Rochester’s Open Door Mission says after searching for more than two years, it’s found a site for a Women and Children’s Campus in Gates.
The mission has closed on the purchase of the former convent of the Holy Ghost Church campus at 250 Coldwater Road. They say some key donors allowed the mission to pay cash for the building and remain debt free.
The building will be used as a transitional housing program for the growing number of homeless children found in area school districts along with their mothers or guardians.
Open Door is also thanking the Town of Gates for its official support and the positive reaction from citizens to its program. The mission hopes to have the new center up and running for the start of the next school year.