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About OneCity
Newsroom: Press Release
CityLink Center
1947 Auburn Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Contact: Mark Stecher
Telephone: 513-579-0555
E-mail: info@onecity.org
For Immediate Release
LOCAL CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS UNITE
TO HELP BREAK CYCLE OF POVERTY IN CINCINNNATI
CINCINNATI, OH (December 1, 2005)—Some of Cincinnati’s largest churches
and organizations have come together to make a difference in the lives of
people in poverty through CityLink Center. Founding churches are: Christ
Emmanuel, Crossroads, New Life Temple, New Jerusalem Baptist, and Vineyard;
founding organizations are: CityCURE, City Gospel Mission, Crossroad Health
Center, Jobs Plus Employment Network and The Lord’s Gym.
Through a strong collaboration, these organizations will provide a one-stop
care center in the heart of Cincinnati. CityLink Center will be a “mall”
offering individual plans for a life change to the under-resourced.
“Our belief is that real life change comes through relief and
relationships,” said Mark Stecher, Executive Director of CityLink Center.
“CityLink Center is about care, offering life relief, relationship and real
life change to people who struggle. We believe CityLink Center is the way to
help break the cycles of poverty in our city.”
The facility will offer education, medical and dental care, job development
and legal counseling for the poor, targeted for a five-acre facility in the
West End.
“We want to make this a first class facility because we believe people in
poverty deserve that,” said Stecher.
CityLink Center is modeled after a similar project in Los Angeles, called
PATHMall. There, residents saw a 20 percent drop in crime and a significant
dent in poverty.
“We hope to see the same results in the West End and throughout Cincinnati,”
said Bishop Michael Dantley, Christ Emmanuel Christian Fellowship. “We have
to remember that CityLink Center is not about the organizations involved,
it’s about breaking the cycles of poverty in our city.”
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