Local author, Lauren Hudson, surrounded by friends. Provided. By Brent Cooper As a community columnist, I try to highlight things I come across in our community that folks may not have heard of. Well, there is a new local author named Lauren Hudson. If you haven’t yet heard of her, you will. Her recent success […]
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Brent Cooper Receives Award For Making Difference in Local Schools
Brent Cooper. Provided. The Kentucky Board of Education presented the 16th annual Joseph W. Kelly Award to two business leaders who are actively engaged in making a difference in their local schools. Fort Thomas resident, Brent Cooper, president of C-Forward Information Technologies of Covington was one of those leaders. Audwin Helton, president and chief executive […]
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OP-ED: CVG Headed in Right Direction
Brent Cooper is a Fort Thomas resident and Owner of C-Forward. Provided. By Brent Cooper Whether they know it or not, every business is impacted by the cost of flights at the airport. Local bakeries whose employees never travel are still impacted because their customers travel regularly. Those customers might decide to stop buying donuts […]
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OP-ED: Support Syringe Access Exchange for our Collective Health
Brent Cooper. Provided. By Brent Cooper Before you make up your mind about the proposed syringe access exchange program (aka needle exchange), you need to first understand where we are. We are one of the worst places in the country for hepatitis C. According to the Northern Kentucky Health Department, in 2014, Northern Kentucky had […]
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OP-ED, Brent Cooper: Local Option Sales Tax Opponents Deceiving Voters
Brent Cooper. Provided. By Brent Cooper, Fort Thomas resident and President of Covington-based C-Forward. Whether someone is lying about an issue, or if they are just misinformed, is always tough to judge. Regardless, when it comes to legislation in Frankfort, it is really difficult to hear people say, or repeat, things you know aren’t true. […]
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OP-ED:Outcomes-Based Funding Model is Best for KY
NKUTrumpet.com By Brent Cooper & Greg Shumate Imagine for a moment that you have a billion dollars to invest. Would you choose to invest in things that give you the best return on your investment? Of course you would. And after a year passed, would you check on the status of your investment, and […]
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Reduce Infant Mortality Rate
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SPACING, SMOKING AND SLEEPING Op-Ed by Brent Cooper I’m sitting in a presentation by one of my Leadership Cincinnati classmates at the UC Alumni Center, and I can’t believe my ears. Ryan Adcock, the Executive Director of Cradle Cincinnati, tells our class that the local infant mortality rate (IMR) is among […]
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OP-ED, Brent Cooper: When It Comes to Early Childhood Education, Who Are You Listening To?
Fort Thomas resident Brent Cooper. Via C-Forward. By Brent Cooper, president of Covington-based C-Forward. Early childhood education isn’t a Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or Tea Party issue. It is a critical component to our community’s long term success, and should be treated that way, regardless of your political persuasion. If you are under the belief […]
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Opinion: New Funding Model Would Be Fairer to NKU
The following opinion is written by Brent Cooper. When you look at some of the statistics from the Northern Kentucky University Center for Economic Analysis & Development, you begin to understand why the NKU Health Innovation Center is going to be so impactful not only for our region, but for the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky. […]
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OPINION: Keep an Open Mind about Property Rights
President of C Forward and Fort Thomas resident, Brent Cooper, recently wrote an article advocating for a state-wide smoking ban. You can click on that article here. Fort Thomas City Councilman, Adam Meier, provides a response. By Adam Meier In a recent Op-Ed, the author, Brent Cooper, who no doubt had the purest of intentions, […]