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Presenter outlines plan to convert church site into 'Maxwell Village' cooperative housing while retaining community uses
Summary
A presenter identified only by the last name Hebben described plans to convert an existing church property into a 40–44‑unit cooperative housing development called 'Maxwell Village' (working title), while retaining the preschool, a leased congregation, a community garden and a food pantry. Residents raised parking and neighborhood-service concerns.
Hebben, the presenter, described a plan to reuse the existing church property for cooperatively owned housing while keeping several community services in place. "There's a lot of existing kind of community programs that use that space that we're hoping to be able to retain," they said, citing a preschool, a leased congregation, Amen's Community Garden and a food pantry that operates in partnership with the garden.
The presenter said the project team is calling the development Maxwell Village for now and estimated the project would be about 40 to 44 units. "We're gonna kinda utilize [the fellowship hall] as the common house for, cooperative," the presenter said, noting the fellowship hall's kitchen and the plan to add an outdoor laundry facility. The team said they expect roughly a 1:1 parking ratio per unit and would also use about 20 existing gravel parking spaces on the west side of the property; they acknowledged the trade-offs between preserving community uses (which increase parking demand) and maximizing housing on site.
Hebben described resident selection as an open application process with outreach and mandatory co‑op information sessions ahead of membership; they said an example project, Peace Village, uses a $5,000 buy‑in for members. The presenter said monthly "carrying charges" pay utilities, insurance and maintenance; the transcript contains a numeric carrying‑charge line that appears to have been transcribed incorrectly, and the meeting did not finalize exact monthly amounts for Maxwell Village.
Next steps the presenter identified include finalizing financing, continuing neighborhood outreach and coordinating with city planning efforts before construction or formal funding commitments.
