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The Challenge of Churches: What happens to the building when a congregation moves on? With Conner Walker, Dane Forlines, and Austin Harrison.
What happens when an urban congregation moves or closes, leaving a neighborhood with a large empty building? Conner Walker from Commercial Advisors and Dane Forlines with The Heights CDC visit Memphis Metropolis to talk about the redevelopment challenges presented by former church buildings, local success stories, and how congregations and neighborhoods can proactively encourage adaptive reuse, so important buildings are not lost to the wrecking ball. We also do a deep dive into the recent closure of Highland Heights United Methodist Church on Summer Avenue, and strategies the CDC is using to encourage the building's redevelopment and prevent its demolition.
Later in the show, commentator Austin Harrison comes back to talk about the many different kinds of large buildings that can create blight in a neighborhood if empty - including schools, factories, and big-box stores - and how accumulated back taxes and liens can pose additional challenges to the feasibility of their redevelopment.
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What happens when an urban congregation moves or closes, leaving a neighborhood with a large empty building? Conner Walker from Commercial Advisors and Dane Forlines with The Heights CDC visit Memphis Metropolis to talk about the redevelopment challenges presented by former church buildings, local success stories, and how congregations and neighborhoods can proactively encourage adaptive reuse, so important buildings are not lost to the wrecking ball. We also do a deep dive into the recent closure of Highland Heights United Methodist Church on Summer Avenue, and strategies the CDC is using to encourage the building's redevelopment and prevent its demolition.
Later in the show, commentator Austin Harrison comes back to talk about the many different kinds of large buildings that can create blight in a neighborhood if empty - including schools, factories, and big-box stores - and how accumulated back taxes and liens can pose additional challenges to the feasibility of their redevelopment.