MICRO-TENANTS MAKE MIGHTY IMPACT IN WALNUT HILLS BUSINESS DISTRICT

The new businesses, including a coffee shop and jazz club, sneaker store, video-themed bar, barbeque restaurant, and Brick Haus, a storefront for MORTAR, a nonprofit minority business accelerator program, are located in the Trevarren Flats buildings in Walnut Hills. More than 70 new jobs are projected to be created by the businesses, according to Cincinnati developer The Model Group.

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By Cheryl Besl and Gail Paul
Photography by: Photos of Business Owners and Storefronts – Lisa Popyk

Small businesses and arts enterprises are the lifeblood of high-opportunity neighborhoods. But, these small-scale commercial projects in under-resourced urban centers are traditionally seen as too high a risk for investment. The Greater Cincinnati Redevelopment Authority made two loans in 2017 from its DREAM loan fund to help five entrepreneurs open for business in Walnut Hills.

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