St. Joe Center demolition plans change

By RICHARD PAYERCHIN rpayerchin@MorningJournal.com @MJ_JournalRick

SPECIAL TO THE MORNING JOURNAL This diagram shows which area of the St. Joseph Community Center could be demolished by the city, which has a Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant to tear down part of the building.

LORAIN Demolition could start this summer on a portion of the St. Joseph Community Center.

Meanwhile, city officials are changing plans about which parts of the building will be knocked down. The latest plan could raze the building between Broadway and Livingston Avenue.

The news came Thursday at a tenants meeting at the St. Joe Center, 205 W. 20th St.

The project remains viable and important to the heart of Lorain, said Doug Rangel, executive director of the Lorain Development Corp., and Todd Roby, a board member and chief executive of Alpha Care Adult Day Center, which is a tenant.

Its been a challenge, but its showing light at the end of the tunnel, Roby said. Keeping the center open ensures jobs at Alpha Care, Little Lighthouse daycare center, Lorain County Community College, the Veterans Affairs Clinic and the Lorain County Clerk of Courts Title Office, he said.

The center remains owned and operated by the South Shore Community Development Corp.

However, Lorains Community Development Department is stepping in to help manage operations because the center no longer has an official facility manager, Rangel said.

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St. Joe Center demolition plans change