The demolition phase of the construction and renovation of Susan’s Place: The Care for the Homeless Susan L. Neibacher Women’s Center has begun. No sooner was the ink dry on all the documentation at the loan closing that MDG Design and Construction moved on site and began the transformation of 39,505 sq. ft. of empty commercial space into a transitional residence and drop-in center for homeless single women.

About a year from now, Susan’s Place will begin hosting a program, tentatively being called Stepping Up and Out, to capture its mission of bringing women whose lives have been disrupted by drug abuse, mental illness, educational failures, poverty, and other disabilities through the stages of change necessary for them to become housed and rehabilitated.

 

It Takes a Village! Left to Right: Paul Dinter (CFH); Ronni Astroff & Susan M. Hyman (JPMorgan Chase Community Development Corp.); Calvin Kiiffner (Architect); Brian Segel (Low Income Investment Fund); Tom Ciano (TAC Partners); Michelle Brown & Sarah Freeman (Department of Homeless Services); Bobby Watts (CFH); Sr. Margaret McDermott (Tolentine Zeiser CLC); Jim Mutton, James F. Woods & Harry M. Rosen (CFH Board of Directors); and Nick Diacitis (MDG Construction and Design).