From lumber to antique books and vintage guitars, local businesses share their secrets to success amid big box competition, financial pressures and changing times.

A "fish shelf"  designed to stabilize about 300 feet of riverfront on the Lakewood bank of the Rocky River is on track for completion this fall.

Last June, the City of Lakewood received a $123,000 grant from the Ohio EPA for streambank restoration and construction of the shelf, which will be comprised of former sound barrier walls or other repurposed concrete construction materials, notes city engineer Mark Papke.

The fish shelf will be b... Read more >

Well-educated millennials are living in Cleveland, but the city must adapt to their needs if we want them to stay.

Boot-camp style computer coding courses are rapidly growing alongside Northeast Ohio's tech sector. 

Social enterprises strive to not only raise money, but to also make a change in the communities and the people's lives they serve.

The technology and software business startup accelerator Flashstarts  will now offer a way for companies in the formulation phase a way to speed up the process.

Starting today, the organization will begin taking applications for Flashstarts Labs – a way for startups to prepare for the accelerator program.

“It’s a formalization of something we’ve been doing for the last couple of years, where we can work with teams befor... Read more >

The non-profit ioby will open offices in Cleveland this March to help grassroots community improvement efforts get off the ground.

Amy Martin posted an essay on LinkedIn, which quickly went viral.

Deadline extended! Write an essay about why an open and honest discussion about race is important for the YMCA Greater Cleveland's Time to Talk Forum on Race.

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Amy Martin brings more than 18 years of experience to helping organizations and brands reach target audiences by creating value for customers through content development, customer success programs, social strategy and thought leadership. Her industry expertise spans media relations, digital channel development, content marketing, social channel strategy and messaging and building brands that can evolve over time and across sectors. 
 
Martin is als... Read more >