CONTACT:
Deanna L. Bremer
Director of Marketing
Cleveland Restoration Society
Phone: (216) 426-3111
Fax: (216) 426-1975
E-mail: dbremer@clevelandrestoration.org

RESTORATION SOCIETY HEAD TO SPEAK IN AKRON

On Monday, January 26, 2004 Cleveland Restoration Society executive director Kathleen H. Crowther will speak at Progress Through Preservation’s Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Suites, 1989 Front Street, in Cuyahoga Falls. The program begins at 6:00 p.m. with a cash bar followed by dinner and the keynote address at 7:30 p.m. Crowther’s talk, “Partners for Preservation in Our Region,” will feature the Society’s successful Heritage Home Program. The cost is $30.00 per person. For information and registration, call Rosemary Reymann of Progress Through Preservation at 330-867-8621.

The Heritage Home Program, a partnership between the Cleveland Restoration Society (CRS), Cuyahoga County Treasurer James Rokakis, and KeyBank, provides free technical assistance and low interest loans to owners of older and historic homes in fourteen cities in Cuyahoga County: Bay Village, Chagrin Falls, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland, Euclid, Lakewood, Olmsted Falls, Rocky River, Shaker Heights, Solon, South Euclid, University Heights and Westlake. Designed to counter the trend of population moving further from the urban center and an aging housing stock, the program targets owners of homes 50 years of age or older. Cuyahoga County estimates that 275,131 of its housing units were built prior to 1949. Since September 2001, CRS has made over 600 site visits and fielded more than 1,000 telephone inquiries. To date, 122 loans have been signed, representing approximately $4.0 million dollars in community reinvestment.

The Cleveland Restoration Society/Preservation Resource Center of Northeastern Ohio is the region’s largest non-profit preservation organization and is a Local Partner affiliate of the National Trust. Founded in 1972, the Society is dedicated to the preservation of Greater Cleveland’s historic resources.

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