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Our recent purchase of the historic Kauffmann Brewery will create local jobs and let us move brewing operations from out of state to Cincinnati, causing Christian Moerlein to be brewed in Over-the-Rhine again for the first time since 1920. I’m not sure we would have made this move without the assistance of the Over-the-Rhine Foundation. Its executive director dedicated an amazing amount of time and creativity to making this happen. The OTR Foundation filled a much needed role: making necessary connections with all parties, assisting in negotiations, and untangling numerous real estate issues. It saved us significant time and resources and played a big role in making my vision of an Over-the-Rhine brewery come to fruition.
Working for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, I have had the opportunity to visit historic districts throughout the country, and I do not hesitate to call Over-the-Rhine one of the most important historic neighborhoods in America. Cincinnati possesses an asset in Over-the-Rhine that could rival some the country’s most beloved and frequently visited historic districts, but the integrity of the neighborhood is in immediate peril of being lost to time and neglect. The OTR Foundation is doing work that is crucial to the preservation of this neighborhood, and I hope that the people of Cincinnati recognize what an important contribution the OTR Foundation is making to the city’s future.
The Over-the-Rhine Foundation has taken a leadership role in correctly educating the public on the role that historic urban neighborhoods play in the sustainabillty movement…As an architect, urban planner and sustainabilty consultant, and as president of the local U.S. Green Building Chapter, I am grateful that the Over-the-Rhine Foundation is helping mold the way we think about environmental sustainability and what it means for the future of Cincinnati and cities across America. I hope that Cincinnatians will support the organization so that it can build upon and continue this type of work.
We are proud to be rehabilitating an historic piece of Cincinnati that would have otherwise been demolished. We were able to acquire the property in a manner that helped us, helped the former owner, and is helping build a better neighborhood. This wouldn’t have happened without the work and guidance of the Over-the-Rhine Foundation. Although we are newcomers to the city, we can already attest to the fact that the OTR Foundation is serving a role to help people like us that would otherwise go unfulfilled.
Thank you for your generous (support for) the purchase and installation of a green roof at Rothenberg School. Your enthusiasm for the green roof project is infectious and has piqued the interest of others within the school district and neighborhood. I would also like to thank…the Over-the-Rhine Foundation for your strong voice insisting the Rothenberg building be saved and impressing upon the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission the importance of the building and the additional funding needed to complete the project.
Findlay Market has made great strides during the past decade, drawing over one million shopping visits in 2013. Despite all of its progress, the market still faces a number of challenges. It is surrounded by vacant and blighted buildings that are beyond our control and beyond our resources to acquire. The Over-the-Rhine Foundation is helping develop and implement creative strategies for populating these historic properties with residents and businesses. The Foundation also helped establish the OTR Biergarten at Findlay Market, which attracted more shoppers and greatly enhanced the market shopping experience. Particularly in hard economic times, it is fortunate for Findlay Market, for the neighborhood, and for the people of Cincinnati that an organization like the OTR Foundation repeatedly rolls up its sleeves, brings the right people to the table, and works hard and creatively to turn little resources into big, positive steps forward.
We support the Over-the-Rhine Foundation for two major reasons. First, we love Over-the-Rhine and we see first-hand how hard the Over-the-Rhine Foundation works to save the neighborhood’s history. Second, like a lot of local businesses, we see the direct benefit from the OTR Foundation’s work. Arnold’s has been involved in planning, promoting, and conducting Bockfest since its beginning in 1992, through good years and bad. Since we talked to the OTR Foundation’s executive director into playing the central role in organizing it in 2006, we have seen it grow and improve every year since into the AMAZING success that it was in 2010. The OTR Foundation is helping save Over-the-Rhine, helping fill it with life, and doing work that gives a shot in the arm to local businesses in hard times. That’s why we support them and we hope that you will too.
