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Who, what, where & why
Festival of Fireworks rallies support for scouting programs
Matt Scherocman of Interlink Cloud Advisors, Festival of Fireworks title sponsor, and his children, Park and Ava
The 30th annual Festival of Fireworks, hosted by the Dan Beard Council of Boy Scouts of America and presented by Interlink Cloud Advisors, was held Labor Day Sunday. With more than 500 guests, the event raised upwards of $140,000 to support local scouting programs throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. This family-friendly event took place at The View in Mount Adams, adjacent to the Highland Towers Apartments, owned by Dan Beard Council supporter Joseph Rippe. The day’s activities included a silent and live auction, carnival games, inflatable archery, balloon and caricature artists, and, most importantly, the fireworks. www.danbeard.org/festival-of-fireworks
Joseph F. Rippe, second from the right, and his family enjoy the Festival of Fireworks from The View.
Youth enjoyed carnival activities like inflatable archery.
Bob Taylor, chairman of the board of Dan Beard Council; George Glover, event cochairman; Andy Zahn, CEO of the Dan Beard Council; and Susan Whitman, event co-chairman Festival attendees view the silent auction items.
‘Imagination Alley’ reopens in OTR After four months of construction, the City of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. (3CDC) celebrated the reopening of Imagination Alley, a renovated park in the heart of Over-the-Rhine. The pocket park on Vine Street between 13th and 14th streets had been underutilized for years. Renovations included new plantings, additional public art and lighting, expanded seating and a new plaque that provides context about what the space means to the community. The mosaics that have adorned the park were left intact. 3CDC will now focus on activating Imagination Alley with programming like the Street Stage Project, Final Friday, movie nights and more. www.3cdc.org/project/imagination-alley 44 OCTOBER 2021
Movers & Makers
Following remarks from Mayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and 3CDC VP of Development Lann Field, three members of The Storefronts Team of the Miami University Center for Community Engagement – Tony Drummond, Jeremy Neff and Janet Albright-Captain – read a poem about the importance of the community gathering space.