The Action Center in Lakewood broke ground April 15 on a $4.2 million Program Services Building.
The project will expand on an existing building at the nonprofit organization’s 8755 W. 14th Ave address.
clients a year and actual construction is slated to begin next month, said executive director Mag Strittmatter.
“This expansion will allow allow us to have the ability to provide more in-depth programming to allow us to address both ends of our mission statement; providing for immediate needs which are important but also pathways to long term self-sufficiency,” Strittmatter said.
The 14,000 square foot, two-story building will house a clothing bank, food bank, processing and programming areas, storage, a community clinic and a self-select food pantry.
“Right now we pack food to order and now having a self-select pantry gives a deeper sense of dignity and respect by allowing people to shop for the food they will eat,” Strittmatter said.
t and construction is expected to be finished Sept. 2014.
Austin Briggs: 303-954-1729, abriggs@denverpost.com
