Northern Kentucky is made up of three counties and 36 municipalities, but there is no official boundary or label on a map. Regional leaders are still searching for an identity independent from the city of Cincinnati and the state of Kentucky.
Northern Kentuckians have most likely heard this saying before: “Not quite Cincinnati, not quite Kentucky.” Northern Kentucky boasts horse racing, bourbon AND Skyline Chili.
Members of the OneNKY Alliance — a collective of Northern Kentucky nonprofits and companies advocating for community initiatives that advance residents’ overall health and educational wellbeing — grappled with the question of regional brand identity at their fifth-ever summit last week.
OneNKY hosted a slate of speakers from various regional organizations to speak about how Northern Kentucky should go about marketing itself and what measures could be taken to help craft its own unique identity.
Now, four Northern Kentucky growth organizations — meetNKY, Northern Kentucky …