Last weekend,
Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards, along with local weather icon
Guy Sharpe, attended the groundbreaking for a new chapel and welcome-administrative
center at Christian City in Union City.
Sharpe brought
a unique perspective to the ceremony. He recently moved into one of
the life lease subdivisions at the center.
"When
I attended the original groundbreaking of Christian City in the early
1960s, I had no idea of how great Christian City would become or that
I would be participating in another groundbreaking in 2001," he
said.
Robert Crutchfield,
Christian City president and CEO, explained the welcome center will
serve as a new grand entrance to the facility, as well as a museum of
historical information.
The groundbreaking
followed a year of fund-raising, with more than $1.5 million raised
for the Piecing Together our Future campaign. The new welcome center
is only the first part of a five-piece campaign that includes the relocation
of the Christian City Home for Children, the creation of a benevolent
care endowment, a debt free sinking fund and campus infrastructure improvements.
The center
is expected to open this fall.