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The Dream...
Picture these scenes:
Your Bible study is just finishing your time together in the warm glow of a large fireplace.
You notice an unchurched neighbor of yours enter the building with a small shopping bag in hand.
A youth staff member and three students are deeply engaged in conversation while sipping their mochas.
Twenty people from the neighborhood are gathered in a second floor conference room for a life-skills class.
A member of the deaf community accesses the only public video phone in the area.
The building hostess directs a city leader to the planning session in a breakout room.
Students with backpacks and laptops catch the elevator to the 3rd floor seminary classroom.
Three Salem Alliance Elders compassionately pray for a grief-stricken family in an upper prayer room overlooking the city.
Now imagine that they are all happening at the same time in a facility owned and operated by a church - your church, Salem Alliance. These are the kinds of experiences that we anticipate will regularly occur in the new building on Broadway - Salem Alliance's next step towards impacting our community.
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The Plan...
• An inviting coffee experience, complete with a fireplace for gathering
• A 400-seat auditorium with kitchen for receptions, concerts, dramas and outreach events
• Numerous large conference rooms for training, shepherding groups, seminary classes, etc.
• Prayer areas for personal and group prayer overlooking the city
• Numerous "breakout" areas for smaller gatherings
• Full handicap accessibility
• Leased professional and commercial space
• Four stories - 50,000 sq. ft. - unlimited uses
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The Impact...
The new building on Broadway, yet to be officially named, will have a major impact not only on Salem Alliance but also on the neighborhood and entire city. The events that will be hosted, training provided, agencies served, planning conducted, prayers prayed, ideas generated, relationships built, partnerships formed, leaders mobilized and lives changed will take us well beyond our current limitations.
Many times in planning for Broadway, the church leadership has tried to scale back the dream. Yet, somehow our hearts wouldn't let us. Our conviction only grew that we must maximize this opportunity. Over and over we sensed "God is going before us, we must follow."
For seventy years, this neighborhood has been our church home. Now it is time to prepare for the next seventy years. Our future will be greatly impacted by the steps of faith we take today.
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Broadway Building |
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Artist's rendition of the Broadway Property Project, from the corner of Gaines and Broadway. |
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video flyby
A video that lets you see the project from a virtual helicopter flying all around the property. |
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creative giving strategies
There are many ways to give to this project. This page describes several possibilities. |
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slide show
Aerial views, site plans, and floor plans from the architect of the Broadway Project. |
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endless opportunities...
Some of the uses that people have imagined for the Broadway Building. |
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questions...
We've been hearing your questions. They've been collected, and answered, in this document. It will be updated as you keep asking... |
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building names
We've received many suggestions for the name of the building! |
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commitment form
An opportunity for you to make a commitment to the Broadway Project. |
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Timeline
2001 The City of Salem Urban Renewal Agency purchases the Broadway property.
2005 Salem Alliance enters into an agreement with the city. The Salem Alliance Expansion Team is formed to bring together necessary resources. Salem Alliance raises $180,000 to environmentally clean the property.
2006 Salem Alliance receives environmental clearance from the Department of Environmental Quality. Preliminary planning begins with Curry Brandaw, architects. Salem Alliance raises $540,000 for the purchase of the Broadway property and other projects.
2007 Financial campaign launches. Plans are finalized. Funds are raised.
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