Uncover Cincinnati Business Opportunities

The Insider's Guide to The Greater Cincinnati Business Community

Author

Mike Marcellus
February 12, 2026

In partnership with

The Cincinnati Networker

👋 Good afternoon, Cincinnati! Welcome to The Cincinnati Networker, the local newsletter serving 19,387 professionals in the Cincinnati business community.

In today’s issue:

👍 2026 Cincinnati Business Achievement Awards honorees announced

👀 Ohio minimum wage increase drives mixed impacts for Cincinnati small businesses

📈 Cincinnati organizations looking for advertising, sponsorships, and naming rights, clean energy and energy-efficiency technologies, facility rental and event management services, marketing and reservations,, Media/Video Services, Investment Advisor, Workers' Compensation Third-Party Administration Services, and more

❤️ Middletown Community Foundation approves $5 million contribution, Cincinnati-based medtech startup backed by Mark Cuban, CincyTech exits, and more

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🍇 GRAPEVINE
Cincinnati Business Buzz

A look inside the Cincinnati business community.

  • Fortune 100 firm picks site for $106M Cincinnati investment (Read)

  • 2026 Cincinnati Business Achievement Awards honorees announced (Read)

  • Ohio minimum wage increase drives mixed impacts for Cincinnati small businesses (Read)

  • Beloved Cincinnati restaurant celebrates 100 years of business (Read)

  • Paycor's new downtown Cincinnati headquarters will double as Paychex's co-HQ (Read)

  • End property taxes? Ohio leaders warn of 18% sales tax, deep cuts (Read)

  • Cincinnati City Council halts data center approvals with interim zoning pause (Read)

  • Developer buys 11 former Frisch's locations for more than $17M (Read)

  • California Uniform Firm Doubles Down on Cincinnati with $14.5M Expansion Play (Read)

  • Cincinnati's convention center has a new name (Read)

📈 PIPELINE
Sales & Marketing

Sales leads and exclusive offers for Cincinnati businesses.

  • City of Cincinnati looking to evaluate market interest, capabilities, and innovative approaches to maximize revenue generation and brand visibility through advertising, sponsorships, and naming rights for display on certain physical assets of the Connector Streetcar transit system in Cincinnati, Ohio (Link)

  • CMHA needs HCV Program Fee Accounting (Link)

  • The City of Cincinnati, through the Office of Environment & Sustainability, is seeking recommended project delivery approaches and optional project ideas from vendors, contractors, installers, engineering firms, ESCOs, and other project delivery partners involved in clean energy and energy-efficiency technologies (Link)

  • The City of Cincinnati is seeking proposals to provide facility rental and event management services, including marketing and reservations, at event facilities owned by the Cincinnati Park Board (Link)

  • City of Cincinnati needs Workers' Compensation Third-Party Administration Services (Link)

  • The City of Cincinnati is seeking proposals to provide an immediate, comprehensive improvement plan with a comprehensive five-year equipment upgrade and replacement plan, offering both lease and purchase options for the cardio and strength equipment, to support the long-term sustainability and innovation of CRC’s fitness spaces (Link)

❤️ BOOSTS
Resources & Support

Technology, funding, and connections that power growth in Cincinnati, OH.

  • Middletown Community Foundation approves $5 million contribution (More)

  • Oakley development gets $74M boost (More)

  • Evendale-based GE Aerospace lands more than $14M defense contract (More)

  • Cincinnati-based medtech startup backed by Mark Cuban, CincyTech exits (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)

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Business & Networking

Where Cincinnati professionals go to learn, connect, and grow.

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🤝 2/18 Power Breakfast with the Women's Business Center (Register)

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🤝 2/28 The Black Table Business Brunch (Register)

🤝 3/07 Cincy Mom Made Networking Event (Register)


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