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🌱 P&G Features Artists With Disabilities + Weigh In On King Memorial

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Carla Varner, Neighbor
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Welcome back, Cincinnati! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything going on around Cincinnati today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cooler. High: 55 Low: 37.

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Here are the top three stories today in Cincinnati:

  1. Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble will soon feature the artwork of local artists on a new line of Bounty paper towels. The highlighted artists are from the local nonprofit Visionaries + Voices, whose mission is to create exhibition opportunities for the organization's more than 125 visual artists with disabilities. The new line of paper towels is part of Proctor & Gamble's "Bounty Prints Inclusive Artist Project." (Cincinnati CityBeat)
  2. The City of Cincinnati is asking residents to weigh in on the design of a new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. Seven artists have been chosen as semi-finalists and are crafting their final designs. The City is asking residents to fill out a survey reflecting on what they would like to see in the memorial to help the artists in their final renderings. (Cincinnati CityBeat)
  3. John Eringman, a University of Cincinnati graduate, has gone viral on TikTok for giving financial advice. Eringman, known as Johnefinance to his 1.3 million followers, graduated from the Lindner School of Business in 2018. He started making TikTok videos on finance in his parent's basement. (WLWT Cincinnati)

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Today in Cincinnati:

  • Hoxworth Blood Drive At School For Creative And Performing Arts (8:00 AM)
  • SG Knitting At Weavers Guild Of Greater Cincinnati (10:00 AM)
  • Bocce - Special Olympics Hamilton County At Montgomery Presbyterian Church (5:00 PM)
  • Real Reads Book Discussions Of Caste - Online (5:30 PM)

From my notebook:

  • On May 19, ArtsWave will launch CincyJams, a workplace battle of the bands competition, at Hard Rock Cafe inside the Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati. The deadline for bands to register is May 1. (The Business Journals)
  • See which Cincinnati area companies are hiring. Scroll through their job postings, then click to apply! (Cincinnati Patch)
  • Only eight out of 24 Cincinnati public pools will open this summer. The closings are primarily due to staffing shortages; however, more pools could open with new hires. (Cincinnati CityBeat)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Tuesday. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with another update!

— Carla Varner

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