Holiday Cheer!

Spreading the holiday love. Great feedback from a great customer!!
Thank you for you support!

"I found the package you dropped off this morning and just wanted to thank you again for all of your generous help. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!"
- Adam

Thanks Clint!

A shout out from Clint! Keep supporting the Nati! It's not too late to pick up your free Nati Military Hat. Just send your pic to evolve@getnati.com.

Holiday Specials Online!

http://www.natievolvement.com/index.php

We still have chances to win!!!

Enjoy a new Nati Military hat like Matt from OTR. Simply submit a picture of yourself wearing Nati gear to evolve@getnati.com and if you are one of the first 4 you win.

Matt in Pompeii, Italy rocking his Born & Raised track jacket. Matt says "I love Nati Evolve!"

Thanks Matt!

What are you waiting for?? You could be next!

Your Photo = Free Hat!

WIN FREE MERCH!!!
The first 5 people who send in a picture of themselves wearing Nati gear win a free hat. The picture will appear right here on our blog and we will ship you a Nati Military hat pronto.

evolve@getnati.com

New Gear!!! Just in time for the holidays.

Hello everyone. Apologies for the lack of content lately. We will try to be more diligent about keeping you up to date on all our latest news and adventures.

We have 2 new clothing items just in time for Black Friday. Available now at Park + Vine. Available online very soon. Get them now.

Posters are available at Mica on Vine Street now. Check them out!!!

Rock a classic sweatshirt with a vintage logo. So long gas station hello Nati Queen of Southern Ohio.


The Pig is back. Vintage feel tee with your new favorite character.



A special cut just for the ladies.



Love the Pig?? Hang it on the wall and see it everyday.



The classic Vineyard tee reborn on this limited edition print.

Tarbell Mural Dedication

The folks at MuralWorks are celebrating the unveiling of the iconic Jim Tarbell mural in Over-the-Rhine this Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at the corner of Central Parkway and Vine. The official ceremony is set for 12:45 p.m. Avril-Bleh and Sons, Arnolds and City Cellars will be providing snacks!

Stop by to check out OTR's newest mural and stay down for lunch at Lavomatic, to tour some of the fantastic new condo developments or to shop at some of Cincinnati's most unique retailers in the Gateway Quarter.


The Enquirer has more here

Midpoint Music Festival

September is a great time to be in the Nati.

Brian Kelly and his Bearcats are showing the country that UC Football is the real deal, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati was another wild time and this weekend marks one of Nati Evolvement's favorite events - the Midpoint Music Festival.

We've been honored to be involved with the festival in the past producing the festival's t-shirts, working on the Scion Streetcars or just hopping around venues listening to some fantastic tunes.

While we aren't specifically working on anything for this year's event we're certainly excited to attend and support this fantastic festival.

Be sure to get your three day wristband at http://www.mpmf.com/ and rock your Nati gear to one of the Midwest's premiere music events.

The secrets out...

We can finally give you a little more detail about our latest design project. You may recall our post about a new establishment in the Gateway Quarter a couple of weeks ago.

Check out this article in the Business Courier about our friend Daniel Wright and his vision for Senate.

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/08/24/story11.html

MuralWorks

One of Cincinnati's most amazing summer programs is Muralworks, a collaboration between the city of Cincinnati and the non-profit, Artworks to install murals in various Cincinnati neighborhoods.

Two of the newest murals in our neck of the woods honor a pair of Cincinnati icons, Jim Tarbell and Samuel Hannaford.

The Tarbell mural is a quirky welcome to the ever-growing Gateway Quarter of Over-the-Rhine. Check out 5chw4r7z's post here for some pics

Just a few blocks north is the mural honoring the works of Samuel Hannaford and Emanuel's unique view of Washington Park. Visualingual has some pics and comments on the mural here.

While some have commented about the mural appearing on the south side of the building (on Race St. which is one way Southbound), keep in mind that the plans for the Washington Park garage call for 13th to be made two ways to accommodate a Race Street entrance to the underground garage.

In the meantime park-goers and pedestrians enjoy!

Tyler Nelson

You may have noticed the new addition to the sidebar featuring one of the stars from MTV's 'Taking the Stage,' Tyler Nelson.

We love supporting the people and projects that are making an impact around town and there's no doubt that the talented kids from 'Taking the Stage' are creating international interest in one of Cincinnati's treasures, the School for Creative and Performing Arts.

Be sure to check out Tyler's blog for exclusive content and an inside look at life at SCPA.

More great Cincinnati press

Outside Magazine touts the Nati as one of America's best!!!

http://outside.away.com/outside/destinations/200908/best-towns-america-cincinnati.html

New Limited Poster Series

They debuted at T-Shirt fest and were designed to capture the spirit of the Nati on your walls. 2 concepts, each with a distinct look. Exclusive and original screen prints, there are only 52 of each.

Pig's Fly

Numbered and signed.

Vineyard

A numbered collaboration.

Look for them soon at local retailers and online at getnati.com

Midpoint Indie Summer: Bad Veins

Last Friday we had a blast at Fountain Square for T-shirt fest and Midpoint Indie Summer. Shout out to the Dan McCabe and his Midpoint team along with Fountain Square Management Group for putting together a great summer series.

We had so much fun that this week we'll be back for another killer Friday night featuring local act the Bad Veins and their CD release show.

Metromix Q & A with Bad Veins

Citybeat on the Bad Veins

Midpoint is one of our favorite events. In the past we've done the event t-shirts and we were stoked last year to work on the Scion Streetcar project. Looks like this year may be the best yet.

Get another taste this Friday night at Fountain Square.

T-Fest 2009, Fountain Square!!

Friday on Fountain Square was fantastic. It was amazing to see the center of our dear city such a buzz of excitement. Bill and the rest of the Fountain Square Management Group do a wonderful job with all the programming and T-Fest was no exception.

A beautiful night, a Reds game, and amazing music (including Wussy) complimented the clothing!

Here are a few snaps from around the Nati Evolvement booth! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and saw us. We really appreciate all the support!

Check out this amazing write-up!!!

Tamia from thestylesample.com interviewed us a few days back and here is part one of the article. Thanks so much Tamia. Support her blog and efforts to keep Cincinnati fashionable!!

http://thestylesample.com/2009/07/15/interview-with-nati-evolvement/

Hot Press in the NY Times

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/travel/19hour.html

Check out our recent interview with MetroMix Cincinnati (formerly CinWeekly)

Since 2005, Nati Evolvement (www.getnati.com) has sought to represent the positive changes in Cincinnati through its clothing line.

"I had just moved back from New York, and there were some neighborhood style shops in New York that inspired me. And I saw a lack of that sort of thing when I came back (to Cincinnati) as well as a need for the perception and to give people something to cling to and something to associate with when it came to thinking of Cincinnati and thinking of specifically Downtown," Nati Evolvement founder Michael Palmer says.

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Find us Friday at T-Shirt Fest!! On Fountain Square.

Cincinnati T-Shirt Fest

July 17, 2009 11am-11pm

Fountain Square will celebrate Cincinnati with a T-shirt mini-market on the Square offering all kinds of Cincinnati-themed shirts. There will be shirts from professional sports teams, colleges and universities, major destinations, and events.

In addition, small, local t-shirt companies such as Wire & Twine, Nati Evolvement, Alternative Motive, and Look at Me Shirts create original designs that make a statement – sometimes funny, sometimes forward-thinking, and sometimes both.

The following vendors will be at this year's market. We invite you to check out their web sites below:

Park + Vine: www.parkandvine.com 
Nati Evolvement: www.getnati.com 
Alternative Motive: www.alternativemotive.com 
Wire & Twine: www.wireandtwine.com 
Donkey Tees/Look at Me Shirts: www.lookatmeshirts.com 
Anonymous Skate Shop: www.anonymousskateshop.com 
Unheardof Boutique: www.unheardofbrand.com 
Able Projects: www.ableprojects.com 
SKI CINCINNATI 
Brilliant Promotions: www.brilliantideas.biz 
UC: www.uc.bkstr.com 
Xavier: www.xavier.edu 
Bengals: www.bengals.com 
Cincinnati Museum Center: www.cincymuseum.com

For some good pics from last year's T-Shirt Fest, click here:http://www.chrisglass.com/photos/2008/t-shirt-festival/

There is a title sponsorship opportunity for this event. Please contact Casey Gilmore at cgilmore@3cdc.org or see the proposal attached. 

Local Fashionista

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Tamia founder and editor of style blog  TheStyleSample.com and online style magazine www.StyleSampleMag.com.

Keep your eye on her sites for our interview. Tamia is doing some quality work on these sites and the content is very strong. If your looking for some local insider knowledge or tips from fashion bloggers everywhere to help improve your style it is all there.

A special thanks to Tamia for her time and energy.

Tamia and Palmer outside Iris Bookcafe on Main Street.

VEEP

Vice President Biden stopped in town yesterday for a visit to the American Can Factory Square development project in Northside. Biden announced $1.6M in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) stimulus funding for the stalled project. It appears that with some final approvals from a local bank this project is back on track.

Very cool to see some love for a tremendous local project that will bring 96 new residential units and 30,000 sqaure feet of of retail space to one of Cincinnati's most eclectic neighborhoods.

Building Cincinnati has some great stuff on the project

Nati and Charlie Chaplin

While wondering the streets of Waterville, Ireland I was struck to find out that Charlie Chaplin, a favorite of the town is commemorated with a statue in the town square. I love Charlie as much as the next person, I just didn't know he also loved Nati. Not only was he wearing some gear, he had on the new hat. He must have ordered online....

Biz Courier: Downtown Cincinnati perceptions improve

It's great to see that people are taking notice of all the positive changes in our center city.

Check out this Cincinnati Business Courier article for some highlights of the report.


One of the best to see:

"71 percent said their impression of downtown was “extremely” or “somewhat" positive, versus 49 percent in 2008, DCI said"

Shout out to Bill Donabedian and crew from 3CDC and Fountain Square Management Group for providing some great events on the square!

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Sneak Peek - What's behind the "S"???

You may have seen it on Vine Street in OTR? Curious?

Well…we can't let the cat out of the bag yet but it is a small preview of NE Design's latest project. Still under development. We have a very exciting partnership with the proprietor and are looking forward to spending time with the newest member of the Gateway Quarter. Make sure you keep checking back to see how this one develops, it is going to be good!

Nati Evolvement & Tyler Nelson

A great match. We just finished our first shoot with Tyler Nelson, SCPA student and MTV's Taking the Stage star.
We will be connecting with Tyler all summer long to see what he is up to before his final year at SCPA.

Keep checking back here to find out more about where you can find Tyler and Nati Evolvement. We will be sure to have plenty of pics, video, contests and event details as the summer heats up.

Galaxie Skateshop Benefit Concert & Art Show

Galaxie Skateshop in Newport has put together a great skatepark fundraiser with Able Projects and the City of Newport. Art show and Benefit concert at the Southgate House.


Nati Evolvement provided this hand painted Pig's Fly deck for the Silent Auction.

Be at the Southgate House Saturday night to cop this or other decks designed by local artists!

http://galaxieskateshop.blogspot.com/

OTR 5K and Neighborhood Party

A few snaps from yesterdays OTR event. Park + Vine represented, Lavomatic was kicking and the first signs of NE Design's latest project were on display on the smoking hot summer day.

Voting has begun!

Its back! Thats right, its time to cast your vote. Simply scroll down and on the right hand side of the page you will see the two polls.

Not Sure What you like?

Just visit GetNati.com

Why Vote?

This is your chance to see one of our old products come back from the Nati Archive. Its time to be heard. We just opened the polls up again and they will remain open for a little over a month. Several votes have already come in so don't wait to long because this won't last forever. Don't forget to cast a vote for the current gear while you are at it. Your feedback is important and helps to drive our decisions.

Spring clothing line.

This winter we launched an online contest on the site for you to let us know what Nati gear you want brought back. We updated some classic designs and have them all available through our Web site  and at our retail locations (Denim & Park and Vine).

In the beginning....

Welcome to the new Nati Evolvement blog. Here we hope to keep you up to date on what we're working on and provide a forum for discussing the latest news, events and ideas that are happening in and around town.

There's a tremendous amount of energy in Cincinnati these days and it's incredible the changes that have happened in the community these last few years..

We hope that this blog provides a new way for us to connect, discuss and share what we love about Cincinnati. We also hope that you'll write in to let us know what's important to you and share your pictures of you in your favorite Nati gear.

Let the fun begin.