New Focus Community Center

[justcallme007]

Let’s be honest. Everyone reading this post can go into their specific city and see a vacant K-Mart, Home Depot, or Wal-Mart somewhere in the community. Once either of these businesses decides to leave that building, the immediate area dies. All other businesses around that business follow suite and leave too or go out of business.
What I am offering in a revitalization of sorts. I have contacted all three parties above and I am in serious negotiations with one in particular. The goal is to convert the dead space and dying community around it into a vibrant, energetic youth center.
The bulk of the funding requested will go towards purchasing (if negotiations fail) and converting the current spaces into green spaces that will no longer be eyesores but they will also not harm the environment. The electric will be completely converted to solar and all water heaters will be tank less.
Now I know that you’re thinking that this is a very large space for a youth center, what will I do with all of the space provided? Image a gymnasium with exercise rooms on one side and office spaces and classrooms on the other side. With 100,000 square feet minimum, the space can be converted to a full-size NBA court with bleachers, locker rooms and showers and enough individual private exercise rooms for training in boxing, gymnastics, ballet, yoga, aerobics, Pilates, or whatever else needs hands on training. The rest of the space will have over 50 separate office spaces dedicated to separate projects and programs that include drug awareness and prevention, counseling, credit education, prison reentry, Youth Build, Christmas In Action, Elderly assistance, rent stabilization, C.A.S.A., food pantry, in-house modern recording studio, Gay rights Activist, Pro and Con Abortion activist, and countless others. With the abundance of office space, the majority of the space will be dedicated to programs that the center will oversee, but there will be other office spaces that can be either leased out to outside businesses or subdivided and leased to other growing small businesses that need space away from home to work. Please keep in mind that most of these programs are federally funded and the center will have in-house grant writers to obtain grants to sustain each individual program.
The premise behind the whole concept is to have a network of non-profits all under one roof for the benefit of the community. Building such a place would be pointless because it would not get rid of the dilapidated and deteriorating eyesore of empty buildings that plaque our communities. If all goes well, not only should these corporations receive a hefty tax incentive for cooperating, but there wouldn’t be any losers in the scenario.
Along with the conversion, the funding requested will cover all salaries and operating expenses for the first year.
There is a projected economic boost of supplying well over 200 jobs within the center.
200+ jobs, a place for teens to come for help or hang out safely and programs that benefit the community…how can this be a bad thing?

your thoughts and comments are appreciated...

[Doodyps]

I like the idea, especially because I'm trying to start a charity right now and I would need a small office for it. It sounds extremely expensive though. Solar is outrageously expensive, especially if you aren't in the right area.

By negotiations, are you saying you would rent the space from these retailers? or they would somehow give you a really good price to purchase?

[mike810]

First i would like congratulate you for such a great idea.

Really this would be great for any community and could really liven a neighborhood up.. I can not invest as i am looking for investments but you have my support in any other way..

I say start a organization for it and make a web page for the organization. That web page should be very attractive and should offer a place to donate.

I suppose i can help in creating the web page as i am a web designer.. I might even do it for next to nothing depending on review of further details of the idea.

[Kalired]

Where specifically are you envisioning this? I've done a lot of volunteer work in New Orleans, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast. There are many empty buildings left over from hurricanes. Specifically there is one Walmart I can think of off the top of my head.