Life + Culture

More Than Just Academics

Women Walking West celebrates their 10th anniversary supporting women with their educational goals and dreams. Article by Jonathan Stout | Photography by Laura Hicks, Rick Crockett, Kenidi Morris & W3 Staff Women Walking West (W3), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, strives to help foreign-born students lead successful lives in the United States. Their extensive mentorship program assists women struggling with linguistic, social, cultural and academic differences in American society. But it’s...

Life + Culture

Leading with Heart

Mason female entrepreneurs make an impact for their clients and the community. Article by Lisa Fletcher | Photography by Jenna Beers–Photography by Jenna Passion, perseverance and a deep love for their community—Cathy Richards Harbison and Kerra Spaeth embody what it means to be successful female business leaders. As the dedicated owners of Baysore’s Flower Shop and The Goddard School of Mason, respectively, both women have turned lifelong connections into thriving businesses that serve and...

Arts + Culture

Celebrating 30 Years

Mason Dance Center cultivates the joy of movement and the arts through generations of dancers. Article by Amanda Stout | Photography by Bobbi Wyatt & Rick Barge Photography Bobbi Wyatt or “Ms. Bobbi” as she is known to the Mason Dance Center (MDC) family, signed the papers to open the studio in May of 1995 as a way to bring formal ballet training to the Mason area for her daughters. Back then, she assumed she would run the school until her daughters moved on from dancing. Now, 30 years later...

Home + Design

Windows of Opportunity

WOW Windowboxes provides charming curb appeal to brighten any neighborhood. Article by Bill Furbee | Photography by Corrie Schaffeld/Business Courier & Provided From Music Hall to suburban side streets, countless Greater Cincinnati buildings deliver charming curb appeal, thanks to attractive windowboxes and the flowers and decorative plants contained within. The aptly named WOW Windowboxes company has installed and maintained many of those enhancements. “We service about 1,500 to 2,000...