Washing Well project expands, plans to launch in September
Lower Price Hill's Community Matters targets September to open its Washing Well project but still needs support from local businesses, corporations and individuals to purchase the final washing machines.
As Lower Price Hill’s Community Matters moves forward with its Washing Well project, which is set to open in September, the nonprofit seeks support from local businesses, corporations and individuals who are able to help.
The project aims to provide affordable access to a safe, local Laundromat for neighborhood residents, kicked off by a $109,000 grant from Impact 100 in addition to funding from Procter & Gamble. But since Community Matters located the original funds, the project’s parameters have grown.
“We realized there was an even greater need and have purchased a new, larger space,” says Jen Walters, Community Matters President and CEO. “We now need to purchase additional machines, 10 sets of machines at $13,000 per set.”
The machines are durable and will allow for a sustainable solution for Lower Price Hill residents who will transition into roles as workers throughout the next five years, as the Washing Well is intended to become a worker-owned cooperative.
The community would be meeting its own needs — a goal valued by Community Matters, which operates in a manner “that all people can thrive when positive opportunities exist within their community.”
“It is unacceptable that there was not access to safe, affordable laundry in one of Cincinnati’s neighborhoods,” Walters says. “We at Community Matters saw a clear, manageable solution.”
Do Good:
• Contact Jen Walters if you’re interested in helping the Lower Price Hill community by engaging in a corporate sponsorship to help fund washing machines.
• The nonprofit is also in need of product donations, so if you can help supply things like detergent, fabric sheets and/or hangers, contact Patty Lee or call 513-244-2214 (ext 211).
• Support Community Matters’ work by donating.
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