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Describe how this project will help improve our local environment
in terms of waste reduction, diversion, conservation, preservation,
pollution prevention, beautification, education, stewardship,
etc.
Gateway Redevelopment Group (GRG) is requesting funding to assist
in construction of a storage barn at the c1868 Jipp Home and
Grocery, located at 732 Gaines Street in Davenport, IA. This
barn is necessary for our organization’s capacity building by
expanding our storage space for the Architectural Rescue Shop
(ARS).
GRG is a not for profit 501(c)3 organization whose goal is saving
abandoned buildings in our neighborhood. Since its inception
in 2004 we have restored two boarded up buildings in the Hamburg
Historic District. Both the Jipp and the home at 822 Gaines
(now returned to private ownership), were #1 on the city’s demolition
list in successive years. Without the intervention by GRG, debris
from both properties would have ended up in the county landfill,
and our neighborhood would have lost two more historic buildings.
The Jipp Home and Grocery now houses the Architectural Rescue
Shop (ARS). By an appointment only basis, ARS sells antique
architectural salvage to people restoring older homes. These
materials are rescued by GRG volunteers from structures being
taken down or remodeled in the Quad City area. We also accept
donations of architectural salvage. Salvage includes such items
as wooden trim, doors and windows, floor vents, hardware, bathtubs,
flooring and just about everything else from older homes and
buildings including the kitchen sink! Since our operations
began in 2004, our volunteers have removed materials from more
than 15 structures. A complete record of our activities may
be found on our website at
www.grgdavenport.org.
Our latest challenge has become storage space. We simply don’t
have enough room to store all the items in our inventory. In
addition to crowding existing floor space, they are over flowing
into neighborhood garages or other storage areas, making it
difficult to easily access materials for our customers. We
have received permission from the Davenport HPC to construct
a 20’ x 36’ barn to expand this space and are in the process
of securing funding to erect it. Income from sales of our architectural
items has already funded pouring the concrete pad for the barn.
Funding from the Scott County Waste Commission would assist
in purchasing needed building materials and other construction
costs.
Describe
how you will measure and report the success of this project.
Success will
be measured by:
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Room for all our salvage
items in one location
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Ready access to all items
in stock
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Ability to maintain regular
store hours in addition to by appointment hours
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20% increase in volunteers
for salvage and store operations
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