Pilgrim United Church of Christ building up for sale. Here’s why and what they’re asking.
New Bedford – Potential Sale Hacı United Church of Christ It would be a big loss for the congregation.
Rev. For Donnie Anderson, the New Bedford region in the city center and that many people needed can lose buying Mercy dishes and moreA program that the church started about 15 years ago.
635 Purchasing St. and 736 Purchasing St.
Anderson said that it was difficult to maintain two old buildings for a live but smaller community, and therefore the church was on the market.
“We love this building at 635 purchasing St.,” he said. “On the first floor, there is a kitchen and a scholarship and meeting area with a building that serves the church and a high -storey ceiling with a very large balconies around the front and back on the second floor.”
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Two men enter the Mercy Meals building on a rainy morning on the purchasing street in New Bedford.
The church building listed for $ 1 million
Lanagan & Co. in New Bedford Inch. and Jason Lanagan, and 636 purchasing St.
“We have been tasked to sell or redefine the 636 Purchasing St., an extremely historical and architectural property in New Bedford city center.” ” Zeiterion Performing Arts Center It is interesting not only in architecture, but also from the perspective of use. “
He said there was an opportunity to focus on plans for the future of the building.
“I think the pause of the neighborhood and the Star Store and Zeiterion Theater and Housing Office in the city center as a community, taking a look at how we plan to use this building in the future,” he said.
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Embrace Mercy
Now the primary use for the first floor is Mercy Meals. Eventually, it has become a non -profit -free organization, so that it can apply for grants and other programs that it cannot be made as a religious non -profit organization.
“Now we are really a wooden board run by the community, and we work very closely, but his own existence,” he said.
Mercy Meals serves everyone who walks at the door from 6:30 on Monday and Saturday, six days a week for 52 weeks. In addition to cereal and fruit juices, they serve a complete breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, French toast and hash browns.
Uz We like to do this in the community, but our problem is that it is a difficulty for us as a church to maintain two buildings, ”he said.
With the people who have difficulties in their lives in and outside the church and outside the church, they work with people who have been informed about their dishes.
“We would love to be able to do more,” he said.
Lapage Roofing’s Michael Lapage, Mercy Meals Building on the Purchasing Street in New Bedford is entering the stairwell on the second floor.
A possible alternative
The church also 635 purchasing St.
“If we need to sell the building, our goal is to get an independent building to get the building from selling the building and to allow us to continue to do what is done in Mercy dishes,” he said.
With a part -time program director, an incredible group with well -known community partners, including local McDonalds, bank grants and donations collection.
Reach the community
He said that the church knew that they wanted to find a partner to work with the church to re -improve the property and to do more in the community, but nobody came to the fore.
“The city has poured millions of dollars on the other side of the School Street, and it’s not that much, so it’s not that much, so the city can look at it and say that we need to do something for the other side of the school street,” he said.
He said that the plan was to develop property to sell or renew the church to the market or to serve the community better.
Look at the community
Lanagan said it wasn’t just about selling. He said he was about conversations about how to serve a homeless person in the city center.
“It is important to state that it serves a human population currently in need of service and that the square images of the building are there if the society and the political will allow advanced programming.”
He said that the property would require millions of dollars and would require traditional debt, tax loan, community protection law funds.
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Adopting a two -way approach
He said it was a two -way approach to redevelopment of the building and whether it allowed the development or selling in the open market and whether the market decides for the next purpose.
He said that the responsible real estate development does not always seek the highest dollar value and that real estate development should be a comprehensive and well -thought -out approach to a neighborhood and a community.
He said that everyone can come together, how to protect the historical building, to maintain the current use and to develop the services provided there, but this will get too many political will and money.
“A long shot, but I think it’s worth it,” he said. “I am sure that if it cannot be realized for any reason or not, we can find a way to sell it and redevelop it in a thoughtful way.”
He said that his job was to collect all the information and save the historical building or to understand what the best use for the entire community is.
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