Christie Kuhns will lead the civil rights organization with a mission to transform generations by promoting personal empowerment and economic self-sufficiency.
When the Cincinnati Police Department launched PIVOT six years ago, it was the first in the country to use the model. The department won an international award in 2017 for using PIVOT in East Westwood, where the number of shooting victims fell 80%.
The Lincoln & Gilbert initiative named after the intersection of Lincoln and Gilbert in Walnut Hills, where a Black business district was located in the 1840s says the multi-million dollar investment could double minority businesses in Cincinnati in five years.
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