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Mount Zion Baptist Church renovations
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The Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society has been working for years to develop a plan to renovate the building. This September, those plans are becoming a reality. (Erin Gottsacker / The Ohio Newsroom)
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The Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society has been working for years to develop a plan to renovate the building. This September, those plans are becoming a reality. (Erin Gottsacker / The Ohio Newsroom)
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The Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society has been working for years to develop a plan to renovate the building. This September, those plans are becoming a reality. (Erin Gottsacker / The Ohio Newsroom)
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