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Citizen-led change: Lowndes Community Foundation organizes task forces to combat key challenges locally

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LIFESTYLES

Kathy Novotny is pictured in front of the small structure that stands behind her antebellum home, Temple Heights, on Ninth Street North in Columbus Wednesday. Dr. Mark and Kathy Novotny purchased the circa 1837 four-story Temple Heights in 2016 and are now leading a major rehabilitation of the smaller house that once served as slave quarters.