"Franklinton rehabs bring in some new life" The Columbus Dispatch

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Mark Ferenchik
The Columbus Dispatch
July 28, 2007

Jessica Fritz and Jeremy Pifer, engaged to be married, were to close on the house yesterday afternoon and begin moving in.

Some might question whether they had followed the real-estate adage about "location." Their new home is at 154 Martin Ave. in Franklinton, one of Columbus' poorest neighborhoods.

However, it is one of five on Martin -- four single-family homes and a duplex -- that have been stripped to the studs and completely renovated. They're part of the city's $25 million Home Again program to rehabilitate, or tear down and replace, 1,000 abandoned, downtrodden properties...