Last week, awash with a holiday glow, the former Ridpath Hotel resembled its grandeur of decades ago.

Long dining tables adorned in red and green tablecloths lined the mezzanine, evergreen boughs clung to the bannisters, and a sparkling Christmas tree stood watch next to the historic property’s old fireplace.

A steady buzz carried throughout the room – the sound of dozens of neighbors greeting, laughing and sharing a meal together.

“It’s a wonderful thing, isn’t it?” said resident Angie Fagan.

For the past five years, Fagan and her neighbors have gathered on the second floor of the downtown apartment complex for an annual holiday dinner put on by the building’s ownership group. Paul Mann, one of the primary investors in the group that transitioned the building from abandoned hotel into

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