Cherry Street Mission to buy old Macomber HS building
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A local organization is
bringing new life to a building downtown that's been closed for more than 20
years. The Cherry Street Ministries is buying the former Macomber High School
building on Monroe Street.
If you walk into Macomber High School, you'll find dark halls and
rooms used for storage. Some say it's been a wasted space for far too long
Cherry Street Ministries'
President, Dan Rogers, says it's time for the old building to give back to the
community.
"It is a great
opportunity for Cherry Street Ministries, because of the space under one roof
that it offers," he says.
Cherry Street's
operations serve nearly 300 people each and every night. Rogers says, by consolidating six of their
locations under one roof, it reduces barriers for those who need their
services.
"Instead of you having
to get in a van and drive across town, we're now going to ask you to go across
the hallway," he says. "We're actually predicting that the length of days that
someone remains homeless will actually reduce dramatically, because of the
barriers that are being removed from the process."
But it's going to take
some work to get the old building up to par. After all, it's over 70 years old!
"We know that the roof
system needs to be replaced, the heating plant needs to be replaced, and
upgrades in electrical and plumbing, and we'll want sprinkler systems as well."
Rogers says the entire process of moving in will take
course over the next five years.
The deal is pending an
engineer's report which is expected to be completed in the next two weeks. Once
that is completed, the mission will be able to estimate the full cost of the
project.
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