More Cincinnati Firms Become Employee Owned and Blink Leaders Discuss What’s new for 2026 Edition

Hosts Tom and Liz discuss the uptick in notable Cincinnati companies choosing to become employee owned, a downtown project that converted office space to apartments is essentially completely full, OKI is studying ways to improve transportation access to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the latest rankings of local universities on the U.S. News & World Report 2027 Best Colleges list, and a new restaurant coming to downtown Mason. Interview starts at (17:25). Initially planned as a one-time offering, Blink has become one of the most recognizable celebrations of light and art in the nation. Leslie Mooney, executive director of Blink, and Andrew Salzbrun, co-founder of Blink, join Tom and Special Projects Editor Nikki Kingery to talk about what’s new for this year’s edition of Blink, what it takes to make the four-day celebration happen and the impact it’s had not just locally, but around the world.