Oholiab's Offering: 55 cubic yards of garbage down, How many more to go??????

This blog was created to help all our friends know about what we are doing with the old Park Market. We purchased this property on January 22, 2010. We made the purchase as a way of helping the previous owner, but also with hopes of renovating a wonderful old building and making it a positive part of the neighborhood. It is our hope to renovate the 3 apartments and rent them. With this revenue we will be able to maintain the building and use the store front for ministry. It is hoped that an artists' ministry will develop, but that other ministries may also find this space useful. Right now we are looking at installing new furnaces and replacing all the plumbing. We have an incredible amount of garbage to remove from the property. When dumpsters are ready to be filled we'd appreciate any help anyone wants to offer with cleanup. We'll post the clean up dates at this blog.

About the building

Built in 1931, the building has always been a grocery store and/or meat market. Three beautiful apartments are waiting renovation. They each have windows overlooking Lincoln Park. Walking distance to the Milwaukee River, close to shopping and on a bus line makes the location a lovely place to live. After renovation they will be available for renting. The store front has great potential; it will make a wonderful meeting place for groups, especially an artists group. Future plans for this are still being developed.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

55 cubic yards of garbage down, How many more to go??????

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all of you who helped out last Saturday! George, Mario, Kaitlin, Melissa, David, Manuel, Dan, Ron, Chris and Sam. We continue to be amazed and blessed by each of you. The clearing of the attic was incredible! Who would think that all that stuff could be gone in a few hours?

This Saturday We will be at it again, starting at 9:00. Anyone wanting to join in is welcome :) We will be yanking sinks and toliets, finishing the third apartment clean out, hauling the 13 plus washers and dryers from the basement (bring a dolly if you have one) and maybe (A big Maybe) starting on the garages. We will have a metal dumpster this weekend as well as another 30 yard waste dumpster.