They moved walls, rewired, removed a gigantic brick safe and built a bridge in the floor — and soon the work of hundreds of volunteers and contractors will be finished with the opening of the Alliance for Substance Abuse Progress Hub.
Second coats of paint are being completed and soon the flooring will be installed, followed by volunteers who will bring in furniture for the Hub staff and clients. The new 1,600-square-foot facility will provide a physical location where people seeking addiction treatment will find referrals and assistance.
The offices are located in the former United Way of Bartholomew County office space in the Doug Otto Center at 1531 13th St., after United Way moved across the street to a renovated former Columbus fire station.
During the six-month month renovation process, more than 250 volunteers worked on the Hub project, donating more than 600 hours to the project.
Nathan Walsh, who is the HUB manager, volunteered his time working on the project, including working on the demolition of the safe.
“They got their hooks in me,” Walsh laughed when talking about working with Mission Columbus. “Not a bad group to get hooked into.”
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