By: Casey Coston, 6/22/2010
Soapdish purveyor Casey Coston takes his column across the Ohio River this week to revisit a bit of historic Newport, Kentucky's colorful past. Coston takes on Monmouth Street's eclectic collection of retail shops, greasy spoons/ethnic eateries, a local theater and even an erstwhile gambling museum, and finds them peacefully co-existing with several new businesses that are also helping to update the neighborhood's urban appeal.
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By: Jonathan DeHart, 6/22/2010
From punk rocker and hip cafe owner to software maverick and internet entrepreneur, Cincinnati resident John Knodel has worn many hats. In his latest incarnation, Knodel is cofounder of Online Rewards, a one-stop online shop for incentive and customer loyalty marketing programs that is using innovative software and creative thinking to outbid long established competitors and put Cincinnati on the map in this highly competitive industry.
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By: Sean Rhiney, 6/15/2010
When 4U, a new urban fashion boutique in Over-the-Rhine opens in the former Outside space this weekend, its owners, Giovanny Mira and Andy Worley, will mark what they hope is the beginning of a beautiful relationship. And they're doing it in a new neighborhood that feels pretty similar to the one they left behind in New York City.
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By: Alyce Vilines, 6/8/2010
This week Soapbox writer Alyce Vilines continues her look at some of Greater Cincinnati's unconventional office spaces. From a former turn-of-the-century steam laundry turned video production studio (that collaborates with P.Diddy) to a humble looking art studio housed along Central Parkway that partnered with the Vatican, our region's diverse work spaces are well equipped for housing innovative, cool ideas and the people that make them a reality.
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By: Sean Rhiney, 6/1/2010
This past week, local thought leaders, urbanists and Soapbox readers got together at UC's Niehoff Urban Studio to break bread and talk about food in the first installment of the Soapbox Speaker Series. What we found out about how we eat, what we eat, and where it all comes from offers important insights into the role food plays in our community.
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By: Feoshia Henderson, 4/27/2010
Innovation. High pay. Economic competitiveness. It will take all three to secure the economic future of Ohio, say Ohio Third Frontier supporters. The nearly decade-old economic development program is pushing Ohio forward by directing investment dollars to local companies that represent those fundamentals. Soapbox's Innovation and Job News Editor, Feoshia Henderson, takes a look at why Third Frontier is Ohio's, and Cincinnati's bright investment for the future.
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By: Jonathan DeHart, 4/20/2010
Starting May 1, Cincinnati's diverse innovators have a chance to enter their original creations, ideas or inventions in round two of Cincinnati Innovates. With more and bigger prizes, and the bar set uber-high last year, the second installment of this showcase promises to be even bigger than last year's inaugural event. But before this year's contest begins, Soapbox's Jonathan DeHart offers a glimpse at some of last year's winners and their fabulous inventions to get your ideas flowing.
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By: Alyce Vilines, 4/13/2010
A regional community development firm has big plans for a sleepy river town right across from Cincinnati. C&M Investment Group hopes to transform Dayton, Kentucky into the nation's first 'Ubiquitous City' - a city in which all of the information systems including residential, school, medical, business, and governmental - would be interconnected. Soapbox writer Alyce Vilines takes a look into this technological 'future world' and finds we're closer than you might think.
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