Emma Keating
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Nonprofit Offers Financial Help to Furloughed Government Workers
A Cleveland organization is offering interest-free loans to local workers on furlough from the government shutdown. The Hebrew Free Loan Association , or → Read More
Summit County Historical Society Offers Underground Goodrich Plant Tours
B.F. Goodrich helped bring Akron to fame as the Rubber Capital of the World by starting the city’s first rubber plant. Now, people in Northeast Ohio are → Read More
Laws Restrict Employment For Ohians With Convictions
A quarter of Ohio jobs are legally off limits for anyone with a criminal conviction, according to a new report from Policy Matters Ohio . The report finds → Read More
University Of Akron Focuses On Making Downtown Safer
University of Akron and city officials have laid out plans to make Exchange Street safer after several incidents along the corridor this semester. Some of → Read More
Youngstown Receives Multimillion-Dollar Federal Grant to Fund Transportation Hub
The city of Youngstown wants to improve its Central Business District with a $10.8 million dollar federal grant. The Secretary of Transportation announced → Read More
Deadline Looms for Homeless Living in Akron's Tent City
Twenty-five people living in an Akron resident’s backyard will have to find new homes by Thanksgiving. Two months ago, the Akron City Council voted to → Read More
"Elevate Akron" Aims to Improve Economic and Job Opportunities
A group of Akron leaders revealed a new plan for economic development at a special Akron Roundtable event Monday. A panel of community leaders told the → Read More
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Help America's Economy Grow
Immigrants make up about four percent of Ohio’s population, but contribute more than five percent of the state’s taxes and start businesses more than twice → Read More
A Hemp Manufacturing Facility Is Coming to Glenville Neighborhood
A hemp manufacturing facility is hiring for its opening in January in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland. North Coast Natural Solutions will bring 650 → Read More
Tech Startup Wants to Make It Easier to Find Jobs After College
A Cleveland-based tech startup wants to make it easier for students to find jobs after they graduate. Wisr is an online networking site that facilitates → Read More
MAGNET Supports Akron Manufacturing With New Office
Local manufacturers have easier access to a company that wants to help them grow. Cleveland-based Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, known as → Read More
'Brunch With Bosses' to Connect Aspiring and Successful Entrepreneurs in Cleveland
Clevelanders who are interested in starting businesses have an opportunity to learn from successful entrepreneurs next month. Your Local Girl Gang, an → Read More
Bounce Partners With BioEnterprise To Promote Business in Northeast Ohio
Akron’s Bounce Innovation Hub is partnering with a medical entrepreneurship firm to advance business creation in the region. Bounce is collaborating with → Read More
JumpStart Accepting Applications for Entrepreneur Education Program
Cleveland entrepreneurs have a chance to expand both their knowledge and their businesses this fall. JumpStart is seeking applications for its sixth class → Read More
Philanthropy As Profit Motive: When Making Money Isn't Enough
For some business owners in Northeast Ohio, making a profit isn’t enough. They feel they need to give back to the community as well. That's the focus of → Read More
J.M. Smucker Teams Up With a Columbus Accelerator to Boost Food Start Ups
A new partnership could boost Ohio’s food and agriculture industry. The J.M Smucker Company is collaborating with Columbus-based business accelerator Rev1 → Read More
Amish Entrepreneurship Keeps Holmes County's Unemployment Rate Among the Lowest in Ohio
Holmes County , the heart of Amish Country, consistently continues to have one of lowest unemployment rates in the state. Entrepreneurship Intern Emma → Read More
Kent State Streamlines Innovation With a New Hub
Kent State University is launching a new initiative to streamline innovation across disciplines. The Board of Trustees yesterday approved $44 million to → Read More
NEA Awards Ohio More Than $1.4 Million For The Arts
For the ninth year in a row, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded the Ohio Arts Council the second-largest partnership agreement grant in the country.This type of grant allows the NEA to work with state arts agencies to stimulate the arts at the local level.Justin Nigro is the operations and public affairs director for the council. He says Ohio is lucky to have a vibrant arts community. → Read More
Ibuprofen May Be More Effective At Treating Pain Than Opioids
A new study reveals that over-the-counter medication may be more effective than opioids at treating pain. Anita Aminoshariae is a professor at the School → Read More