A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Pictured signing a deal on Tuesday for the Massena Boys and Girls Club to purchase the former St. Joseph's school are: seated, from left MBCG board of directors president Tim Currier, real estate broker Lucy Kassian and Father Scott Fobare of St. Joseph's parish. Standing, from left are MBCG treasurer Richard Cook, MBGC secretary Gabe Hinkley and Boys and Girls Club capital campaign manager William Wolf.
Massena Boys and Girls Club signs deal to purchase former St. Joseph's school, hope to be fully operational sometime next year
By Andy Gardner
MASSENA -- Officials with the Massena Boys and Girls Club inked a deal to purchase the former St. Joseph's school on Bayley Road on Tuesday morning and are hopeful to soon have the facility up and running.
"Our goal is to open next year sometime," Tim Currier said, president of the Massena Boys and Girls Club board of directors.
Now that the title is in the club's name, a committee of volunteers and board members will evaluate the building and make any necessary upgrades to bring it up to code. Once finished, Currier said the center will include a homework room, a room specifically for teens, play area, multi-purpose art room and "lots of space left over to identify other programs and needs."
The club's new home was purchased at $125,000 with a $20,000 down payment. Currier said the down payment was raised entirely through donations.
He said the parish has been quite amenable throughout the purchasing process and credited them with agreeing to an unusual contract – it gives them time to come up with the remaining $105,000. This avoided the headache of having to go through a financier and deal with a long-term mortgage.
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