Month: February 2024

Lecture Series: Laura Brunner

Join us Monday, March 4th, for our next scheduled Lecture Series from 7-8 pm in the Community Room.
The speaker will be Laura N. Brunner; President and Chief Executive Officer of The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority (The Port)
Topic: The Port: About Us & Our Work

For more than a decade, Laura has led The Port with her impassioned efforts to fix broken real estate in order to reduce wealth disparities, increase homeownership and grow manufacturing jobs.

If you’re interested in this lecture, please send your RSVP to Marianna at mbettman@fuse.net

Park Place Posts: Feb. 2024

PARK PLACE POSTS

News and notes from your PPL neighbors
February, 2024


A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT:  

On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Chris Santoro for undertaking this newsletter. We have talked about having one for many years and Chris has turned talk into reality.

The newsletter is in response to all the requests for an easy way to communicate with other residents—one that doesn’t involve making 150 copies and posting in cubbies! We’ve discussed this and come up with the idea of a monthly email that includes a place for residents to post (for example):

  • Free/For Sale items
  • Parking space available
  • Unit available
  • Volunteer/charity activity
  • Anything else residents want to communicate

This is the first email. We’d love your feedback! 

If you’d like to include something, email chris.santoro16@gmail.com by the 20th of each month. Include description, name, email address.

Warm regards,
Roxanne

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS:

New Walking Club! All skill levels welcome! Days and times TBD. Joe Brannen joebrannen@aol.com
Derby Day Volunteers Needed: See details below under “Social”
1-Bedroom Unit: Chris and Bob Santoro may be interested in a one-bedroom in the near future chris.santoro16@gmail.com

2. FOR FREE/SALE:

Uplift Standing Desk 
42 width x 24 depth, Bamboo top, White legs
$300 OBO (new $669)
Chris Santoro: chris.santoro16@gmail.com

Outdoor Parking Space #4
$120/mo or $1,440/year.
Francisco Flores: floresfx@yahoo.com   

Unit 707 For Rent:
Fully furnished $4800/month.
Kim Dover: kldinbel@yahoo.com 

3. NEW FACES:

Please welcome!
916 Karen and David Troup
920 Annie Huang and Shu Yang

4. SOCIAL:  February Social News

WEEKLY HAPPENINGS:

Happy Hour: Fridays 5-7  /  Library – Come say hello!

Short Story Discussion: Wednesdays 7–8 pm  /  Library (Marcia Hartsock: marciahartsock@gmail.com)

Cards & Dominoes: Tuesdays 7 pm  /  Library

Happy Hour:
2/9, 5:00 PM Atrium
Walnut Hills Senior Khara Rosebrook, a singer/songwriter, will grace us with her musical talent!

First PP@L Chamber Music Concert:
3/24, 5:30 PM Atrium
We are very excited to announce our first PP@L Chamber Music Concert. We will host The Poiesis String Quartet, an award-winning group of outstanding young musicians from CCM. 

Game Day Superbowl:
2/11, 6:00 PM
mlfecker@gmail.com. 

PP@L Derby Day Party Volunteers Needed!
The Social Committee is planning our big PP@L Derby Day Party for May 4! We’ve booked Cincy Jazz Train, who we all enjoyed so much last fall, and we look forward to hearing them again. We need some volunteers to make this happen. These jobs will hopefully be shared by several people and you are guaranteed to have a good time! Contact Margaret mlfecker@gmail.com 

Here are specific jobs we need covered:

  • Decorations: Plan, set up (Social Committee has budget for this).
  • Name tags: (Nancy Allen will continue her Welcome with a smile in this area)
  • Food table coverage: Oversee food table, maintain plates, napkins etc, help with any leftovers.
  • Mint Juleps: Purchase bourbon and any other ingredients (Social Committee has budget for this),
  • make and serve drinks.
  • Betting: Organize and plan for placing bets, work the betting table, pass out winnings.
  • Cleanup: Take down decorations, food,etc. and clean up area.

Heart Mini-Marathon & Walk: PP Team 
Join Your Park Place Neighbors! Walk with us, run, or donate to a PP Walker! Mike Baylor has set up a team for residents, called “Park Place Walkers”. Register by February 19th for a T-shirt! More info about the event here. 

       ~~~ FRIENDLY REMINDERS ~~~
All boxes must be broken down before recycling!
Large boxes should be taken to the first floor recycle dumpster.
Small boxes can go into bins by elevators.
Please break down all boxes: If boxes aren’t broken down, they don’t fit in the dumpster. This means Terrance has to break them down, leaving less time for his more important jobs. Hiring additional help or renting another dumpster will add considerable expense. Please make sure to break down all boxes before putting them in the recycling bins. Thanks for helping solve this problem!
Always turn off your water if you are going to be gone from your unit for more than a day.
Water can quickly cause extensive damage, not just to your unit but also to your neighbors. The simple act of turning off your water can prevent a lot of damage, frustration, and expense. The main water shut-off valve is on the pipe by your water heater. After turning off your water, open all taps in your unit until no more water comes out. Then turn off taps. When you return and turn the water back on, there may be a bit of sputtering from your taps. This is normal.Leaks can also happen when you are in your unit but you may not notice them until it’s too late. Another precaution you can take is to buy a water alarm. Common places to use these are under sinks, next to washing machines, under/next to dishwasher. Amazon sells them. Some are Wi-Fi and will send you an alert when there is a leak. 


5. LOST & FOUND:
Wrapped package found in garage
Clothes left in Guest Suite
(See Front Desk)

6. KEEP UP ON FACEBOOK!
Our private FB group is the easiest way to  communicate with Park Place residents. Thank you to Nancy Allen and David Holliday for running this! Join here: https://www.facebook.com

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