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Faced with the realities of rising costs and outdated facilities, the Board of Trustees of Friars Club  recommended to the Franciscan Friars (the Membership of the Corporation) that the building at 65 West McMillan be closed.   The fortress-like facility, a neighborhood landmark, is best known for a youth sports program that serves more than 300 youngsters in grades K-8.   The youth sports program which has always been the mainstay at Friars Club will continue and be conducted in temporary facilities. 

The Friars Board in agreement with our Franciscan sponsors, the Province of Saint John the Baptist, voted to create a Facilities Steering Committee to lead the effort to design and seek funding for a new Friars Club.

The new facility will be the third location in the 146-year history of the organization. 

The Friars Club primarily serves disadvantaged youth located in multiple urban communities in Cincinnati and will physically remain in the community we serve. We recognize that access and security will impact our choice of locations and are critical to our success. Two locations for the new facility are under consideration. Each location offers certain advantages. Both would be convenient to much of the Greater Cincinnati community.

The new Friars Club will have a self-sustaining business model. Friars leagues, camps and tournaments will provide the revenue to scholarship the financially challenged. Multiple examples of similar facilities are in operation in our community and others.

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