victoria

victoria
smash those beer cans!

Purpose of this blog

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.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Rummage Sale

Anyone who is interested in helping with a rummage sale please join us this Saturday June 18 at 8:00 wen we will be hauling all the junk out of the Park market and selling it! We will cancel if the weather is bad, so check here if in doubt. Of course anyone can come and clean the basement if they would like to, even if it is raining!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

May 22 Two more bathrooms gutted thanks to David and Chris. Lots of garbage out of the garage and the backyard thanks to Sarah Parsons! Time to shop for inexpensive flooring for the bathrooms and kitchens.

Monday, April 26, 2010

April 24 Clean up

Thanks to Nick, Nate, Luke, Victoria, Melissa, Amanda, Manuel, Dan, David, Lee, Glennda, Chris, and John for helping out at the Park Market again. Working in the rain, clearing out the moldiest basement ever, clearing the alcholic beverages from the store, cleaning a few more rooms in the store front, and piling up scrap metal galore for Mark to haul away! You are a blessing! WE will be out of town this weekend and the next is crammed full of activities so our next clean up date won't be until mid May. Watch for details.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

April 15 UPdate

Thanks to the team who showed up Saturday! Camille, Rosemarie, Manuel, Dan, Wally, Mark, George and the boys from Basketball. Toliets and sinks came out of the bathrooms, Apt 2 bedroom was cleaned and the infamous 2nd basement was opened and a path was cleared to get in. Who would have thought that so much stuff could still await disposal!!!!! One large room is full of empty 2 liter bottles. So this Saturday we aren't having a morning clean up time becasue we will be across the street cleaning up the river!!!!! BUT the next Saturday April 24 will be a huge, huge clean up day! Bring your friends and let them experience the joy of garbage removal :)

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Signs are down!

The ugliest signs on the building have now been removed! WOW DAN! You didn't let the rain stop you! Thanks Geroge, Annah and Rob for your help in getting some big clunky furniture out of the building. Where will the mice go now that their bedding is gone?

apt 2 looking better

Thanks to the Eastbrook Senior High service project team who came and hauled out garbage from apt two! It now looks like there is a floor.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Thanks to the team who showed up on April 20

New to the Park Markert cleaning experience on Saturday were Victoria Parsons, Nate Roedl, Greg Roedl and Juliann Lau. Thanks for giving up a Saturday morning and braving a time in the Park Market. Coming back this week for more of the same dirty work were Chris, David, Manuel, Dan and John Dykstra. What great friends! We know Ron would have been around if he wasn't working and sick with a cold.