Gregory Markle, Operation Fresh Start’s executive director, announced the group’s purchase of its future location — the former home of Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School at 2670 Milwaukee St., according to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal.
The organization helps disconnected young teens and adults earn high school diplomas and become self-sufficient, and helping them learn the construction trade is a large part of that mission.
The former church’s building will need a significant transformation before the group moves in, but much of that renovation will be handled by those in the program, which is why opening may not happen for a couple of years.
The program has outgrown its capacity for staff and programming at its current location on Winnebago Street.
