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"The main reason I wanted to do it is I know what this place has done for me. I was born a Panther. ... so this place is something that's always near and dear to my heart," Kyle Rudolph said of his contribution. Drawing provided A conceptual drawing of what Elder High School's new two-story Panther Fitness Center will look like, courtesy of SH PROVIDED
Panther Fitness Center coming to Elder with help from Kyle Rudolph Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
PRICE HILL - Elder High School broke ground on Phase I of its state-ofthe-art, 19,500-square-feet Panther Fitness Center on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Presiding over the ceremony was Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr in the future site of the center, the east parking lot. The new Panther Fitness Center will feature a weight room on the first floor, which doubles the current space, as well as a more than 6,000-square-foot second-floor, multi-purpose room. The project is expected to be completed in two phases as funds are secured. Elder graduate and tight end for the Minnesota Vikings, Kyle Rudolph, has personally committed his financial support of the project, and the school has already secured additional funding to complete Phase I. Last spring, Rudolph stopped by The Pit and talked about his investment with The Enquirer’s Adam Baum “The main reason I wanted to do it was I know what this place did for me,” Rudolph said. “I was born a Panther, I had a dad that went here, a grandfather that went here, uncles that went here, I went here and my brother went here. Now, we have cousins here. “This place is something always near and dear to my heart. I had every resource and every opportunity to become the man and player I am today. I want kids who are coming here now and in the future to have every opportunity. I’m not sure where I’ll be on a yearly basis. Wherever football takes me that’s where home will be. Now, I’ll always have home here and a piece of my heart will always be in Price Hill.”
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The idea for the facility came about in 2014 when Rudolph signed a contract extension. Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph (82) celebrates after the NFC Divisional Playoff football game against the New Orleans Saints at U.S. Bank Stadium. BRAD REMPEL, BRAD REMPEL-USA TODAY SPORTS
Phase I includes construction of a two-story facility on the east side of the current school building; completion of the first floor featuring weight-training space (5,870 square feet), changing room/locker room/restroom (860 square feet), coaches’ office (520 square feet) lobby and outfitting the second floor in preparation for Phase II. Once funded, Phase II will include a multi-purpose room (6,000 square feet), storage areas, potential classroom/meeting space, a parking lot (on the northwest side of the school building), re-purposing of the Donohoe Center, which currently houses a weight
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room, spirit shop and coaches’ office. Other benefits the new facility will include flexibility when scheduling inseason and out-of-season team activities, ample training space during inclement weather, the ability to host team practices, thereby freeing up current space for other activities, additional space for physical education classes and an area for potential community outreach programs. Conceptual design work began in 2017, led by Jeffery Sackenheim, a project manager with SHP Leading Design. Monarch Construction has been hired as the general contractor.
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As the new Kroger Marketplace in Colerain Township takes shape, one big question remains: When’s it going to open? Green Township residents, happy to see work on their new Kroger on Harrison Avenue are asking the same question about their store. The Kroger Co. is building Kroger Marketplace stores in both of these West Side communities. Kroger announced the new Green Township store in 2015 and Colerain in 2014. Both stores were set to begin construction in 2016, but nothing happened right away. Colerain’s store is a 135,000square-foot grocery with a fuel center on Springdale Road, across the street from Northgate Mall. The new store is under construction on the property where some retail offices and the former McDonald’s Restaurant stood. The project required buying a number of houses on Yellowstone Drive behind the site, which were demolished. Colerain officials in 2016 said the new grocery represented $25 million in new investment in the township. The superstore keeps 140 jobs and is anticipated to generate 100 new jobs when it opens. The Kroger store at 9690 Colerain Ave. will close when the new marketplace opens. Work started in the fall of 2017, and now the finish line is in sight. Kroger officials said the store is set to open before the end of the year. A sign inside the Fifth Third branch in the Northgate Kroger on Colerain Avenue said it will close Dec. 21. Green Township officials said the company is building a 124,000square-foot store across the parking lot from its existing Kroger store at 5830 Harrison Ave. The new store is being built on a parcel next to the Cinemark movie theater. See KROGER, Page 1A
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