February 2025
Features
Making the Career Change
A professional job coach offers advice to later-in-life employment seekers.
Paul Picton Is Engineering Better Chocolate
What started as a gift for his wife after a business trip blossomed into a brand-new career, and the Maverick Chocolate founder has no regrets.
Jimmy Longbottom Is Going Quackers
While the pandemic forced Jimmy Longbottom out of the craft beer industry and into his own nonprofit animal rescue, he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Never Too Late to Learn
Whether picking up a new skill, furthering your education, or preparing to apply for new jobs, Greater Cincinnati has the resources for it all.
The Drama Queen of Cincinnati
Inside the double leading role that D. Lynn Meyers plays in Cincinnati’s movie and theater scenes.
Nicole Phillips Has Always Been Putting Out Fires
Agreeing to a challenge led this stay-at-home mom to enter her destined career— firefighting.
Brandon Reynolds Is All Abuzz
Applying the skills of a salesman Reynolds raises awareness of environmental challenges.
Vanessa Melendez Designs for the People
This design director takes the person-focused problem-solving skills she used as a social worker and applies them to industrial design projects for P&G—and she’s not finished yet.
Yvette Simpson Is Cincinnati’s Jack of All Trades
Politics, sales, law, business, wine—she’s done it all.
Get Networked
Whether you’re in the market for a new career or are just looking to make professional connections, these groups can help.
Robin Wood Has Flower Power
Whether it’s early-morning radio shows or decadent floral arrangements, Wood just wants to make people smile.
Columns
Editor’s Letter: February 2025
Editor-in-chief John Fox discusses the charging relationship between work and worker.
Dr. Know: Main Avenue, Street Signs, and Rookwood Exchange
The Good Doctor clarifies confusion about Main Avenue, kids at play signs, and Rookwood Exchange.
Dine
Businesses Buzz in Madisonville
Local entrepreneurs shine up this hidden gem of a neighborhood.
Enjoy Both Night and Day at The Park Pour
This cozy café in the heart of Blue Ash serves up perfectly crafted coffee, cocktails, and wine.