Former Motel on the Road to Being Transformed

The view last week

Vintage postcard view

It's exciting to see the construction work begin on transforming the old Holiday Inn Motel property into the new Road to Hope recovery home for women and children.

The plan was announced back in 2019 (here), and work was supposed to have begun last year. But various factors (undoubtedly including the pandemic) resulted in the work only starting in the last few weeks.

The Morning Journal featured a nice article about the Road to Hope project on July 31st by Richard Payerchin here.

As the article notes, only the outer walls of the buildings will be retained. Everything else – the electrical, plumbing, roofs, pavement, landscaping, etc. – will be brand new.

Anyway, at a time when old, vandalized structures are routinely and automatically demolished, it’s nice to see some actually being rehabilitated for the good of the community, in both function and appearance.

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(I did a multi-post history of the motel (which was not part of the national Holiday Inn chain) back here.)