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The Salvage Scoop – May 2025

Meet the New Team Members We’re thrilled to welcome two amazing staff members to Building Value! Laura Murphy is our new Administrative Manager! A longtime Northside neighbor and advocate for environmental sustainability, Laura has a deep history in community organizing and even deeper roots in home rehab and deconstruction. She’s excited to support our mission...

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Massive Bulk Clearance Sale

We’re clearing out thousands of high-quality office and building materials—everything from desks and doors to carpet tiles and ceiling panels—at clearance prices. This is a rare opportunity for schools, co-working spaces, small businesses, and creatives to score big on gently used commercial-grade inventory. All items are available for direct pickup from our warehouse, and we’re...

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Xavier Students Produce Building Value Profile Video

In April, we were thrilled to welcome two talented students from Xavier University, Jayden and Simon. They reached out with an awesome idea: to profile Building Value for their video production class. Naturally, we said YES! We’re always excited to share our mission of sustainability, reuse, and workforce development—and even more excited when the next...

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In the News: WCPO visits Easterseals Redwood

WCPO reporter Taylor Woods recently stopped by Easterseals Redwood to share the story of how Duke Energy Foundation awarded  $570,000 in grants to 37 nonprofits focused on workforce development over the last 3 years. …… CINCINNATI —In a meaningful collaboration aimed at transforming the construction industry, the Easterseals Redwood program, “Building Value,” is training the...

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Kenneth Heard Receives Award, Joins ESI Electric

Kenneth Heard is a graduate of the Building Value job training program, which is one of many social enterprises that works with the Urban Workforce Development Initiative, UWDI for short. UWDI’s mission is to remove barriers to employment, which range from the lack of reliable transportation, financial hardship, to problems at home. “I’ve been trying...

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The Salvage Scoop – April 2025

Celebrating Our Graduates At the end of March, we celebrated the graduation of two incredible individuals from Building Value’s workforce development program: Steve (left) and Rodney (right). After putting in the hard work and showing real dedication, both are now stepping into exciting new roles. Rodney is joining Archiable Electric as a pre-apprentice, and Steve is staying...

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In the News: Building Value featured in Movers & Makers Magazine

Sheryl Woodhouse, the Director of Building Value, was recently featured in Movers & Makers magazine for their “Notables in Reuse and Recycling” March issue. Read about it! “Sheryl Woodhouse celebrated her one-year anniversary as director of Building Value in February. With degrees in sociology and music plus an MBA, she has been dedicated to starting...

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See Our Retail Renovations—Built with Reclaimed Materials!

Over the past year, Building Value has been busy—not just helping customers find unique reclaimed treasures, but also enhancing our store to create a better experience for everyone. We’re excited to share the incredible updates we’ve made, and the best part? Every renovation was completed using reclaimed building materials, saved from the landfill and given...

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The Salvage Scoop – March 2025

Our New Cohort Our newest cohort of Building Value training participants—Justin, Artimus, Larry, and Jermaine—are now one month into their program! They’ve completed their initial hands-on classroom training at our new construction training lab—where they learned to use a variety of hand and power tools, construction math, and completed OSHA 10 safety training—and are now...

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