A home is so much more than a dwelling. For most families, it’s their largest investment. It’s where people cultivate their authentic selves, develop their closest relationships, and the community where people feel pride and a sense of identity. Given its central role in life, someone’s home is their castle. However, the realm’s dominion ends …
Tina Brown wasn’t sure she’d ever see a day when residential and business vibrancy returned to Avondale. “To see all this stuff come back is just so wonderful,” said Brown, a community health worker through the nonprofit The Community Builders. “It’s like a dream come true.”
When residents of Cincinnati's Walnut Hills neighborhood learned they would lose their only supermarket in 2015, city and neighborhood leaders sprang into action. Nearly a decade and $170 million later, the predominantly Black neighborhood has indeed been transformed into a destination for food and entertainment. Thanks to the vision of a developer, a neighborhood council …