Stories

Development News Gallery owner Lowery Joseph Clark brings unique art to the Midwest at his Northside Joseph Clark Gallery: Arts of Africa.

Unique art gallery welcomes Cincinnati to explore art and antiquities from Sub-Saharan Africa

It started with a humble wish. “I wanted to know more of my history and my family’s history. I started with one face mask, and I just kept learning.” 

Feature Story creek

Mill Creek: Far from dead, the urban waterway has potential for recreation throughout its course

A 43-mile trail along two branches of the stream would connect more than a dozen Hamilton County communities.  

Feature Story Wurzelbacher home list

In a neighborhood in transition, community leaders reimagine Mt. Airy

The Cincinnati neighborhood has challenges, but residents say it’s time for a new narrative.  

Innovation News Nitro 2019 list

NITRO! Bootcamp returns to ‘supercharge’ minority-owned businesses

The program covers a variety of topics, including accounting, communication, project management, document cloud shortage, inventory, and more.

Development News The New York Times bestselling author, Erik Larson.

Erik Larson headlines Niehoff Lecture

The Niehoff Lecture has compiled a dazzling list of authors including most recently Zadie Smith, Margaret Atwood, Bob Woodward, and Aaron Sorkin.

Feature Story The National’s Matt Berninger feeling the music during the band’s Friday night performance.

Reflections on September’s Homecoming Festival 2023

All but one bandmember of The National has been residing in other cities or countries for the last several years—so the Homecoming moniker fits.

Longform Tablet weaving is a centuries old technique of weaving sturdy narrow bands with a multitude of uses.

(Still) Made in Cincinnati: The Weavers Guild—craft, tradition, and community

Some members are beginners, learning basic skills of braiding, weaving, and spinning yarn; others are experts in their craft, with decades of training. Everyone is always learning something new and everyone is welcome.

Feature Story Cox list STN_6035

Expansive elephant mural depicts feelings of peace, joy, togetherness, and community

Cedric Cox's recently completed Cincinnati Zoo mural has given new life to a stretch of Forest Avenue at Irving Street in Avondale.  

Innovation News grants

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

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

Development News Unataza list

Brewing connection in Dayton, Kentucky

Unataza Coffee gives and receives locally and globally.

Feature Story wyoming

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

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.

Feature Story feli

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

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

Innovation News 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

Congressman seeks funding for mental illness prevention

Development News J. Todd Anderson

Coen Brothers collaborator visits Cincinnati September 22

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

Development News CAHT masonry workshop list

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

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

Development News Little Miami Brewing list

Dog-About-Town: Little Miami Brewing Company

A bar for all seasons revitalizes downtown Milford.

Feature Story silverton

Common ground: Creating shared civic space sparks redevelopment in neighborhoods

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.

Feature Story Jim Schurrer list

It’s not OK to stay not OK

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

Innovation News NOMA group initially forming CAMP.

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

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

Development News port

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

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