Entries are accepted until 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8, and winners will be announced in the fall. Each category winner will receive $500, and each category second-place winner will receive $200.
Households can enter the two categories ― best interior improvement project and best exterior/landscaping project ― but can only win one of the two categories.
Other rules include winning projects must have obtained all needed permits and inspections; have started the projects by Jan. 1, 2020, and finished by the time of submission, and include a before and after picture.
“The city wanted to recognize and celebrate those who have invested their time and money in our community,” he said. “Improvements to their individual homes contribute to the overall health and vitality of property values throughout the city.”
For questions, call 513-896-8169 or email [email protected].
FAIRFIELD HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTEST RULES
- City residents only
- While households can enter the two categories, households may only win one category. Categories are: Best interior improvement project and Best exterior/landscaping project
- Winning projects must have obtained all necessary permits and inspections to be considered
- Home improvements must have been started after Jan. 1, 2020, and be completed by the time of submission.
- Must include at least one before and one after picture
- Entries are accepted until 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8, and winners will be announced in the fall. Each category winner will receive $500, and each category second-place winner will receive $200.
It is with deep, deep sadness that we have to do this, but as of October of this year, we will be shutting our doors...
Posted by The Almond Sisters Bakery on Thursday, August 26, 2021
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The design/production crew is comprised of Andrew Hungerford (scenic and lighting designer,) Noelle Wedig-Johnston (resident costume designer), Alix Frisch (costume designer), Douglas Borntrager (sound designer), Emi Suarez (stage manager), Henry Bateman (technical director), Kayla Williams (props), and Christopher Tin and Alex Williamson (composers).","_id":"ZBK27PO2OZCXTJW3ZYZ4GBFWUQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629900384711,"type":"text","content":"“ ‘Mongrel’ is about the legend of Genghis Khan. Obviously, that took place in the 12th and 13th Century … So, what we think now is, perhaps, based off scholarship, and, perhaps, based on myth or legend,” said Rebecca Wear, the show’s director.","_id":"PQXCUAGMHRG3TDLX5YYAVUYGNA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629900384712,"type":"text","content":"She said “Mongrel” invites the audience into the experience of being a town that’s under siege and it casts the audience as key adversaries from that town. As the immersive story unfolds, the audience is invited to meet with the servant of Genghis Khan. 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It’s extremely collaborative.”","_id":"V73IY3LN3BHSZE2GCKBAZYABEA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629900384714,"type":"text","content":"After the last year-and-a-half where a lot of collaborations have had to be remote or, even sometimes, placed on pause, she said it’s been a lot of fun to be able to work with someone again and to work with someone in the same space.","_id":"II4DWL2XZNB57KF5UDC73XYJ5I","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629900384715,"type":"text","content":"“You feel that special theatrical magic that only happens when you get people in a room, or in an open-air setting, when you get them physically close,” Wear said.","_id":"MBL4SNMOHJF3FNX4VIOXXHLGJA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629900384716,"type":"text","content":"She said this is a story about an Asian legend. It also grapples with issues such as race and masculinity. 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At that time Tom Vanderhorst, Hamilton’s executive director for external services, said he was hoping the funding came through, because the city had numerous blighted commercial structures but the county’s funding to that point had only been for residential.","_id":"W743BXS2OZCF7O3AXT7CJWVELM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558351,"type":"text","content":"The new funding can be used for residential or commercial and industrial but Vanderhorst told the Journal-News the private sector has been doing a good job in that regard.","_id":"ZQTZHSWSF5HTXNXLKBS6ON7RSI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558352,"type":"text","content":"“Believe it or not yeah,” Vanderhorst said about private companies repurposing old buildings. “It’s different than it used to be because there is so much momentum in Hamilton, we’ve seen that with people being engaged here. 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They still have residential properties that need downing, too.","_id":"TRBZQOFK5ZAT5MOLNZ7XIDD7YI","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"X6UCDWGVOZC7HDDGIDDAW3BKQQ","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Butler County Land Bank slated for another $1.5 million","url":"https://www.journal-news.com/news/butler-county-land-bank-slated-for-another-15-million/NQDJZWCQZZEIFBOIGBIUDHDNOM/","_id":"YJZOL25THZEM5GK3PQJZNDPERM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558355,"type":"text","content":"“We could potentially need funding to address residential properties and for brownfield development,” Vandehorst said. “Because we have a couple of exciting redevelopment opportunities such as the Cohen Scrap facility, Mohawk Paper and the Benninghofen Mill, that could potentially have environmental needs where the brownfield monies would make the projects more feasible.”","_id":"7ZOEN7IZXVESTCGO5PLXDIPCSM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558356,"type":"text","content":"The county has spent about $7.4 million in state and federal money tearing down approximately 750 eyesores since 2012. Those demolitions have been almost entirely in the two big cities and grant restrictions excluded commercial demolition.","_id":"J4P2X4SMKBHAJLOMAMVE5RHEPM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558357,"type":"text","content":"During a Land Bank board meeting this week County Treasurer Nancy Nix, who chairs the land bank, asked Middletown Councilman Joe Mulligan if the city is potentially eyeing the new money to demolish the Middletown Paperboard complex or if they have identified other funding sources. She said they are looking to spend the first allocation quickly so they can get in line to compete for the larger pot of money.","_id":"EA47CZPUKVEDXEM5ZN6Y6FYOJM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558360,"type":"text","content":"“We have some other requests to the county commissioners, but if you need any projects to quickly spend that $1.5 million we could take it all,” Mulligan said.","_id":"2ZNDDLAI4ZEO5N632W6QT54R3M","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558361,"type":"text","content":"The land bank board has about $950,000 in unencumbered funds — from delinquent tax assessment collections funds (DTAC) — to help communities across the county demolish eyesores, in addition to the new money.","_id":"FNTSSPO3EFE4PLAYH62U2562Z4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558362,"type":"text","content":"Fairfield Twp. has received some of the federal money in the past and Township Administrator Julie Vonderhaar said they are ready for more funding.","_id":"WTWIC7FYXJAG5BRB3XODVMPF3I","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1629832558363,"type":"text","content":"“We have identified about five properties in the Five Points area that currently meet criteria to qualify. 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Attention all Big Blue Fans.... the home Varsity Football game this Friday against Edgewood has been cancelled due to a high number of football covid quarantines. The JV game for Saturday is cancelled as well! pic.twitter.com/fe7pvHghe3
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Additionally the Varsity AWAY game next Friday, 9/3 at Princeton and the home Saturday JV game on 9/4 have been CANCELLED too. Hamilton will return to action week 4 on the road at Lakota East!! #WeAreBigBlue pic.twitter.com/CNJGU1LXKa
— Big Blue Athletics (@HHSBigBlueAD) August 23, 2021
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