IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2009
Talbert House opens new facility to serve
2,600 clients in Brown County
Turner Construction Company Donates Time and Services to Transform Facility
Cincinnati, OH – Talbert House, a non-profit network of social services, in conjunction with Turner Construction Company, is opening their new Mt. Orab location on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
The Talbert House Mt. Orab project began as a community outreach project started by a group of Turner Construction Company’s newly hired employees taking part in a new program entitled Leadership Turner.
The Leadership Turner program, developed by Turner Construction Company’s Ohio office, is designed to help new employees form a solid cultural foundation at Turner, while building relationships both internally and externally. As part of the program, employees are asked to develop a community service project idea, present it to their senior management team, and then lead all aspects involved in completing the project, including fundraising, project execution and volunteer initiatives.
“Our business approach is founded on our continued commitment to, and engagement in, the communities in which we work,” stated Turner Construction Company Vice President and General Manager, Ken Jones. “Leadership Turner is a great way to reinforce this priority for our new hires from ‘day one’ of their careers at Turner.”
Leadership Turner in conjunction with Talbert House, numerous local contractors, and volunteers renovated the 2,400 sq. ft. building and transformed it into a new facility consisting of several office spaces, group rooms, a waiting area, and adequate parking space – sufficient enough to serve the 2,600 clients in need of mental health and substance abuse treatment services seen in Brown County.
Talbert House, along with Leadership Turner, will host an open house at the facility at 116 N. High Street, Mt. Orab, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 3:30 pm to 7 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m.
“This renovation wouldn’t have been possible without the commitment from Turner and the subcontractors who have all generously supported our clients,” said Neil Tilow, Talbert House President and CEO. “This facility is going to enable us to provide quality substance abuse and mental health care to Brown County residents for years to come.”
Leadership Turner is being initiated within the company’s four Ohio offices – located in Columbus, Toledo, Cleveland and Cincinnati. Each office has taken on a different project in helping their community.
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Turner Construction Company is recognized as the leading general builder in the U.S. The company’s 5,200 employees perform work on more than 1,500 building projects each year. During 2008, Turner completed $10.6 billion of construction nationally and internationally. Turner is the only builder offering clients a nationwide network of 46 offices across the U.S. Turner also operates national segment groups, which focus on a particular building type, to complement the firm’s geographical network of offices. Founded in 1902, the firm is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, a publicly traded company and one of the world’s leading international construction service providers. For more information, visit Turner’s website at www.turnerconstruction.com
Talbert House is a community-wide nonprofit network of social services with 30 proven programs focusing on prevention, assessment, treatment and reintegration. Each year, Talbert House helps 24,000 men, women and children across Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky overcome adversity to become healthy and productive citizens through its programs in community corrections, mental health, substance abuse and welfare-to-work. Talbert House Brown County Recovery Services offers a broad range of substance abuse services and mental health assessment, treatment, and prevention services to the children, adolescents, adults, and families of Brown County and surrounding areas.
