We are excited to see the new space for the playground beginning to take shape on the former parking lot at First Presbyterian Church. The lot has been demolished the land has been graded and seeded, and the fence has been installed.
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In 2007 First Presbyterian Church,
Morgantown became aware that the neighboring Central School property was going to be sold. The church appointed a task force to discern the best course of action based on the impending sale, because the Presbyterian Child Development Center had leased space from the Board of Education on that property for its
playground. As the hope and vision of the task force grew, a non-profit
board, formerly Westminster House now Harless Center, was formed and expanded
the scope of the project to ensure not only a long term plan for the daycare playground, but
also to bring faith based housing to the WVU community.
First Presbyterian Church purchased the Central School
property in 2008 and has been working with financial institutions and
developers to bring about this vision in a financially sustainable way.
The board has persevered over the years to bring to fruition not only a
financially sustainable project, but also a project that continues to bring
forth the vision of student housing and a new playground for the daycare.
We are blessed to have found local developers who are developing and
overseeing property management for the student housing, and local developers to
serve as consultants to the project. We are also excited to see a new,
improved, playground for the daycare developed on church property. We are
raising money to ensure the first three years of programming are fully funded
(staffing, furnishing, meals, etc), and so that we can complete the land developed
for the playground.
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