The Salvation Army Breaks Ground on New Center of Hope Campus in North Birmingham

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Salvation Army of Greater Birmingham recently broke ground on The Salvation Army Center of Hope in Birmingham, Alabama. Salvation Army Leadership were joined by elected officials, donors and local community partners at the construction site for formal groundbreaking ceremony, and spoke about the dramatic difference the new Center of Hope will have on the lives of thousands of individuals, as well as the community and the city.

The Center of Hope will be funded by the Building Hope Capital Campaign initiative, which is a $15.1-million capital campaign. The 4.1-acre campus will have a 119,000-square-foot building complex placing major Salvation Army programs and services together for a one-stop location to provide comprehensive family, community and social services. The new facility will allow The Salvation Army room for future expansion and growth. The program and services housed at the New Center of Hope will offer solutions to the some of the biggest societal issues and challenges faced today by families, youth, our neighborhoods and our city – problems such as poverty, homelessness, addiction and education.

The Center of Hope will be home to:

  • A new education and workforce development center, a new Salvation Army initiative that will enable residents and the Birmingham community to advance their education and career readiness through basic life-skills training, GED preparation and vocational training
  • A marketplace food pantry, which will provide families and individuals the ability to “shop” for items that they need
  • An increase in transitional apartments reserved for families and individuals as they work toward independence and self-sufficiency
  • Pathway of Hope, a new initiative that focuses on solving the problem of intergenerational poverty by opening doors to opportunity, building community alliances to expand access to resources in order to create transformational change for parents and their children

The Center of Hope campus was designed by LIVE Design Group. Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor of the project.

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