Heritage Ohio’s 2022 Preservation Month Photo Contest: vote for your favorite!
The entries have come in and our finalists have moved on to the online voting round of our Preservation Month Photo Contest. Check out our finalists below and vote for your favorite. Voting closes Monday, May 30, so don’t sleep on casting your vote for your favorite. We’ll announce the winner Tuesday, May 31. Good luck to our finalists, and thanks to everyone who submitted an entry.
Remember, the stakes are high: the winning image will be featured on the cover of an upcoming issue of Revitalize Ohio! Good luck!
Learn more about how each image conveys the spirit of preservation, in the photographer’s own words.
1. For the Love of Liberty: Our Powell Liberty and Delaware County Historical Societies, as well as our Liberty Township Trustees have been instrumental in ensuring the preservation of this, our 1876 farmhouse and home to generations of Bartholomews and Cases. We are so grateful to live in a community that protects its history while embracing its future.
2. Preserving Ohio’s Past for the Future: The white stone exterior of the Ohio Judicial Center captures the pride felt in Ohio’s history. On the front are 14 carved stone panels showing the important industries when the building was completed in 1933. The large art deco statues on either end of the building were proud statement of Ohio’s booming economy. The pride in preserving this historic building is the pride we have in the state of Ohio.
3. Walk Through: Often, I walk through buildings for many reasons including: evaluating conditions, showing property, checking construction progress, etc. When I captured this image, I was really focused on the door frame and how it invited me to walk through. Beyond the door frame, the stairs drew my eyes upward toward a future of possibilities for this space. Then there’s the light. The way in streamed in. It’s like the past was right there and so was the future.
4. Kaleidoscope Carnivore Cafe: The Toledo Zoo’s Carnivore Cafe is one of the most creative adaptive uses in NW Ohio, having been converted from the Carnivora House to the Carnivore Cafe. Now the Toledo Zoo’s most popular eatery, during the famous “Lights Before Christmas” display the cafe literally glows.
5. A Moment Frozen In Time: Taken in Cambridge’s Underground store front this image showcases a prop used during the few tours given to the community to help preserve this rare space.
Heritage Ohio’s 2022 Preservation Month Photo Contest | The Spirit of Historic Preservation
May will be here before we know it, and that brings Preservation Month. And we’re planning to celebrate in style. Already a momentous month for the organization (we’ll be saying good bye to Joyce Barrett, and welcoming Matt Wiederhold as our new executive director) we’re also working on a Preservation Month Webinar Series. Plus, our Preservation Month Photo Contest will launch in late April.
This year’s theme is “The Spirit of Historic Preservation” and we want to know what that means to you, and how you convey that spirit in your photo entry. It could be an artistic image of your favorite historic Ohio building, a vibrant Main Street in action, or a beautiful home awaiting its rehab hero.
Once you get that perfect image, submit your entry using our online submission form below (available beginning April 25). Our Preservation Committee will choose finalists from all of our entries, and we’ll open the contest to online voting. As in years past, your online votes will determine the winner!
Remember: the winner’s prize includes their winning image featured on the cover of Revitalize Ohio! Good luck!
Dates to remember
Entries accepted: Monday, April 25-Monday, May 16 at noon
Online voting of finalists: Monday, May 23-Monday, May 30
Winner announced: Tuesday, May 31
Downtown Development, Tradition, and Change!
Matt Long and Chad Boreman, owners of the Quinby Building (1897), new home to Ace Hardware in downtown Wooster.
Downtown Wooster has been reinvesting and revitalizing its downtown for 34 years. A true public/private partnership, more than $215 million of reinvestment and revitalization has occurred since the inception of the Main Street program, beginning in 1987.
In 2015, two former Main Street Wooster board members and subsequent chairs, Matt Long, a local attorney, and Chad Boreman, a local financial planner, formed CBML, Ltd., to acquire and add other community properties.
2018 brought a change for the Quinby Building (1897), a four-story, 26,000 sq. ft. building located on Wooster’s Public Square. Originally occupied as the William Annat Co. Department Store until the 1990’s, the building was most recently the company outlet store for the Newell/Everything Rubbermaid Store.
When the property was listed for sale in 2018, Boreman and Long, generational members of the community (Chad, five and four generations, Matt, three and seven) decided to purchase the building to preserve the “status quo” of the building, keeping the Everything Rubbermaid Store in place, and maintaining Wooster ownership. Long stated, “it was too important of a building to leave to chance”.
Due to the pandemic and revitalization of the 1993 streetscape construction on the Public Square, Newell/Rubbermaid decided to close the large facility in August, 2021 leaving a potential and significant vacancy for downtown Wooster. Long and Boreman made plans to lease “pop-up” stores in the firstfloor retail space (7,500 sq. ft.) while seeking to recruit a long-term tenet; however, early in the planning process, they were approached by Wooster-based E&H Hardware Group, LLC regarding a long-term lease of the entire Quinby Building (1897).
Enter Christopher Buehler and Rich Fishburn, fourth generation, great-grandsons, of Ed and Helen Buehler, who began the Buehler’s grocery chain in 1929 in New Philadelphia, then moving to Wooster where they opened a store in downtown Wooster. Adding stores throughout Ohio, the business is now 92 years young! A hardware company was added, not as a separate company, in 1959, as part of the Orrville, Ohio store.
E&H Hardware group was formed in 2011 as a separate entity from the Buehler’s Fresh Foods grocery chain, opening 25 Ace Hardware stores throughout Ohio. Both Buehler and Fishburn wanted to have a store in their Wooster hometown for years but could not find a space that filled their needs. With Newell announcing the closing of the Everything Rubbermaid Store, Rich went to Christopher and said, “This is it! A perfect building for what we want to do!” The partners envisioned the building as their “flagship store”, a destination for local, regional and tourism customers.
Christopher Buehler & Rich Fishburn looking at uncovered column in the Quinby Building
The E&H partners contacted Long and Boreman and, within a month, executed a lease and created a new partnership to bring a large, new business to the existing downtown retail businesses. (The current hardware store, Tignor’s Hometown Hardware, was purchased by the E&H group: the employees will be a part of the Ace Hardware store when it opens in March, 2022.)
Long and Boreman will have the exterior of the building painted and the Ace Hardware interior will house three floors of hardware, with additional lifestyle- living merchandise including outdoor living, home goods, a dedicated contractor area, The Nook, “a store within a store”, and a plumbing and handyman business. The fourth floor will be the corporate offices of the E&H Hardware Group.
“We want this store to be an anchor for downtown Wooster, we want it to evolve all the time, we want it to complement the downtown and participate in activities with all of the downtown businesses. We will be a “test store” for new and upscale branding of products, introducing new hardware and living products to the customer, yet continuing to offer the products that are “tried and true”, stated Buehler and Fishburn. Boreman and Long said, “This is a “perfect storm”; a traditional business in a traditional downtown, with community development supporting the “sense of place” that is downtown Wooster, Ohio!”
By Sandra C. Hull
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of Revitalize Ohio. All rights reserved.
A Warm Handshake and Plate from NAICCO
Life moves fast, and we often forget to ask ourselves, “What am I doing for future generations?” Well, the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) is sustaining their community by centering around the universal love and need of food.
Preserving and revitalizing does not solely rely on physical efforts, while they are important, there is a cultural component of preservation that leads to physical revitalization projects.
In 2011, Ty and Masami Smith took management roles NAICCO, an urban Indian center based in Columbus. Since that time, they have focused on building up the local Native American community and preserving and restoring their peoples’ cultures, heritages, and traditions. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are a husband-and-wife duo who value family and are focused on giving back to their fellow Native American people, who they now serve as Project Director and Executive Director respectively. Their goal has been to engage the community and to create a sustainability program for the people who personify their mission work at NAICCO.
The Project
The result is NAICCO Cuisine, a food trailer that serves Native American street food. This project has been eight years in the making and came to fruition on Indigenous Peoples Day in 2020. NAICCO Cuisine has come together through the dedication of NAICCO leadership in connecting with their community’s wants and needs. After the NAICCO team collaborated with community elders, NAICCO Board of Trustees, the families and the youth involved in NAICCO they wrote a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Native Americans grant proposal and received funding for NAICCO Cuisine.
Native American street food was an instant hit and soon NAICCO Cuisine was invited to take their food trailer to other places around Central Ohio. They never thought this would be possible so soon, or at all for that matter during the pandemic. Originally, they had only planned to operate out of the NAICCO parking lot.
By the end of November, Ohio’s weather had turned cold and there was a spike in COVID-19 cases. NAICCO had to put the trailer away.
After the success from the food trailer, they knew NAICCO Cuisine could not come to an end so soon. Mrs. Smith, Executive Director, pitched the idea for curbside pickup– a way to spread culture and food while be socially distant. The food platters had different themes: Intertribal, Southwest, Oklahoma, Northern Plains and Northwest. Highlighting different areas of food is important for NAICCO to do since the community is intertribal. These platters could be picked up right in NAICCO’s parking lot.
The Effect
“NAICCO is focused on writing a new chapter in Native American history,” Ty Smith, Project Director, notes.
NAICCO Cuisine is about much more than food. It is about teaching, learning, family, visibility, pride and so much more. Ohio does not have any federally recognized tribes which leads to a lack of resources for the indigenous peoples residing here. NAICCO Cuisine provides sustainability to pave the way for future Native American programs to take place at NAICCO and highlight the possibilities for all Native Americans going forward.
From the outside, NAICCO Cuisine looks like a food trailer, or a warm platter of food, but it provides more than sustenance. It provides social and economic development for the people NAICCO represents while preserving Native American culture here in Ohio.
The Possibilities
The food trailer was able to be brought back out in May of this year and was in such high demand that they were booked throughout 2021. NAICCO Cuisine intends to travel throughout Central Ohio and beyond in 2022 and can be tracked on NAICCO’s website and Street Food Finder. Now that the weather has gone cold, the trailer is being stored for winter again and the platters will pick back up again like last winter. They have received stellar reviews and high praise and won the Whitehall Food Truck & Fun Fest Runner-Up Foodie Food Truck Award this summer. Such a successful first year is unprecedented and NAICCO is ready to not only continue but expand this program for the future generations of Native Americans in Ohio and across the United States.
Ty Smith says it best, “NAICCO Cuisine is a warm handshake unto the rest of society.”
There is more to Indigenous culture than what is visible on the surface. It goes deeper. It is a belief system. It is a way of life. It is thinking of future generations. It is self-assurance. It is so much more than words can possess. NAICCO Cuisine gives the Indigenous Peoples of central Ohio the opportunity to connect with one another and find confidence in their identity, while introducing this way of life to the rest of the population.
By Kenzie Hahn
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of Revitalize Ohio. All rights reserved.
Revitalization Series Workshop: More Money for Main Streets: The Formula for Raising Unrestricted Capital
Wednesday, June 16 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
More money for Main Streets: The Formula for Raising Unrestricted Capital
More than 80% of all annual donations come from individuals*. Research shows this is the greatest growth opportunity for the nonprofit sector. It is also the most sustainable source of income over time. Moreover, building authentic, meaningful relationships with your donors reaps a multitude of rewards for the donor and your organization. Through donor cultivation you may find loyal volunteers, passionate board leaders, new opportunities and more. * Giving USA
In this session, participants will be taken through the donor journey from the first gift to an estate gift. We will give you advice on how to implement simple and effective strategies utilizing the resources and activities you are already doing. Plus, we will also reveal some secrets to attaining corporate support and finding new donors.
We will cover:
• How to increase your annual unrestricted donations from individuals
• Building your membership and converting members to annual donors
• Simple ways to retain and upgrade existing annual donors
• How to find the best major donor prospects in your current donor list using wealth screenings, donor profiles and other planning tools; how and when to make “the ask”
• Engaging your Board and other volunteers in fundraising
• Finding and engaging New Donors
• Producing effective and profitable events
• The difference between corporate sponsorship, program partnership, grants, financial and in-kind donations – and how to get funding from some or all of these.
• Easy ways to start talking with your donors about leaving your organization in their will
Speaker
Danielle Locke
Hey! I’m Danielle Locke. I founded Locke Step Partners because I was frustrated by the endless cycle of grants and events. I knew I could help nonprofit directors raise more unrestricted funds, especially from individual donors already in their list! I serve as a fundraising coach, connector, knowledge resource, and sometimes just a safe space to vent. My specialties include nonprofit management, donor cultivation, fundraising/campaign strategy, and board engagement.
I am an expert in nonprofit fundraising because I have had considerable success in organizations just like these – 20 years actually. I have a few credentials too. These include a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP®) from the American College of Financial Services, a Master of Public Administration with a certificate in Nonprofit Management, from Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in psychology, both from Cleveland State University. (The Pysch degree comes in handy these days.)
I believe every nonprofit leader has the potential to create a sustainable future for their organization by through meaningful donor partnerships. I am focused on giving nonprofits the step-by-step instruction, tools and support to actually implement the permanent changes that lead to their thriving future.
Revitalization Series Workshop: The Art & Economics of Filling Your Downtown Buildings
Wednesday, April 21 – 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Becoming Historic Redevelopment-Ready
Join Corey Leon from the National Development Council for an introduction to the dollars & “sense” of redeveloping a historic building using a computer spread sheet. We’ll touch on the benefits of owning real estate, and key financial documents, such as the pro forma, you need to complete in order to properly evaluate the potential for redeveloping any historic building. We will dig into how lenders review potential projects before they commit to construction and/or permanent financing, and how all the structured redevelopment pieces fit together to make the development happen. Dust off your Lotus 123, Quattro Pro, or Excel and get ready to use an income property spreadsheet for a deep dive into the critical financing perspective of historic building redevelopment. Computer access able to open and edit an Excel spreadsheet is required in order to complete the session cases.
Attracting What Your Community Wants & Needs in Your Downtown
In the afternoon, Jason Duff from Small Nation will discuss proven ways your community can recruit new and expanding businesses to your community. Whether its solving your downtown vacancy problem or how to have a productive conversation with a developer, Jason has a solution for your community. Jason will also share several strategies on nurturing your existing downtown businesses to help them be even more successful.
Speaker
Corey Leon
Corey Leon is a director with the National Development Council’s Central Team. Corey is an Economic and Housing Development Finance Professional with over 20 years of experience in community economic development, with an emphasis on real estate finance. He has a full working knowledge of financial underwriting for commercial real estate, residential development and business credit and is skilled in utilizing a broad range of financial resources to structure creative financial packages that bridge the gap between development costs and private sector investment. Corey has assisted with the financial structuring of over $500 million in closed transactions for real estate developments and small business finance transactions.
Jason Duff
Jason Duff is the Founder of Small Nation which encompasses a group of companies, leaders and investors who develop places, spaces and dreams for small towns and small-town entrepreneurs across the county. Jason and his team at Small Nation have completely revitalized the town of Bellefontaine, Ohio. In 7 short years, they have turned a dying town and helped make it a Best-in-State destination.
Jason and his team can be credited with renovating more than 30 historic buildings, started and founded 14 new businesses that have hired more than 190 employees, 18 new loft apartments and they continue to lead and inspire in making towns and communities strong.
Jason serves on Small Business Advisory Council for US Chamber, is a regular contributor to Forbes, Entrepreneur & Inc Magazine, has been recognized by the White House as Top100 Entrepreneurs in 2013 and 2015, and was recently named Heritage Ohio’s 2019 Young Preservationist of the Year.
Revitalize with Historic Preservation Tax Credits
The Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program is one of the most important tools used in the revitalization of Ohio’s downtowns. Since 2007, this program has been essential to help Ohio to grow and prosper by attracting and retaining our youth, talent and entrepreneurs through revitalization of our towns and cities.
Ohio has the 3rd most historic buildings in the country, and we can turn these abandoned and underutilized liabilities into income producing, tax paying assets. We can be competitive with other states in attracting people and businesses with our authentic historic buildings, streets and neighborhoods.
The best part, this program has a real return on investment, it pays the state back in increased revenue (often 1/3 comes back before the credit is even taken), as well as jobs and economic activity. Every county in the state can take advantage of this incentive to help boost their local economy.
Get the Facts
Heritage Ohio commissioned an independent study to look at the economic impact of the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit in Ohio communities. Read the full report.
The Ohio Development Services Agency assembled a comprehensive report of the impacts Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits have had around the state. Read the ODSA Comprehensive Report.
All completed and certified Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit projects strictly adhere to The Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Structures.
See the Impacts
Read select case studies on completed Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit projects from around the state.
See the complete list of Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit projects completed and underway.
Learn More About Historic Preservation Tax Credits
Learn more about Heritage Ohio’s Tax Credit educational opportunities.
Looking to learn more about historic preservation and community revitalization? We offer free monthly webinars on a wide range of topics that beginners and experts alike will find educational and fun. You can view many of our past webinars on our YouTube channel.
How Redlining Has Shaped Our Cities and Increased the Racial Divide in America Webinar
Wednesday, February 24 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
In this webinar, Beth Johnson will present the history of redlining, the practice in which maps made by federal government entities in the 1930’s and 1940s outlined in red the neighborhoods that were considered hazardous to offer lending. We will look at how redlining has led to decades of disinvestment in neighborhoods of color. Sean Suder, esq will discuss the continued implications of redlining in our cities and how it has manifested into current land use policy.
This Webinar has been approved for 1.0 AIA HSW CEU
Presenters
Beth Johnson, Cincinnati Urban Conservator since 2016, is a leader in historic preservation planning in southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky, with experience in guiding investment in historic buildings to create vibrant neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Covington and as far as San Antonio and Austin, Texas.
Sean Suder received his Bachelor of Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served nearly four years as the City of Cincinnati’s chief land use attorney, became a partner in a top commercial real estate and land use practice, before forming his own law firm which provides quality commercial real estate, zoning, land use, and public law counsel extending beyond Ohio to Indiana, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., where he is licensed to practice.
Revitalization Series Workshop: LORE Storytelling
Wednesday, February 17 – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
WHY STORYTELLING? WHY LORE?
A compelling story is the fastest route to human connection and influence. Stories make presentations better. Stories make ideas stick. Stories help us persuade. A well-crafted story connects the listener to the teller, holding attention and driving action.
LORE has been empowering individuals and organizations by giving them the tools and a platform to share their stories since October 2018. Founded by Bridget Flaherty, an award-winning storyteller, LORE has helped hundreds of people craft their personal stories. In addition to hosting workshops for businesses, LORE has partnered with nonprofit and public organizations to gather and promote the stories of their constituents and clients.
LORE Storytelling Workshop
A compelling story is the fastest route to human connection and influence. Stories make presentations better. Stories make ideas stick. Stories help us persuade. This interactive program will teach you how to craft a captivating first-person story. You will learn about the story arc and story components, draft and share your personal story, and receive valuable feedback.
Learning Objectives
• Learn how to distinguish yourself and your company through the stories you tell.
• Acquire creative and powerful tools to communicate in a unique and authentic way.
• Develop a personal story that people want to hear in order to better connect with customers, employees, and colleagues.
Speaker
Bridget Flaherty
Bridget Flaherty has a successful career in Information Technology and Business Process Improvement and she is a Storyteller. Odd combination? Yes. And it makes her uniquely qualified to teach storytelling for business.
The first time that Bridget got on stage to tell a story, she won the competition. Instantly, she was hooked. She began travelling to share stories across the Midwest, including cities like Chicago, Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Louisville, Cincinnati and Dayton.
Quickly, Bridget recognized how a captivating story can impact business success through effective leadership, captivating marketing, increased sales and clarified company culture. It was a natural fit. Marrying her more than 20 years of experience in business leadership with her passion for storytelling, Bridget developed a curriculum that makes sense for business professionals and she began to share the art of storytelling. LORE was born.
Bridget leads storytelling workshops, small group sessions and provides one-on-one coaching for business professionals that desire to tell a captivating story.
Te’Jal Cartwright
Te’Jal Cartwright was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. Her passion for her community was instilled in her at an early age when she was encouraged to go out into the community with her church. Throughout her academic career, she would find herself more and more concerned about the state of her community and the role that she played in empowering those around her while learning from them as well. After graduating from the University of Dayton with her bachelor’s degree in English, she went on to fundraising and community outreach. It was at her previous job that she discovered her love for hosting. With this discovery she created a digital talk show called What’s the Biz with TJ. What’s the Biz focuses on highlighting black entrepreneur’s stories in an effort to connect the community to black owned businesses. Te’Jal has interviewed more than 35 businesses and has expanded to a national platform within the past year. She’s also interviewed legendary artists like Jojo Brim and Christopher “Play” Martin from Kid N’ Play. Her life’s work is dedicated to creating a better world for her 3 year old son, Luke.
Te’Jal has been a part of the LORE team in a variety of capacities since January 2019. She is an engaging host and a proficient technologist who keeps the LORE Storytelling Workshops moving smoothly.
Understanding PPP Round Two Webinar
Tuesday, January 26 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Round Two is starting to roll out. If you want to learn more before you apply or are not sure if you qualify, join Shannon Feucht and Jerome Jones from The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as they introduce the basics and answer your questions.
During the webinar, SBA will discuss:
- Overview of Forgiveness Process & Requirements
- Overview of the Paycheck Protection Program, as updated by The Economic Aid Act
- Overview of SBA Resource Partner Services
There will be time to ask questions!
Speakers
Shannon Feucht is a Lead Economic Development Specialist at the Columbus District Office for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In this position, she is responsible for marketing and conducting outreach to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and resource partners in order to help them start and develop by utilizing
Jerome W. Jones is a Lender Relations Specialist with The U. S. Small Business Administration. Prior to joining the SBA Jones was a Certified Business Advisor with The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Columbus State Community College and Managing Member of The Danash Group, LLC. He has also served as VP of Lending with the Economic and Community Development Institute, the Vice President of Business Services at Telhio Credit Union where he was responsible for the business loan department, Vice President of Community Development Lending for Key Bank, and a senior loan officer for Community Capital Development Corp. Jones is also very active in the Central Ohio community, serving on the United Way of Central Ohio Finance Committee and the City of Columbus Loan Review Committee, as well as having served as a board member of the Columbus Urban League. Jones is a recipient of the SBA Financial Services Champion Award, is a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional, a Certified Business Advisor and attended Jackson State University and Franklin University.
Demystifying Influencer Marketing: Identifying, Activating, & Growing Effective Partnerships Webinar
Wednesday, January 27 – 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
This session will focus on training organizations to work with influencers: how they can be effective, how they can benefit destinations, as well as discussing techniques for researching effective partnerships, connecting with influencers near you, and creating and maintaining successful relationships with them.
The Ohio Tourism Office will also share how their Co-op advertising program can provide financial support.
Speakers
Elizabeth Dekker uses her background in the arts to promote exploring our world in creative ways. Her experience in small business management has created the foundation of her classes on business development and experiential marketing. She is currently using her skills to promote the city of Worthington as its tourism director, as well as teaching businesses classes through her company The Right Hands.
Nicholas Dekker is a food/travel writer based in Columbus, writing his award-winning blog Breakfast With Nick since 2007. Nick also freelances for Experience Columbus, TourismOhio, Ohio Magazine, Columbus Monthly, and many other travel publications across the state. For his day job he works on the marketing team of the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
Paola Santiago Del Castillo works at TourismOhio and the Ohio. Find It Here. brand., as social media coordinator and handles everything from day-to-day posting to influencer campaigns and social video content! She graduated from Ohio University’s Scripps School of Journalism, and after working in broadcast news, magazine journalism, and non-profit communications she finally found her niche in social media management. Her passion lies in supporting small, minority-owned businesses, finding hidden gems while traveling, and eating well!