AME Zion Church will presenting at the architectural review commission tomorrow for plans to demolish their church located at 111 Washington Street. The plan is to create housing on site. The church has said in a previous news article that the layout no longer accommodates their elderly patrons.
Interestingly the agenda says the are looking to demolish the church but the rendering shows the church in tact with the side lots built up to 6 stories. The house to the left is being shown as demolished.
If you would like to attend the meeting where this rendering will be presented, the meeting will be held at the Activity Center, 401 Washing Street, 6:30pm.
Was this designed by a middle schooler?
Serious question.
Would these buildings be exempt from paying taxes?
They already are tax free. I haven’t dug into the records, but the church already owns all the land it’s planning to build on-that’s why they are coming up with this design.
With the church claiming it cannot afford basic maintenance due to a -shrinking- and elderly congregation, I’ll assume it lacks funding to develop a project of this scale. Two options, imo, the “church” will operate as a separate entity with the “wings” operating as a community organization or they merge into the latter as one. https://www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point/difference-between-church-and-community-org
Even faith can be monetized. Sad.