Sacred Places as Community Spaces

Love your place

In urban and rural neighborhoods across the United States, some religious properties are falling into disrepair as congregations struggle to keep up with increasing maintenance costs for what are, in some cases, historically and architecturally significant community assets. Join Berks County Community Foundation and Partners for Sacred Places to (a) learn how they worked together to survey the condition of older and historic religious properties in Reading, Pennsylvania, (b) consider some of the survey's interesting findings, and (c) discover ways other communities have supported and/or repurposed underutilized religious properties of significance. 

Session Designer: Heidi Williamson, Chief Strategy Officer, Berks County Community Foundation

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Location / Room
Columbine - Terrace Level
Speakers
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Leading Locally 2023
Session Type
Concurrent Session
Conference Theme
Love your place