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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:36.0pt'> NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Contact:
</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Kelly Leon<b>
</b>Sally
Thelen<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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VP for Communications,
3CDC
Communications Manager, Duke Energy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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513-621-4400 ext
113
513-419-5966<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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513-235-3836
(cell)
800-559-3853<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:kleon@3cdc.org">kleon@3cdc.org</a>
<a href="mailto:sally.thelen@duke-energy.com">sally.thelen@duke-energy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Date:
</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>23 February 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>“ECOSCULPT
2010” IS COMING <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> CELEBRATE SPRING AND EARTH DAY
IN CINCINNATI BY CREATING A RECYCLABLE MATERIAL SCULPTURE FOR DISPLAY ON
FOUNTAIN SQUARE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>To
mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010, <a
href="http://www.duke-energy.com/ohio.asp" target="_blank">Duke Energy</a> and
Fountain Square Management Group, a subsidiary of 3CDC, present EcoSculpt, a three-week
installation of original sculptures made of recycled and/or recyclable
materials. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Artists
are invited to submit concepts for individual sculptures and up to 24 entries
will be selected to construct their sculptures for the display. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Full details regarding design, size, materials, and other criteria
are now available, along with the application form, at <a
href="http://www.myfountainsquare.com/ecosculpt">http://www.myfountainsquare.com/ecosculpt</a>.
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color:black'>Artists may submit proposals beginning today. Deadline for
submissions is March 12. Selected artists will be notified on March
16. Installation begins April 9 and sculptures will remain on display
through April 29. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
To encourage a high quality and number of submissions and to reward creative
expression of the principles of EcoSculpt, cash prizes will be offered.
First prize is $500, second prize $250, third prize $150. Visitors to Fountain
Square will also be able to vote on a People's Choice Award for a prize of
$100. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Winners
will be announced and prizes awarded during a noontime event on Fountain Square
on Earth Day, April 22. <br>
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If you are an artist, a designer, a retailer, a green supplier, an ecologist, a
recycler, a proponent of green living or all of the above, submit your design
for the chance to construct it on Fountain Square. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Celebrate
Earth Day with <a href="http://www.duke-energy.com/ohio.asp" target="_blank">Duke
Energy</a> by participating in this community art event! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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of Ecosculptures:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#352F23'>“The
Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) is a private,
non-profit corporation. Its mission is to revitalize Cincinnati's Center
City as a regional center of high value employment and real estate by
developing a diverse mix of housing, culture and entertainment. It
was formed in July 2003 as part of the overall system to increase the
effectiveness and efficiency of development activities in the City as
recommended by The Cincinnati Economic Development Task Force. 3CDC is
funded privately through business contributions, foundations and other
philanthropic sources. For more information, visit <a
href="http://www.3cdc.org/">www.3cdc.org</a>.”</span></i></b><b><i><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Christy Samad, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Communications Assistant</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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