WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CINCINNATI STORIES?

Welcome to Cincinnati Stories! Cincinnati Stories is a new video broadcast partnership designed to collect, celebrate and share positive stories about Cincinnati told by Cincinnatians.

Cincinnati Stories was created to:

• Engage Tristate residents in sharing personal stories about why they love our city/region
• Showcase these stories as local original programming content for public broadcast on the Fountain Square LED board (as well as online and other public broadcast outlets)
• Inspire community dialogue about the many positive assets in our city/region

“We are creating a community-wide video scrapbook of Cincinnati’s favorite places, people, and experiences that are uniquely authentic to our city and region,” said Tom Bishop, Executive Director of Media Bridges. “Cincinnatians are passionate about the many positive assets in our city and we wanted to create a program to document these positive stories and create a public forum to share and celebrate our own good news.”

HOW TO SHARE YOUR CINCINNATI STORIES

Two ways to participate:

1. Submit Home Video
Tristate residents are invited to record and submit their own home video for broadcast consideration on the Fountain Square LED board as part of Cincinnati Stories programming.

Suggested categories for Cincinnati Stories video submissions include:
• Cincinnati Places (tours/highlights of favorite neighborhoods, parks, schools, etc.)
• Cincinnati Experiences (favorite arts, cultural, sports, entertainment, festivals, etc.)
• Cincinnati Traditions (unique local traditions, celebrations with family, friends)

Video length can be a minimum of 30 seconds to a maximum of three minutes. DVD and VHS formats will be accepted. Amateur and professional submissions are encouraged and will be accepted.

Click here to view submission instructions and download a Cincinnati Stories video submission application. (LINK TO VIDEO APPLICATION SUBMISSION FORM HERE)

2. Visit the Cincinnati Stories Video Booth
Tristate residents may visit the new Cincinnati Stories Video Booth to record their favorite local stories. Funded through special grant support from the Fine Arts Fund, the Cincinnati Stories Video Booth will make stops at major community events, schools and public venues. Participants will have up to three minutes per booth session to record their favorite Cincinnati stories.

CINCINNATI STORIES VIDEO BOOTH SCHEDULE

May 2007

Cincinnati Stories Video Booth will be at The Cincinnati Opera's booth during the Taste of Cincinnati Memorial Day weekend !

Please check back here for updates to the current Cincinnati Stories Video Booth schedule.

To request a scheduled stop at your neighborhood event/venue, please email info@cincinnatistories.org or call 513.651.4171 ext. 22.

BIG SCREEN SCHEDULE
Cincinnati Stories videos from both home/professional submissions and the video booth may be edited for time by Media Bridges and will be broadcast regularly on the Fountain Square LED Board beginning in June 2007.

CINCINNATI STORIES PARTNERS
Cincinnati Stories is the result of an innovative partnership of nonprofit and volunteer organizations including Media Bridges, Leadership Cincinnati, InkTank, and Fountain Square Management Group LLC. The project is made possible thanks to generous grant support from the Fine Arts Fund.

About Cincinnati Stories Partners
The Cincinnati Stories Video Booth is made possible thanks to generous grant support from the Fine Arts Fund (www.fineartsfund.org). Cincinnati Stories is a non-profit, non-commercial partnership. 

About Media Bridges
Media Bridges has been serving Cincinnati's public access media needs for over 15 years through education programs and classes, video production services for nonprofit organizations, and production facility access to the community. www.mediabridges.org

About Leadership Cincinnati’s Cincinnati Stories Project Team
Leadership Cincinnati is a civic leadership development course produced by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. Each year, approximately five or six project teams are formed from the members of the current Leadership Cincinnati class to deliver significant support to various segments of the Greater Cincinnati community. Members of the Leadership Cincinnati Class 30 Cincinnati Stories Project Team include: Van Ackerman, Stacey Browning, Shep Englander, Michael Smith, Julie  Maslov, Ariel Miller and Tom Freeman.  www.leadershipcincinnati.com

About InkTank
InkTank is a writing and literacy center in Over-the-Rhine, dedicated to promoting literary arts as a means to transcend perceived barriers of age, race, economic, geographic and educational backgrounds, while strengthening the sense of community in Cincinnati. www.inktank.org

About Fountain Square Management LLC
About Fountain Square Management Group LLC
Fountain Square Management Group LLC is a private, non-profit organization established in 2006 by the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) to manage events, programming, maintenance and security for Fountain Square and the Fountain Square Garage. Fountain Square Management supports 3CDC's mission to develop Cincinnati's center city as a regional center of high value employment and real estate, sustained by a diverse mix of housing, culture and entertainment.
www.myfountainsquare.com