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Sharmili Reddy Strives to Create a Safe Haven for All

The Kenton County official wants all newcomers to feel the same kind of inclusivity she’s experienced.

Event Producer Megyn Norbut Helps Build a Cool City

"When I was younger, I wanted to live in a cool city. Now I get to help build the kind of city I want to live in."

Cristian Pietoso Makes His Dream Come True in Cincinnati

Cristian Pietoso follows in his father’s footsteps, but finds his own success in the restaurant business at Via Vite, Nicola’s, and Forno.

Photographer Tina Gutierrez Found Her Community

Gutierrez says she and her husband have “formed strong friendships within the local music and FotoFocus communities.”

Artist Susannah Tisue Wanted to Own Her Space

“The space we’re in now, a theater building from 1910, is a place we wouldn’t have been able to own in New York.”

Julie Coppens Is a Serial Boomerang

“I knew this was where I needed to be again, for now.”

Musician Gary Griffin’s Complicated Homecoming

“I really don’t know how much I like being back yet. We haven’t been able to fully experience the city during the pandemic.”

Chef Vanessa Miller Came to Cook

“I know that this is a city where I can push my culinary career forward instead of feeling like it was going to be stagnant.”

Editor’s Letter, June 2021: We Just Keep Coming Back

I learned that “boomerangs” were a thing here—a current of people leaving Cincinnati and then moving back years later.

How Cincinnati Enables Eric Avner to “Get Stuff Done”

People who choose Cincinnati as their home, says Eric Avner of the Haile Foundation, bring a new kind of enthusiasm.

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