Catholic church to build $400K rerun shop

Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Creston is planning construction of a new $400,000 rectory rerun rummage shop to be located directly north of St. Malachy School.

The Rev. Ken Halbur said $250,000 has been raised for the project, thusfar, including a $100,000 grant from a foundation remaining anonymous at this time. This new rerun will be 7,000 square feet with 4,000 feet of retail space for gently used clothing and household items.

The current rerun shop has been a wonderful benefit to the community for more than 25 years, Halbur said, and we plan to continue providing that benefit, but we need something thats more handicap accessible and more inviting to the Creston community. Its time.

The current rerun is located at 107 W. Howard St., directly east of Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

Halbur said the building was constructed more than 100 years ago as housing and eventually office space for Catholic priests. However, priests moved out in the 1980s, leaving the building vacant.

So, a group of volunteers from the Catholic church decided to start a rerun shop inside the house, selling various discounted items that would provide financial assistance to St. Malachy School.

Today, though, Halbur said the building has poor accessibility and needs several thousands of dollars in repairs.

Plus, its a house. Its just not designed to be a store, Halbur said.

Halbur added no decisions have been made regarding the fate of the current rectory rerun building, but its likely to be demolished and used for handicap accessible parking a strong need for the Catholic church.

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Catholic church to build $400K rerun shop