Cincinnati Business Opportunities for the New Year

The Insider's Guide to The Greater Cincinnati Business Network

Author

Mike Marcellus
December 12, 2025

The Cincinnati Networker

👋 Good morning, Cincinnati! Welcome to The Cincinnati Networker, the local newsletter serving 16,264 professionals in the Cincinnati business community.

In today’s issue:

👍 Is Cincinnati a good place to live? Assessing city life

👀 Cincinnati wants to claw back incentives, end ties with developer seeking major rent hikes

📈 Cincinnati organizations looking for Event Planning, General Facilities Maintenance, tennis and pickleball operations, Graffiti Abatement, debt management software solution, and more

❤️ Greater Cincinnati organizations receive funding from Gov. DeWine’s executive order, 2 huge Cincinnati-area projects land $4.5M in grants to move forward, and more

📅 Register for Cincinnati business and networking events

👨‍💻 And more …

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🍇 GRAPEVINE
Cincinnati Business Buzz

A snapshot of what’s happening in Cincinnati’s business community.

  • Is Cincinnati a good place to live? Assessing city life (Read)

  • Cincinnati wants to claw back incentives, end ties with developer seeking major rent hikes (Read)

  • Is Cincinnati too conservative with its budget? (Read)

  • City Manager touts 'courageous' decision-making; performance review delayed til January (Read)

  • Cincinnati CityBeat sold to media company that owns Link nky (Read)

  • County commissioners approve over $200 million in funding for Paycor Stadium upgrades (Read)

  • Ohio's new THC ban could 'wipe out an entire industry,' brewery says (Read)

  • Cincinnati adjusts restrictions on Downtown food trucks (Read)

  • Hamilton County sells historic downtown Alms & Doepke building for $12.1 million (Read)

  • NKY landowner refuses $8 million offer to preserve family land from potential data center (Read)

📈 PIPELINE
Sales & Marketing

Sales leads, discounts, and promotions you need to grow in Cincinnati.

  • City of Cincinnati needs an event planning professional who will provide comprehensive planning, coordination, and onsite execution services for the Rec @ Nite Program (Link)

  • Grounds Maintenance and General Facilities Maintenance are needed by the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (Link)

  • A local organization is sought to provide the Cincinnati Recreation Commission with expertise in large multi-surface tennis and pickleball operations and shall work in concert with all Cincinnati Recreation Commission staff to achieve program goals (Link)

  • Graffiti Abatement - Private Property in Cincinnati (Link)

  • The City of Cincinnati is seeking proposals to provide a debt management software solution to manage all of the City’s debt portfolio (Link)

❤️ BOOSTS
Resources & Support

Programs, tools, & grants to help you thrive in Cincinnati.

  • Greater Cincinnati organizations receive funding from Gov. DeWine’s executive order (More)

  • 2 huge Cincinnati-area projects land $4.5M in grants to move forward (More)

  • Cincinnati nonprofit hosts 8th annual toy event for children with disabilities (More)

  • Partnerships powered by philanthropy (More)

  • Ohio LGBTQ+ historical marker grant reinstated after DOGE cancellation (More)

  • County commissioners approve over $200 million in funding for Paycor Stadium upgrades (More)

  • Ohio to provide millions in funding for volunteer fire departments (More)

  • Hamilton County 513Relief Small Business Resource Hub (More)

  • Grants and Funding offered by the City of Cincinnati (More)

  • Explore funding opportunities at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (More)

📅 EVENTS
Business & Networking

Where you go to learn, connect, and grow in Cincinnati.

🤝 12/12 Urban League Young Professionals Jingle & Mingle (Register)

🤝 12/17 December Welcome Wednesday (Register)

🤝 12/17 Cincinnati - Empower Her Networking - Gratitude and Reflections (Register)

🤝 12/18 Coffee & Conversation (In Person) (Register)

🤝 12/20 Cincinnati Connect: Young Professionals Winter Mixer (Register)

🤝 1/15 Holiday Hangover Networking Celebration (Register)

🤝 2/4 Media and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential - Cincinnati (Register)


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