This inclusive Cincinnati neighborhood thrives on people power
Grassroots organizations like NEST provide neighbors with the civic muscle and voice to create the kind of places they want to live in.
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Growing pains: How small farms persist despite big obstacles
When more than half of the small farms in the country are losing money, why would any sound-minded person choose the agricultural path?
This inclusive Cincinnati neighborhood thrives on people power
Grassroots organizations like NEST provide neighbors with the civic muscle and voice to create the kind of places they want to live in.
Sister Janet Bucher made history in her hometown after a long career as a nun, teacher, and Catholic Church parish administrator
Documentarian David Rotenstein launches three-part storytelling project honoring Sister Janet and Covington’s Eastside neighborhood.
The Davies Project expands care by connecting families to oral health
With Delta Dental Foundation’s support, The Davies Project, based in Lansing, removes transportation barriers, helping families access dental care as well as critical medical appointments for seriously and chronically ill children and expectant women.
What does the new childhood vaccine schedule actually mean for your family?
Officials say not much will change. Experts aren’t so sure.
Kennedy Heights Art Center exhibition offers grief a place to surface and process
58 local artists approach loss as an environment, in spaces people learn to live inside.
The Ohio grandma racing to help Haitian parents protect children as more deportations near
In Springfield, a city transformed by Haitian immigrants, Casey Rollins says she feels like the “town crier” warning of a looming family separations crisis.
Middletown Community Foundation celebrates fifty years at the forefront facing challenges, incubating positive outcomes
While MCF reflects on role in the community’s revitalization, they continue to meet the complex challenges that await all communities in the 21st century.
Gift a book by a Cincinnati author from the literary list
Use this list of the latest local releases and favorites for last-minute gifts.
Coffee, conversation, and the cost of war
The war did not enter the room through headlines or maps. It came in through voices. Measured. Tired. Precise.
‘We have to create a vision for what we’re building toward’: A foundation CEO speaks to the health of neighborhoods
Becky Payne’s work has focused on supporting projects to improve overall community health and well-being.
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