23/2009

Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is in the midst of a major transformation. The neighborhood that saw serious decline over the past several decades is finally starting to rebound. With this revitalization comes new challenges and opportunities.

In part three of his discussion, Kaid Benfield looks at the neighborhood and the impressive progress that has already been made. Highlighting many of the successful projects in Over-the-Rhine's Gateway Quarter and future projects by the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC).

Kaid Benfield is the director of the Smart Growth Program with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington D.C.

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Architecture , Environment , Quality Of Life , Sustainability

Over-the-Rhine

A short vacation idea close to Knoxville: Cincinnati

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, 6/23/2009

Knoxville News Sentinel contributor Tanya Bricking Leach discusses the opportunities to experience architecture, culture and more in a quick trip to Cincinnati.

Leach discusses the architecture tour she took that highlighted the architecture and history of Cincinnati and one of its oldest neighborhoods.

She also discusses the value in its close proximity to Knoxville and the affordable value that a trip to the Queen City offers.

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Architecture , Arts & Culture

Downtown , Over-the-Rhine

World Choir Games to be held in Cincinnati

Source: WKRC, 6/23/2009

The World Choir Games will bring the annual event to the United States for the first time in 2012 when it brings its 20,000 singers from 400 choirs in 90 different countries to Cincinnati.

The event is expected to bring in $14 million for area hotels, restaurants and stores, and for two weeks in 2012 Cincinnati will be the epicenter of world culture.

There will be hundreds of free performances in addition to the competitions and events will be held all around the region.

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Arts & Culture , Talent

David Kennedy tries to stop gang violence

Source: The New Yorker, 6/23/2009

David Kennedy, a professor from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, went to Cincinnati in the fall of 2006 to pitch his program, which is sometimes known as Ceasefire.

Kennedy first implemented his revolutionary approach to curbing gang violence in Boston and has since implemented it in Providence, Rhode Island; and High Point, North Carolina where it was most successfully used to deter public drug dealing.

The program has been a success so far in Cincinnati as well and is being seen as a new tool for making communities safer.

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Leadership , Quality Of Life

Cincinnati unveils new logo

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/16/2009

The city of Cincinnati has introduced a new logo designed by local firm LPK Leadership Brands. The new logo design work came at a $75,000 cost that was covered by locally based Macy's Inc.

The logo emphasizes a capital C in shades of blue and green. Various aspects of the design are meant to show that the city is inviting, approachable and moving forward.

The new logo will be incorporated as needed over time and will eventually reflect an overall rebranding of the city known as the "cradle of brands."

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Advanced Brand Design , Leadership , PR/Marketing

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