{"id":4183,"date":"2015-06-01T09:22:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T13:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2015-06-01T09:22:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T13:22:41","slug":"board-profile-meet-mike-bier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/?p=4183","title":{"rendered":"Board profile: Meet Mike Bier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>Michael Bier<\/strong> has been on the HRRC board for one year.\u00a0He recalls, \u201cWhile attending my daughter’s second-grade music performance at Roxboro Elementary School last year, board member Susie Kaeser and I were chatting.\u00a0She mentioned that the HRRC board was seeking new members and encouraged me to join.\u00a0With my work in non-profit housing development in Cleveland, it seemed like a natural fit; plus, as the son of founding board member Tom Bier, I guess it was my destiny to follow in his footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike grew up in Cleveland Heights and always appreciated the community\u2019s older housing for its high quality, durability and craftsmanship.\u00a0Since 1999, he has worked in the community development field in Cleveland, where he has been involved with housing repair, rehabilitation and development.\u00a0Mike is now the Director of Real Estate Development at Famicos Foundation, a well-established community development corporation that develops affordable housing and promotes neighborhood revitalization in some of Cleveland’s most challenged neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

Mike also knows the personal challenges facing homeowners. \u201cAs an owner of a Cleveland Heights century-home,\u201d he explains, \u201cI know how demanding home repair and maintenance can be, and I am fortunate to have the ability to deal with those demands.\u00a0For many homeowners, those demands can be overwhelming. That\u2019s why HRRC is so important to older communities like Cleveland Heights, and I am glad to help with that mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Mike\u2019s opinion, one of HRRC’s biggest challenges is the fact that much of the community\u2019s rental housing is obsolete and needs substantial investment.\u00a0\u201cWe need to get landlords to maintain their rental housing to the level that we encourage homeowners to meet.\u00a0To remain competitive with University Circle’s surging rental stock, Cleveland Heights rentals will need to maintain a high standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike and his wife, Jennifer, purchased a \u201cfixer-upper\u201d on Grandview in 2002.\u00a0He says, \u201cAlthough mostly fixed-up, my list of improvements remains unfinished.\u00a0I enjoy being able to walk with my daughter, Natalie, to Roxboro Elementary School, where she is a third grader.\u00a0As a graduate of the Heights school system, it’s a thrill to see my own child as a Heights Tiger.\u00a0We enjoy biking to Shaker Lakes and walking to Luna cafe for breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Bier has been on the HRRC board for one year.\u00a0He recalls, \u201cWhile attending my daughter’s second-grade music performance at Roxboro Elementary School last year, board member Susie Kaeser and I were chatting.\u00a0She mentioned that the HRRC board was seeking new members and encouraged me to join.\u00a0With my work in non-profit housing development in Cleveland, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}