by Benjamin Recchie | May 31, 2022 | Blog
Affordable homes for senior citizens coupled with investments in green energy could be coming to the historic Thurgood Marshall Building on East Manhattan Boulevard thanks to an innovative proposal and support from the City of Toledo. The Area Office on Aging of...
by Emily Schnipke | May 24, 2022 | Blog
Congratulations to the LISC Toledo grant winners! We are very thankful for the responses from contractors and real estate developers in Toledo. These survey responses are helping to frame the current state of these industries and identify barriers for small and...
by Emily Schnipke | Apr 20, 2022 | Blog
Community Building Partners is working with LISC Toledo to build a strategy to support minority and women owned contracting firms in increasing their businesses and even growing into development. Our team is currently looking for input from local contractors on their...
by Laura Recchie | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog
Our CEO, Joe Recchie, presented at The American Society of Aging conference in New Orleans this week about the successful capacity building model the Community Building Partners team has been implementing with nonprofit partners to help develop affordable housing...
by Laura Recchie | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced this week a $150,000 grant to our partners at Buckeye Hills Regional Council (BHRC) for the work we’ve partnered on to help Ohio University develop a plan for The Ridges on their campus. This grant to BHRC will...
by Laura Recchie | Sep 16, 2021 | Blog
Our team at Community Renewable Energy is working hard to create more and more employment opportunities in the clean energy sector for our communities. Not just because we’re in the business of deploying solar, but also because this is a 21st century industry...
by Benjamin Recchie | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
Today, Community Building Partners received delightful news: the Ritter’s Run Apartments project, which we’ve been working on with the Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging in Mansfield, was recognized with a 2021 Aging Innovations Award from the National Association...
by Conor Willis | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
As local governments across the country, including here in Central Ohio, continue to commit to carbon emissions reductions, the demand to develop projects designed to meet these reduction targets is accelerating. Renewable energy systems, energy efficiency projects,...
by Conor Willis | May 7, 2021 | Blog
At CRE, we know that there are plenty of questions around going solar for your organization. When is the right time to go solar? Is my roof right for solar? What happens at the end of your solar system’s useful life? Why should I go with CRE as a developer for...
by Conor Willis | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
Our neighbors the Columbus Urban League have been working hard to connect minority-owned businesses in Columbus to PPP loans to support them through this pandemic. In just the past two months, they have already helped connect many businesses to our support services,...
