RESOURCE CENTER THANKS COMMUNITY FOR HOME.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Less than two months into their operation at their new location, Grace Resource Center officials paused Tuesday to dedicate their new building and to thank a community that raised thousands of dollars to help them. With about 100 guests on hand, Grace Resource Center dedicated the 12,000-square-foot building, a former car dealership This article is about car dealerships. For the indie pop band, see Dealership (band). A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new cars and/or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or at 45134 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . Rented from the city on a 30-year lease, the 1.6-acre site was renovated and remodeled, largely with volunteer labor and donations, at a cost estimated to be about $600,000. ``It's magic,'' Steve Baker Steve Baker (born September 8, 1978 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire) is an English professional footballer who is a defender and currently plays for Gateshead. Baker has played for a number of clubs including Middlesbrough, Huddersfield Town, Darlington, Hartlepool and , Grace's executive director, said of the community contributions. ``I've lived in Lancaster for 40 years, so I'm not surprised. We have good people in the valley and they stepped up to the plate.'' Started in 1991, the center now has six paid staff members and 400 volunteers who feed about 6,000 people a month. More than 70,000 people are served every year with emergency groceries, hot meals, clothing, toiletries toi·let·ry n. pl. toi·let·ries An article, such as toothpaste or a hairbrush, used in personal grooming or dressing. toiletries npl → artículos mpl de aseo (= and counseling. Grace also serves ``souper'' meals three days a week at the Yucca office and one night a week at Tamarisk tamarisk (tăm`ərĭsk), shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix, native chiefly to the Mediterranean area and to central Asia. The plants are often heathlike and thrive in arid and coastal regions. School in Palmdale. Vacant since Sierra Toyota moved several years ago to the Lancaster Auto Mall, the buildings had been vandalized heavily and were filled with trash when Grace Resource took over. The renovation work has included bricking up the vehicle bays, transforming the parts department Noun 1. parts department - the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts business department - a division of a business firm into a kitchen and offices and installing windows donated by Burger King from a restaurant torn down on Avenue I. Money and labor donated to the center has ranged from $25,000 for the kitchen renovation raised by the Lancaster West and Bangalore (India) Rotary clubs to a month's worth of labor from the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Fire Camp Crew 11. ``This is truly a valleywide effort,'' said Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
One of the fund-raising efforts is a Buy-a-Brick campaign in which donors can buy a commemorative brick for $1,000 each. The bricks, inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. with donors' names, will be used to construct a Wall of Honor in the new center's courtyard. The center is not yet complete. A corrugated-metal repair shop will be converted into a dining hall for 200 people or so. The 4,000-square-foot building will also house a grocery warehouse and laundry. ``We have over 200 people for a hot meal on a Friday night,'' said Grace board member Janie Kincaid. ``We need to get the other building done.'' Grace officials estimate it will cost $150,000 to renovate the dining hall building. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Vice Mayor Henry Hearns, left, Grace Executive Director Steve Baker and Mayor Frank Roberts discuss the new building.Steve Baker, executive director of Grace Resource Center greets a guest at the center's new home, a former car dealership at 45134 Sierra Highway. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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