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Foundation rep: National Trust to publish church story; city council to vote on rezoning for office conversion
Summary
John Heitrager said the Church Foundation has engaged the National Trust and Preservation magazine; a city-council second reading on rezoning to allow office conversion is scheduled, after which Creekside plans to obtain quotes and evaluate an acquisition.
John Heitrager told the commission that the Church Foundation has been in contact with the National Trust and that Preservation magazine plans to publish an article addressing the church and other endangered sites.
Heitrager said the project has passed its first hearing at the city council on a rezoning that would permit adaptive reuse of the church as office space, and that a second and final vote was scheduled for the coming Monday. “They will vote on whether to approve the zones officially. And then Creekside intends to proceed relative to getting quotes and then taking the various subcontractors through relative to the potential of final acquisition,” Heitrager said. He added that Creekside would evaluate whether to proceed with purchase after the council completes its vote.
Heitrager also credited Indiana Landmarks and other groups for support and said the National Trust’s interest raised the project’s profile. Commissioners received a copy of the Preservation magazine issue that includes the article. No formal commission action was recorded; the commission simply received the update and allowed public comment.
