Tenants fill church with good works
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 03:02PM In the year after the first non-profit tenant moved into the Nichols Education Building at First Baptist Church in January 2009, three more tenants moved in, filling up the available space. First, the Bennington Free Clinic opened up on the first floor of the building, located downtown. Next, Project Against Violent Encounters’ Family Time program moved into the building, and the Vermont Center for Independent Living and Easter Seals later followed suit. The offering of the previously unused building space is the result of a deliberate decision by the First Baptist congregation to reach out to the community as a form of mission.
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