Tag: Hernz Laguerre

Season 2 Review: Communities’ Collaborations to push forward solutions 

Season 2 Review: Communities’ Collaborations to push forward solutions 

This season, Brick by Brick covered a variety of different solutions that took us to neighborhoods all across Southwest Ohio and beyond. There were three stories that stood out to, Hernz Laguerre, Jr., this past season because of a recurring theme: multiple individuals and groups in a community joining forces to tackle a problem. In this article we will look at: Neighborhood Food Markets in food desert areas, Meals on Wheels expanding to meet the needs of seniors, Tiny Homes being the right fit for affordable and available housing.

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Cincinnati environmental organization increases neighborhoods’ tree canopy; Louisville study backs up this strategy

Cincinnati environmental organization increases neighborhoods’ tree canopy; Louisville study backs up this strategy

Nonprofit organization, Groundwork Ohio River Valley, (ORV) is increasing the number of trees in Cincinnati neighborhoods that need it most. These efforts stem from a national push from Groundwork USA called the Climate Safe Neighborhoods. This national push aims to increase awareness of climate change on vulnerable neighborhoods and the racial/social injustices that made these neighborhoods vulnerable.

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Pennrose adds to the affordable development housing stock in Cincinnati 

Pennrose adds to the affordable development housing stock in Cincinnati 

As part of our summer bonus episodes, we sat down with Geoff Milz from Pennrose Management Company about their developments in Cincinnati and their philosophy of working in partnership with a neighborhood for any project.
Our conversation highlighted their most recent development, Thatcher Flats. Milz walks us through tough decisions that had to be made, the need for affordable housing, and development in general in the Walnut Hills neighborhood.

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