CINCINNATI –Metro­mix Cincin­nati is con­tin­u­ing its val­ued part­ner­ship with Cincin­nati Sports Leagues (www.gocsl.com) to increase expo­sure for CSL through­out Greater Cincin­nati, and in turn pro­vide Metro­mix greater access to CSL’s core demo­graphic of the 21–36+ crowd. CSL adver­tise­ments will run on the Metro­mix web­site (www.cincinnati.metromix.com), and Metro­mix will act as a spon­sor for CSL happy hours and events through­out the year.

Metro­mix is an online source for all the lat­est enter­tain­ment news and infor­ma­tion on restau­rants, bars, music, TV, movies, and events in Cincin­nati. CSL is a sports and event-planning orga­ni­za­tion that pro­vides young adults in Cincin­nati access to co-ed sports leagues, tour­na­ments, and net­work­ing opportunities.

“Our part­ner­ship with Metro­mix was a nat­ural fit from the begin­ning,” said Brian Polark, Pres­i­dent, Cincin­nati Sports Leagues.  “We have the same mis­sion of pro­vid­ing young pro­fes­sion­als in Cincin­nati an out­let for fun and net­work­ing. We can pro­vide Metro­mix deeper pen­e­tra­tion into its core demo­graphic by being asso­ci­ated with a proven com­mod­ity in CSL. I have no doubt this will be a last­ing partnership.”

About Cincin­nati Sports Leagues (CSL)

Cincin­nati Sports Leagues (CSL) is a lifestyle mar­ket­ing com­pany that spe­cial­izes in devel­op­ing, coor­di­nat­ing, and facil­i­tat­ing ath­letic leagues, par­ties, and spe­cial events for young pro­fes­sion­als ages 21 to 36+ in the Cincin­nati com­mu­nity. Brian Polark started CSL in 2001, and it has grown into a force serv­ing more than 30,000 young pro­fes­sion­als each year. Visit www.gocsl.com to learn more.

Cincin­nati – To honor their pas­tor Bishop Michael E. Dantley’s 35^th anniver­sary with the church this year, Christ Emmanuel Chris­t­ian Fel­low­ship will join The Shalom Coali­tion of Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity to build the Larry Bur­rows Memo­r­ial Home. This will be The Shalom Coalition’s 14^th home with Cincin­nati Habi­tat. Christ Emmanuel sold the lot on Boone St. to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity in 2009. The Con­struc­tion Kick-off cer­e­mony will be at 2:00 p.m. Sun­day, April 18 at 2304 Boone St. in Wal­nut Hills. Mem­bers of the media and com­mu­nity are wel­comed to attend.

The home will be a memo­r­ial for Larry Bur­rows, who passed away last fall. Bur­rows was Lead Site Coor­di­na­tor of The Shalom Coali­tion of Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity for many years and had been vol­un­teer­ing with them since the coali­tion started more than 13 years ago. He is remem­bered for his ded­i­ca­tion and his will­ing­ness to do what­ever was needed to build homes for Cincin­nati Habi­tat. Cincin­nati Habi­tat and The Shalom Coali­tion felt that build­ing a home in his mem­ory would be a fit­ting legacy.

“After Larry retired, he spent much of his time serv­ing his church and his com­mu­nity. Larry kept detailed records of con­struc­tion progress on the Habi­tat homes he led and kept his work truck so well equipped and orga­nized that he always had any­thing you needed and could tell you exactly where to find it,” said Marissa Woodly, Devel­op­ment Direc­tor, Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity. “Larry’s kind­ness, energy, ded­i­ca­tion, lead­er­ship and always ready smile will be missed so much by all who had the bless­ing to know him and share their lives with him.”

When com­pleted, the home will belong to Robert and Charleen Green and their four chil­dren Dorian, 11, Chardon­nay, 10, Robert Jr., 7, and Ray­maya, 5. Robert has been with the Mont­gomery Inn Boat House for over 10 years, and recently returned to school to earn an engi­neer­ing degree. Charleen has worked for more than 10 years with Cincin­nati Pub­lic Schools.

“We work very well together as a fam­ily.  It means so very much that we can finally have a place to call our own.  We are look­ing for a new start, and this home is the begin­ning of a whole new life,” said the Greens.

To qual­ify for their Habi­tat home, the Green fam­ily had to meet a vari­ety of cri­te­ria and will work beside vol­un­teers from The Shalom Coali­tion and Christ Emmanuel Chris­t­ian Fel­low­ship, invest­ing 500 hours of sweat equity into the con­struc­tion of their home. When the home is com­pleted, Cincin­nati Habi­tat will sell the home to the fam­ily with a 0%, 20-year, interest-free mort­gage payable to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity. They can expect their monthly mort­gage pay­ment to be approx­i­mately $400 (includ­ing her clos­ing costs, taxes and insurance).

For more infor­ma­tion or to vol­un­teer, visit www.cincinnati-habitat.org.

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 170 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnati-habitat.org.

Cincin­nati Habi­tat part­nered with the Holzberger Fam­ily Human­i­tar­ian Foun­da­tion, Xavier Uni­ver­sity, and Cross­roads Church to bring new life and a new owner to fore­closed home

CINCINNATI – Thanks to the gen­er­ous sup­port of the Holzberger Fam­ily Human­i­tar­ian Foun­da­tion and the vol­un­teer efforts of mem­bers of the Cross­roads Church and Xavier Uni­ver­sity stu­dents, a for­mally fore­closed prop­erty in Avon­dale received the proper facelift it so des­per­ately needed and will once again be a home for a deserv­ing fam­ily. This suc­cess­ful trans­for­ma­tion is part of a recent ini­tia­tive of Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity to repair and revi­tal­ize fore­closed or vacant prop­er­ties in the com­mu­nity. The ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Sat­ur­day, April 17 at 3558 Har­vey Ave in Avon­dale.

Fred­eric Holzberger of Aveda Fred­er­ics and the Holzberger Fam­ily Human­i­tar­ian Foun­da­tion will speak at the ded­i­ca­tion along with rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Cross­roads Church and Habi­tat for Human­ity. Mem­bers of the com­mu­nity and media are wel­comed to attend.

The rehabbed home will belong to sin­gle mother Evette Allen, her youngest son, Car­los Allen, 14, and her grand­son Folando Allen Jr., 5.  Allen has worked for nine years at Good Samar­i­tan Hos­pi­tal as an Envi­ron­men­tal Tech­ni­cian.   Car­los is in the 10^th grade this year at Roger Bacon High School. He likes Social Stud­ies and enjoys car­pen­try work, and he has worked along­side his mother almost every Sat­ur­day since the rehab­bing of their new home started in Sep­tem­ber of last year. Allen trag­i­cally lost her older son, Folando Sr., to gun vio­lence. Although her son died as a result of a vio­lent crime in Avon­dale, Allen felt that she should not give up on the com­mu­nity, and decided to stay.

“I would like to thank the Habi­tat fam­ily for this oppor­tu­nity.  I lost one of my sons to a tragedy, and buy­ing a home means a lot to me and my fam­ily,” said Allen. “It means we can have a sense of pride and dig­nity.  It will enable me to hold my head up high and walk with pride.  I would have never thought in a mil­lion years that I would be buy­ing my own home.  I feel I can pro­vide a sta­ble and lov­ing envi­ron­ment for my son and grand­son.  This will show my chil­dren that with hard work and ded­i­ca­tion, any­thing is possible.”

“We are so thank­ful to the spon­sors and vol­un­teers who have come together on this build. They have suc­cess­fully trans­formed a fore­closed house in need of a lot of TLC into a wel­com­ing home for the Allen Fam­ily. Avon­dale, as well as other Cincin­nati com­mu­ni­ties, are plagued with vacant, run-down prop­er­ties in need of reha­bil­i­ta­tion, and Cincin­nati Habi­tat is ded­i­cated to not only con­struct­ing new homes but also to address­ing the blighted hous­ing stock in these com­mu­ni­ties to improve neigh­bor­hood sta­bil­ity and vital­ity,” said Marissa Woodly, Devel­op­ment Direc­tor, Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity. “These groups, who focus on rehab­bing prop­er­ties, con­tinue to be a model of ser­vice for our community.”

To qual­ify for the Habi­tat home, the Allen fam­ily had to meet a vari­ety of cri­te­ria and work beside vol­un­teers from the Holzberger Fam­ily Human­i­tar­ian Foun­da­tion, Xavier Uni­ver­sity, and Cross­roads Church invest­ing 500 hours of sweat equity into the con­struc­tion of their home. The home will be sold to the Allen fam­ily with a 0%, 20-year, interest-free mort­gage payable to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity. They can expect their monthly mort­gage pay­ment to be approx­i­mately $400 (includ­ing clos­ing costs, taxes, and insurance).

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 170 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnati-habitat.org.

Cincin­nati – The Ursu­line Sis­ters of Cincin­nati are cel­e­brat­ing their 100^th anniver­sary this year. To mark this mile­stone, the sis­ters chose to con­tinue to serve by help­ing a deserv­ing fam­ily real­ize their dream of home own­er­ship by build­ing a home in part­ner­ship with Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity (www.cincinnati-habitat.org). The con­struc­tion kick-off cer­e­mony for the Ursu­line “Jubilee House” will be at 9:00 a.m. Sat­ur­day, April 17 at 2821 Pre­ston Street in Wal­nut Hills. The com­mu­nity and mem­bers of the news media are wel­comed to attend.

There are many ways to cel­e­brate, but the Ursu­line Sis­ters of Cincin­nati chose to cel­e­brate the anniver­sary of their found­ing by giv­ing back to oth­ers. The St. Ursula Con­vent and Acad­emy opened in Cincin­nati 1910, and the sis­ters began teach­ing in sev­eral parochial schools. Since then, they have been exam­ples of ser­vice through edu­ca­tion, as well as other efforts to help improve the com­mu­nity. The Ursu­line Sis­ters, as well as St. Ursula Acad­emy stu­dents, will vol­un­teer their efforts on the build. Stu­dents too young to swing a ham­mer will help with land­scap­ing, pro­vid­ing lunches, and fundrais­ing. St. Ursula is encour­ag­ing alumni and par­ents of stu­dents to par­tic­i­pate in the build that could take up to 400 vol­un­teers to realize.

“We are hon­ored that the Ursu­line Sis­ters wanted to build a home in part­ner­ship with Cincin­nati Habi­tat as part of their 100^th anniver­sary,” said Mar­rissa Woodly, Devel­op­ment Direc­tor of Cincin­nati Habi­tat. “They are role mod­els for this com­mu­nity. We are so proud to be a part of this effort.”

When com­pleted, the home will belong to sin­gle mother Chris­tine Camp­bell and her three chil­dren Ephinity,16, Eyzi­raha, 12, and Ezy­on­tae, 10. Ephin­ity is a10^th grader at With­row High School and loves read­ing and writ­ing. Eyzi­raha and Ezy­on­tae both attend Hays Ele­men­tary. Eyzi­raha plays bas­ket­ball and is involved in cheer­lead­ing. Ezy­on­tae plays bas­ket­ball and foot­ball. They both attend the Boys and Girls club.

“Buy­ing my own home means a sta­ble foun­da­tion for me and my kids, and it is just so excit­ing to know that I get to help build some­thing that will be mine for the first time where every­thing is brand new,” said Camp­bell. “I believe this is my time to be blessed with build­ing and buy­ing my own home.”

To qual­ify for their Habi­tat home, the Camp­bell fam­ily had to meet a vari­ety of cri­te­ria, and will work beside vol­un­teers from St. Ursula Con­vent and Acad­emy, invest­ing 500 hours of sweat equity into the con­struc­tion of their home. Cincin­nati Habi­tat will sell the home to the fam­ily with a 0%, 20-year, interest-free mort­gage payable to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity.

For more infor­ma­tion or to vol­un­teer, visit www.cincinnati-habitat.org.

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 170 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnati-habitat.org.

LOVELAND — Fis­cher Homes (www.fischerhomes.com) will cel­e­brate a rib­bon cut­ting for Plan­ta­tion Pointe in Love­land on April 21 at 10 a.m. The event, which is open to the pub­lic, will pro­vide an oppor­tu­nity to view the community’s new model home.

Love­land City Coun­cil, Symmes Town­ship Offi­cials, and mem­bers of the Cincin­nati Cham­ber of Com­merce will be invited to take part in the ribbon-cutting event.

Plan­ta­tion Pointe fea­tures Fischer’s Mas­ter­piece Col­lec­tion of single-family homes and is located off of Fields Ertel Road, on the east side of Cincin­nati. The Mas­ter­piece Collection’s floor plans range from 2,100 to almost 4,000 sq ft. and are priced from the $280s. The com­mu­nity is located in the “Excel­lent Rated” Love­land School Dis­trict and offers a beau­ti­ful set­ting with tree-lined, cul-de-sac streets and pri­vate dri­ves. Pre-construction spe­cial pric­ing and dis­counts are still avail­able for these homes.

“The model is beau­ti­ful and will really show­case these homes,” said Fis­cher Sales Coun­selor Jeff Truett. “This is a great loca­tion and it is going to be an amaz­ing com­mu­nity. Now is really the time to buy.”

For more infor­ma­tion about Plan­ta­tion Pointe, call Jeff Truett at (513) 589‑8579 or visit www.fischerhomes.com.

About Fis­cher Homes

Fis­cher Homes (www.fischerhomes.com), a mem­ber of The Fis­cher Group, has been build­ing homes through­out Ohio, North­ern Ken­tucky, and Indi­ana since 1980. The Fis­cher Group com­pa­nies main­tain cus­tomer sat­is­fac­tion rat­ings of 98%, have more than 100 new home neigh­bor­hoods through­out Ohio, Ken­tucky, and Indi­ana, and offer home choices for peo­ple in all stages of life. Fis­cher Homes range in price from the $80s to the $700s.