A PUBLICATION OF KBK ENTERPRISES JULY - DECEMBER 2015

The Rhino’s Charge

SKYLINE PHASE 2 UNDERWAY

40 NEW HOMES MARK NEW START FOR LARIMER

YMCA PARTNERS WITH THE KBK FOUNDATION

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JULY — SEPTEMBER 2015

3 The Heritage Receives Grant

for Youth Services

4 Skyline Phase 2 Underway

6 Community Days

THE RHINO’S CHARGE

8 40 New Homes Mark The Start

Of Larimer’s Rebirth 10 YMCA Partners With The KBK

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13 Keith B. Key new Foundation

Chair for Columbus State

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Skyline Phase 2 Underway

40 New Homes Mark The Start of Larimer’s Rebirth

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THE HERITAGE RECEIVES GRANT FOR YOUTH SERVICES

The Ohio Capital Impact Corporation through its Carol Mount Peterson Resident Development Fund (RDF), awarded $343,670 to 15 different organizations. Funding sent over 500 youth to various summer camps and activities in Ohio as well as Kentucky for the summer of 2015. The Heritage was the recipient of a portion of the award receiving $21,000 in grant funds to provide YMCA summer camp services to youth at The Herit-age. Children participated in numer-ous activities that included swim-ming, camping, visiting the zoo and the Columbus Public libraries. The

monies were awarded to partners focused on the lives of their resi-dent children by providing oppor-tunities for summer activities meant to enhance lives. The Ohio Capital Impact Corporation has committed $500,000 for RDF through funding made possible in part by contributions from Key Bank and Fifth Third Community Development Corporation as well as a multi year $1 million dollar commitment from Huntington Bank. The Carol Peterson Resident Development Fund was created in 1997 by the Ohio Capital Corpora-

tion for Housing (OCCH) to assist residents in reaching their full potential through engagement, employment, education, removal of barriers, access to resources, and experiences and opportuni-ties. In 2013, OCCH created the Ohio Capital Impact Corporation to administer its philanthropic activities specifically targeted to benefit residents and neighbor-hoods where OCCH has invest-ments in affordable housing.

OMEGA HOUSE RECEIVES DONATION FOR RENOVATION 123 Meadow Street in Pittsburgh, PA is home to the Iota Phi Chapter of one of the oldest African Ameri-can Greek fraternities in the country, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Incorporated in 1911, the fraternity is based on four cardinal principles: manhood, schol-arship, perseverance and uplift. In an effort to in-crease their presence in the Larimer, East Liberty and Homewood communities, the fraternity pur-chased a home in the area. It is here the fraternity hosts various educational and health activities for youth and senior residents. However the fraternity house has seen its share of wear and tear and was due for a much needed renovation to continue its philanthropic work. The KBK Foundation stepped in with a donation totaling over $50,000 for the rede-velopment of the Omega house, in addition to mon-ey committed by the chapter to complete this pro-ject. Interiors of the home were completely refur-bished with the installation of new drywall, new bathroom fixtures, plumbing, flooring, kitchen, and paint work completion. The home also received a new roof and landscaping. Left: Before and after picture showing the new landscaping that was installed at the Omega House on Meadow Street.

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SKYLINE TERRACE PHASE 2 UNDERWAY Vertical construction will begin in 2016 on Phase 2 of Skyline Ter-race with 90 new residential units that will occupy Bentley Drive. With all the necessary approvals from the City of Pittsburgh’s plan-ning department, Phase 2 is scheduled for completion Fall 2016 and officially closed, Decem-ber 29, 2015. In April 2015, PHFA approved a $14.7 million dollar bond volume cap for the future mixed income housing community which will initiate the first stage of the project. Demolition of the existing apartments was complet-ed in late May 2014. The unit mix will consist of a 1-2 bedroom apartment building and 2-4 bed

pavilion, and open play areas. Last summer KBK Enterprises and the Allies & Ross Development and Management Corporation hosted an MWBE Kickoff for Phases 2 and 3 on August 27th at the Ella Mae Hillman Community Center. The Kickoff offered opportunities for local minority and women owned business owners to explore the design, construction schedule and contract opportunities associ-ated with the redevelopment of this project. 40 individuals were in attendance, most of whom were new faces. KBK Enterprises’ Pitts-burgh, Assistant Vice President and Project Manager, Tisha Ger-many engaged attendees by

room townhomes. Both will con-tain handicap accessible units. 54 units will be located in a single, four story, garden style building with an elevator. The remaining 36 townhome style units will be located in 8 buildings including triplexes and quadplexes with sep-arate entrances for all units. Unit square feet ranges will be from 744 for one bedroom units to 1944 for four bedroom units. Amenities include wiring for digi-tal accessibility, full size washers and dryers, range, refrigerator, disposal, dishwasher, blinds, car-pet and tiled bathroom. Phase 2 will be surrounded with lots of common green space areas, a

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reviewing the project scope.

Jennifer Barnes, Community Relations Manager with The KBK Foundation, Pittsburgh described The Foundation’s approach to engaging minority busi-nesses and KBK’s commitment to ex-ceeding HACP’s 35% goal for MWBE participation. Attendees were also walked through the bid submission pro-cess and then broke out into infor-mation sessions to meet with KBK En-terprises and KBK Foundation staff one on one.

Skyline Terrace made headlines due to its large MWBE and Section 3 participa-tion during Phase 1. Over $27 million was awarded to Minority and Women owned firms and 67 Section 3 employ-ees were hired for the project.

Above left: Site plan of Skyline Terrace Phase 2. Middle left: Rendering of the 36 townhome style units. Bottom left: MWBE Kickoff for Skyline Phases 2 and 3 held at the Ella Mae Hillman Community Center. Above: Preliminary site plan for Skyline Phase 3.

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COMMUNITY DAYS FELLOWSHIP WITH RESIDENTS CREATES FUN FOR ALL

The month of August 2015 kicked off a string of resident community days in Columbus, OH, Pittsburgh, PA and Washington, DC. KBK Enter-prises established The Heritage Fes-tival, a community day event held since 2003, for the residents of The Heritage. The festival held on August 8th at Harrison Smith Park, attract-ed not only a large showing of exist-ing residents, but the surrounding community as well. The festival gives residents an opportunity to fellowship, reconnect with existing neighbors and get to know new members of the community. Addi-tionally the festival just offers plain ole’ fashion fun. The Harrison Smith Park campus was decorated with all sorts of games and activities for resi-dents that included inflatable bounce houses, face-painting, hu-man hamster balls, game trucks, wa-termelon eating contests, raffle

prizes and health screenings, all at no charge. Residents also were able to partake in a menu of grilled hotdogs, hamburgers, Sno-Cones, cotton candy, and were later given a chance to “work it off” as the DJ filled the park with the latest music. The organizer of The Heritage Festi-val, Community Relations Manager, Ken Vanpelt, has been planning the event for the last four years. Garfield Commons and Skyline Terrace fol-lowed the same theme. Their Com-munity Day for residents were held August 21st and August 28th. Beau-tiful weather brought out a large number of residents. Many looked forward to the comradery between neighbors and simply “catching up” on what’s new in the neighborhood. Garfield Commons and Skyline Ter-race outfitted the property manage-ment campus with various inflata-bles and activities. The Key Property

Management Services Team (KPMS) at both offices play a large role in organizing the event for residents. Rose Moyle, Property Manager of Skyline Terrace, says this was Sky-line’s very first community day since completion of Phase 1, 186 units. Rose stated that “All the vendors came and set up tents and gave items away, the kids at the site had a great time and the music was really good. The food was wonderful and we could not have asked for better weather.“ The Foster House in Washington, DC welcomed residents on August 22nd with a picnic lunch and DJ. The entire parking lot was converted to a festival equipped with Sno-Cone machines and a sum-mer menu that included hamburgers and hotdogs. The Foster House has been hosting a community day for Foster House residents for the last five years.

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“The kids at the site had a great time

and the music was really good. The food was wonderful and we could have

not asked for better weather.” Rose Moyle, Property Manager

Skyline Terrace

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Larimer had not seen new housing in 50 years. Now it has 40 fresh units on four streets in the heart of the neighborhood. A ribbon-cutting Friday, July 24, 2015 marked the start of invest-ment in a neighborhood that had lain fallow for decades. Like so many city neighborhoods, Larimer lost most of its population through the 1960s and ’70s, and many homes, left to decay, were razed. By the ’90s, crime was the only news out of Larimer, which had more vacant land than it did build-ings. A few solid advocates kept the pilot light on. Multiple speakers lauded its residents and advocates for being the real catalysts in the neighborhood’s current transfor-mation. “The Larimer Consensus

40 NEW HOMES MARK THE START OF LARIMER’S REBIRTH

Group is one of the hardest-working volunteer community groups I have ever worked with,” said Jennifer DiNardo, Assistant Vice President and Project Manag-er with KBK Enterprises. The con-sensus group formed around a vision plan in 2008, revising an old one and building from that a new one in 2010. It built teams to help attract homes, green infrastruc-ture and community development. The 40 units on Larimer, Ashley, Meadow and Carver are all energy efficient and affordable to people with subsidized vouchers. Four units are accessible to people with disabilities. The units are expected to be fully occupied by the end of July, Ms. DiNardo said. KBK Enter-prises had construction

underway when the U.S. Depart-ment of Housing and Urban De-velopment awarded a plan for 350 mixed-income units through a $30 million Choice Neighborhood grant July 2014. Tom Cummings, Director of Housing for the Urban Redevel-opment Authority, said KBK’s $21 million project may have helped get it. PNC Bank bought tax credits to finance the 40 new units. The URA procured $1 mil-lion in federal gap funding. About 40 percent of the work went to minority and women-owned businesses, and 26 resi-dents were hired on construc-tion sites, said Jane Miller, HUD’s Pittsburgh Field Office Director. Keith B. Key, President and CEO

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of KBK Enterprises, said he was shocked that 740 people applied for a unit within two weeks. “With that much demand to be in Larimer,” he said, “you have to build more in Larimer.” The three-year conversation that led to this point was often testy, as residents insisted on their green vision and mixed income units. KBK com-

plied by including storm water in-frastructure around its buildings. The site, called Larimer Pointe, has nine infiltration trenches to catch and release storm water into the ground. A row of bioswales along Meadow Street will absorb water from the street via curb cuts. “We always wanted to see Larimer as a unique, green, sustainable, diverse

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community,” said Carolyn Peeks, Chairwoman of the consensus group and its green team. “We are looking for local artists, for co-housing, for passive housing, mixed income, park space devel-opment and urban agriculture, and we look forward to making history as we move toward our goals.”

Larimer had not seen new

housing in 50 years. Now it has 40 fresh units on

four streets in the heart of the neighborhood.

Pictured left to right (rear): President & CEO of KBK Enterprises, Keith B. Key, Repre-sentative Ed Gainey and Emmett Miles. (Front) Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Housing Authority, Brian Hudson and HACP Director of Development, Nate Boe.

Visitors took a look at some of the available units at Larimer Pointe such as this one on Meadow Avenue. The site has nine infiltra-tion trenches to catch and release storm-water into the ground. A row of bioswales along Meadow Street will absorb water from the street via curb cuts.

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CONNECTING WITH KIDS YMCA PARTNERS WITH THE KBK FOUNDATION Parents were able to take ad-vantage of a bevy of 2015 summer day camp services offered to youth at Garfield Commons and now Skyline Terrace. However in addi-tion to the Center that Cares (C.A.R.E.S) and B.A.S.E (Brothers and Sisters Emerging), the Thelma Lovette YMCA has partnered with The KBK Foundation. Providing service for over 100 years, the Thelma Lovette YMCA engaged youth at Skyline ages 5-14 with a variety of programmatic and activ-ity options to explore and develop their interest and talents. During the nine week program youth went

on field trips that included The Carnegie Science Center, the Chil-dren’s Museum, the Frick Arts His-torical Center and the Heinz Histo-ry Center. This proved to be a great summer experience for all of our young participants. Summer day camp was a part of the community supportive services structure be-ing offered to families that are resi-dents in communities that KBK En-terprises owns and manages. The KBK Foundation has been a com-munity partner with C.A.R.E.S since 2012 and have served over 150 Garfield Commons youth since the start of its collaboration with The

Foundation. The summer day camp was designed to encourage chil-dren to learn while having fun and also helps enhance youth’s life skills, build resiliency and strengthen leadership skills through hands on learning and or-ganized activities. The KBK Foun-dation has made contributions to-taling $30,000 to The Center That Cares for the last three years to help fulfill its mission of youth and adults achieving their life plans and goals. Through partnerships such as this, C.A.R.E.S. has been able to supply students with cul-tural and recreational activities

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not only to Garfield Commons youth residents but around the city of Pitts-burgh.

B.A.S.E. is the non-profit parent com-pany to Garfield Youth Sports that has been in existence for 19 years. The mission of B.A.S.E. is to develop thriv-ing African American and other youth and their families in Garfield and sur-rounding at-risk neighborhoods to find and take advantage of opportunities available to them. This non-profit group provided services to youth resi-dents at Garfield Commons. Concurrently, the partnerships with C.A.R.E.S, YMCA and B.A.S.E not only helps to fulfill their mission, but assists The KBK Foundation in its core pur-pose of changing lives in the communi-ties that we serve. C.A.R.E.S, B.A.S.E and the YMCA have grown into an-chors in the community. The KBK Foundation is proud to support the mission of C.A.R.E.S, B.A.S.E and the YMCA in ensuring that children have the clearest pathway to success in the in the surrounding Pittsburgh commu-nities.

The KBK Foundation presents C.A.R.E.S with a $10,000 contribution. The contribution provided scholarships to youth to attend summer day camp services.

Above: Youth participated in a variety of fun and educational activities during summer day camps. Middle: The KBK Foundation presented The Thelma Lovette YMCA with a $6300 contribu-tion. The donation was used for scholar-ships for youth at Skyline Terrace for summer day camp services. The KBK Foundation also contributed $1950 to B.A.S.E.

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KBK FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES TO BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY Representative Ed Gainey wanted students in the Pittsburgh community to start the year off right. Hundreds gathered at Destiny Inter-national Ministries for food, music and help-ful information on state programs for kids. Close to 1000 notebooks were donated by The KBK Foundation for the event held on August 22, 2015 from 12:00pm –3:00pm. K-5 students that were present received a free backpack and school supplies. Students also learned about backpack safety since it is rec-ommended that a child’s backpack should weigh no more than about 10 to 20 percent of the child’s body weight. Additionally there are 7300 back pack related injuries annually treated by hospitals and doctors.

Be a part of an organization that is “bridging today’s realities with tomorrow’s possi-

bilities.” If you would like to support the work of The KBK Foundation, please send

your tax deductible donation to: The KBK Foundation, 4249 Easton Way, Suite 220,

Columbus, OH 43219, Tax I.D. : 20-8565119. The KBK Foundation is the non-profit,

501 (c) 3, and a strategic partner of KBK Enterprises. The Foundation’s primary fo-

cus are in three areas: Community Development, Economic Development, and Social

Services. Please visit us on the web at www.kbkfoundation.org.

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Residents joined in celebrating the vitality of their emergent community by supporting a community day that fostered the heritage of the people who live there: African American, German and Italian. Larimer’s 10th Annual Larimer Street Festival was held on Saturday, August 29, 2015. The festival featured a rock climbing wall, musical performances, petting zoo, yoga, pony rides, car show, face painting, dunk tank, a bouncy obstacle course, parade, line dancing, movie screening, book bag give-aways for the youth and much more. The KBK Foundation was happy to support the Larimer Street Festival as it fosters radical transformation for Larimer residents and Pittsburgh neighbors.

FOUNDATION SUPPORTS LARIMER STREET FESTIVAL

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DARREN WALLS HOSTS FOOTBALL CAMP FOR GARFIELD YOUTH NFL Jets Cornerback Darrin Walls met with youth from Garfield Com-mons to host a free football camp with his charity, The Darrin Walls Foundation. Walls who grew up in Garfield and who played football for the Garfield Gators saw this event as a weekend to reach out to the city. The camp held at the Neighborhood Academy on July 12, 2015 included skills training, edu-cational workshops and guest

speakers. The camp which is part of the Touchdown For Hope Initia-tive, encourages hard work in the classroom and on the field. The ini-tiative works with kids to provide mentorship as well as physical ac-tivities. The football camp was one event out of three days of activities planned for Pittsburgh youth. On Friday night, July 10th Walls hosted a bowling fun fest. Saturday he hosted a celebrity basketball

game at Woodland Hills. Walls plans to host year round events as The Foundation grows. The KBK Foundation was a proud sponsor of the football camp. Their contribu-tion allowed approximately 40 Gar-field Youth to participate in the football camp and act as a platform to impact the community and the local Pittsburgh school district.

COLUMBUS’ FINEST SHOWCASED FOR 27 YEARS Good food and good company made for a wonderful evening at Taste The Future 2015. It is Columbus State’s culinary showcase of Central Ohio’s best in food and supports student scholarships. More than 50 local establishments offered, sweet treats, spirits and fine cuisine for everyone to sample. Keith B. Key was recognized as the new Columbus State Foundation Board Chair. The mission of the Foundation is to identify, cultivate, and secure resources while serving as responsible financial stewards to advance educational opportunities, programs, and services at Columbus State Community College. The work of the Columbus State Foundation helps empower individuals to change their lives while building a future-ready workforce for the community and a brighter, more prosperous outlook for their shared future. Additional-ly, three successful alumni chefs were honored, each making their own significant mark in the industry in various places around the country, Wiley E. Bates, III, Global Executive Chef of Pizza Hut Inc., Bryan Frick, a Nestle Corporate Chef of National Accounts, and Ken Vedrinski, Exec-utive Chef and owner of Trattoria Lucca in downtown Charleston, SC. The KBK Foundation continues to be a proud supporter of this yearly event.

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November marked the official start of the holiday season for all of KBK’s residential sites. Residents were engaged in Thanksgiving and Christmas fellowships in Colum-bus, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, Washing-ton, DC and New Orleans, LA. The staff at Garfield Commons collabo-rated with residents to host a Thanksgiving dinner Monday, No-vember 23rd at The Pride Center located in Pittsburgh, PA. Approxi-mately 40 residents dined on a menu that included chicken, a vari-ety of pasta dishes and deserts. Janine Walker, Property Manager at Garfield, stated that this was the second year that they have worked with the residents of Garfield Com-mons to host a Thanksgiving din-ner. Residents enjoy and look

forward to the occasion. On Mon-day, December 21st over 100 adults and youth were welcomed at The Pride Center for a Holiday Celebration for Garfield Commons and Larimer Pointe residents. This marked the second year that Gar-field Commons was selected as a recipient for the Toys for Tots pro-gram. Toys for Tots was founded in 1947 and is a program which is run by the United States Marine Corp Reserve. The program has distributed more than 469 million toys. Adults weren’t left out of the gift of giving for the holiday sea-son. All residential sites that are owned and managed by KBK En-terprises receive gift cards given by KBK employees as part of their Holiday Program. This program

started five years ago. In lieu of doing an employee gift exchange the staff decided to donate their monies toward the purchase of gift cards which are later raffled to adult attendees at each site Holiday Celebration. Residents receive Visa gift cards in addi-tion to some gift cards to their favorite restaurants and shop-ping centers such as Bed, Bath & Beyond and Target. The Herit-age in Columbus, OH, The Foster House in Washington, DC and Marrero Commons in New Orle-ans, LA also did their share of spreading holiday joy during the season by hosting residents at their sites.

IT’S THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON RESIDENTS ENGAGE IN HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS

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Above left: Garfield Commons residents gathered together at the Pride Center for a Thanksgiving meal. Staff employees and residents collaborated to host the dinner during the week of Thanksgiving. Top right: As many as 200 toys were donated to Garfield Commons youth by the Toys for Tots Pro-gram. This was the second year that Garfield was selected. Above bottom left and right: KBK sites were decorated and ready to receive residents for their Christmas celebrations at Garfield Commons and The Heritage.

Each community owned and

managed by KBK Enterprises received

gift cards to be enjoyed by residents

this past holiday season

Pictured above: Carolyn Perry, a resident at The Foster House, Washington, DC, proudly dis-plays her gift card she won during a raffle. Right: A resident at The Heritage was the recipi-ent of a gift card from Marshalls. Gift cards were donated among six residential sites that are owned and managed by KBK Enterprises. The staff at KBK Enterprises donates the gift cards and have done so for the last five years as part of KBK Enterprises’ Holiday Program.

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