Projects

A team including members of Grace and Peace Fellowship and others got plenty accomplished at a workday this past Saturday. Several of us worked on the new Cornerstone project, clearing out junk and debris from the two-family building purchased six months ago. Cornerstone is gathering funds to be able to rehab it into three apartments, two suitable for residents from the Grace and Peace Winter Shelter.

Groups finished the work of chopping and chipping a big old tree that fell down last year, and tidied the landscaping on Etzel Street.

Check out our pamphlet on our latest acquisition. The two-family brick building, at 5936-38 Etzel St., is getting its exterior weatherproofed–tuckpointing, new roof. Next we need to raise some more money so that we can rehab it into two efficiency apartments for “graduates” of Grace and Peace Winter Shelter, and one larger apartment for a family.

We’re excited about it. Help us grow! Donate time or money.

After a lot of planning last year, we had picked out a building to purchase and rehab. But that fell through.  Now the Lord has put a building into our laps at a lot less money. Plus, it’s on our prime street, Etzel, nearly across the street from our most recent rehab. (The one that fell through was a couple of blocks away.)  AND a benefactor gave us a loan for $15,000 at just the right time to pay for purchasing this building and stabilizing it prior to rehab. (The roof is leaking, etc. etc.)  It’s pretty clear the Lord wants us to rehab this building!

It’s a two-family building at 5936-38 Etzel Street. Our plan is to renovate the second floor three-bedroom apartment and transform the first floor two-bedroom apartment into two efficiency apartments. These efficiencies are what is needed for women “graduating” from the Grace and Peace Winter Shelter, which asked us to consider creating some housing for them.

We hope you’ll be open to supporting us in this rehab.  We’d like to get the money raised and the job done as soon as possible, to put this dwelling back into service.

News flash! Cornerstone bought a building! It’s a fixer-upper on Etzel Street where most of our properties are, purchased at auction. We’re hoping to renovate it to include two efficiency apartments for graduates of the Grace and Peace Winter Shelter. There will be a larger apartment in it as well.

We’re needing donations to get the ball rolling, so please remember us!