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UP RISE - TASTE OF CINCINNATI
2 RISE UP MEMBERS ATTENED THIS EVENT
Cincinnati
Source-http://www.tasteofcincinnati.com
Taste of Cincinnati USA is held every Memorial Day weekend in downtown Cincinnati by The Downtown Council and the Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Association. Started in 1979, it is now the nation's longest running culinary arts festival.
Taste of Cincinnati USA started as a one-day fest in Piatt Park, then known as Garfield Park, with approximately 5,000 attending the first event. The event expanded to two days in 1981, and in 1988 expanded to three days and moved to Central Parkway.
In 2007, the event was moved to Fifth Street to spotlight the $42-million renovation of Fountain Square and its underground parking garage, and to bring the event closer to Downtown's cluster of hotels, such as The Cincinnatian Hotel, the Garfield Suites Hotel, the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, the Millennium Hotel Cincinnati, The Terrace Hotel and the Westin Hotel Cincinnati.
Approximately 500,000 now attend the annual food extravaganza, making Taste one of the nation's largest street festivals. Taste of Cincinnati USA was named Food Event of the Year for 1997 by Events Business News, the recognized authority of the special events business in the United States, selecting it out of 40,000 special events across the nation.
Taste of Cincinnati USA features more than 40 fine restaurants serving up delicious and delectable menu items. In the weeks leading up to Taste each year, menu items are previewed and judged for prestigious Best of Taste Awards.
Taste of Cincinnati USA is also a music festival, with continuous live entertainment featuring local and national recording stars performing on multiple stages throughout the event.
Visit the Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Association web site: www.dineoutoften.com
UP RISE - GO CINCINNATI
3 RISE UP STAFF MEMEBERS ATTENDED THIS EVENT
WLWT.com
updated 10:47 a.m. ET, Mon., May 18, 2009
CINCINNATI - WLWT.com
It was called Cincinnati’s largest service project, and it left the city looking a lot cleaner.
Thousands of volunteers turned out for the Go Cincinnati philanthropy day where more than 300 areas were cleaned up.
"[It’s] just really showing what's possible when we get that many people together around such an incredible effort in our city," Boca chef David Falk said.
More than 100 of the 6,5000 volunteers attacked the Vine Street hill to clean up trash, cut down brush and trim trees.
"We painted barrels and shelves for Crayons To Computers, it’s a teacher-free store," volunteer Tori Neiheisel said.
The areas touched by the massive campaign ranged from Hamilton, Ohio to Burlington, Ky., as well as Batavia and Colerain Township, Ohio.
Even ice cream truck drivers chipped in with free treats.
After all that mulching, painting, cleaning, rebuilding, planting and repairing local chefs came together to throw a block part in Over-The-Rhine.
The feast feature 13 of the city’s top chefs.
“About a thousand pounds of pig roasting, 300 pounds of macaroni and cheese, 300 pounds of collared greens," Falk said.
Feeding all those volunteers wasn’t cheap -- it took nearly $50,000.
"So that's why I have a baby-face now for the first time in a couple years," Falk said.
Falk shaved his face to raise $5,000 from Gillette.