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“It looks like three differ-
ent buildings,” said Black-
stone when he started the
project in earnest last year.
Choosing the Bank
Building was part of Black-
stone’s strategy to tackle
to Cottage Grove’s largest
downtown
opportunity
cost.
“We started with the
biggest, ugliest building
downtown,” he said. “It was
a diamond in the rough.”
At the time of purchase,
the Bank Building had
seven low-income apart-
ments upstairs and was
home to Juanita’s Latina
Store, Jim Downing Realty
and Christi’s Barber Shop
downstairs.
After renovation, six
middle-income
apart-
ments have been filled with
tenants upstairs. Mean-
while, Juanita’s remained
downstairs (though relo-
cated in the building) and
the rest of the space is oc-
cupied by financial advisor
Edward Jones, new Italian
restaurant Bartolotti’s and
Blackstone’s own project,
the Bank Building Offices.
Response to what the
renovated building is of-
fering has been energetic.
“Our apartments up-
stairs were rented, in some
cases, months before they
were done,” said Black-
stone.
Bartolotti’s, too, has seen
an unanticipated rush of
patronage. Just hours after
the restaurant’s inspection
was completed last Mon-
day, Blackstone recalled
that people were lining up
at the door.
Blackstone was able to
Worship
Directory
COTTAGE GROVE:
6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
10:00am
Christian Education: Pre-K through 5th
Tim Baker, Senior Minister
www.6thandgibbs.com
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St
541-942-4479
Rev.: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
fpcgrove.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd.
541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd.
541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett
www.cg4.tv
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Services: 9:00am & 10:45am
Hope In The Grove
Baptist Church
77820 Mosby Creek Rd
Pastor: Wayne Husk
Worship: Sunday 10:00am
Evening Bible Study: Wednesday
6:30pm
541.649.1043
— Len Blackstone, developer
cubicles and open work-
spaces are all available to
be rented out to members
while conference rooms,
“Zoom Rooms” for private
online meetings and hour-
ly passes are rented out to
the general public.
The unique setup is
geared toward remote
workers, small businesses,
organizations and start-
ups which need workspace
but can’t justify the cost of
renting a whole building.
“There’s really nothing
that is like this exactly in
Cottage Grove where you
can rent an office, where
you can rent a cubicle
or you can rent an open
space,” said Blackstone.
“It’s opened up an oppor-
tunity that never existed in
this town.”
Though finishing touch-
es are still being done, of
the 10 office spaces, eight
have been claimed while
one of four cubicles has al-
ready been rented out.
The office spaces are
new not just to the build-
ing, but to the town.
The building’s reno-
vation is the product of
Blackstone’s own desire to
leave a lasting impact on
the city.
“This all started with
a very simple question I
question,” he said.
The city’s Housing
Needs Analysis reported in
2018 that Cottage Grove’s
vacancy rate was less than
2 percent. Blackstone was
on the committee which
helped put the analysis to-
gether and he said, in terms
of apartments, the vacancy
rate is effectively zero.
Blackstone approached
the problem using his
background as a man-
agement consultant and
brought in a team to do an
analysis.
“I treated Cottage Grove
like it was a client,” he said.
“My goal: well-paying jobs.
That’s what I was after.”
Blackstone pointed out
that, in his consultant ex-
perience, solutions are
typically found in obvi-
ous oversights rather than
epiphanic realizations.
“I’ve often said, don’t ex-
pect the ‘Wow.’ Expect the
‘Duh,’” he said. In this case,
“jobs are connected to
business. Business is con-
nected to buildings. And
buildings are connected to
land.”
Though he initially in-
tended to create a non-
profit which would recruit
companies to relocate to
Cottage Grove, at the end
of the day Blackstone real-
ized he needed a better rev-
enue model to accomplish
the task of bringing lasting
changing to the area.
That in mind, he got
his real estate license and,
after helping broker some
local real estate deals, got
to work on his own project
with the Bank Building.
As the project nears
completion,
Blackstone
feels he’s accomplished the
goals he’s set out to do.
“I think we’ve played a
small part of what needs to
happen in Cottage Grove,
which is to create an envi-
ronment in which business
can thrive and grow,” he
said. “It provides space for
business to happen.”
Blackstone added that he
has a tremendous amount
of gratitude for the ways
the community has con-
tributed to the project.
“The support that this
project has had from this
community is incredible,”
he said.
In reflecting on the con-
tributions, Blackstone not-
ed that he saw convergence
of a diversity of people in
to get the project done as
a symbolic of the potential
for unity.
Despite
community
members having vastly dif-
ferent viewpoints, Black-
stone was heartened to see
them come together.
“It didn’t matter when
it came to building this
project and it doesn’t mat-
ter with regard to build-
ing a community,” he said.
“What we have in common
is so much greater and so
much more important
than how we differ. Our
differences — our diversity
— is actually our strength.”
With the building on
its feet and operational,
Blackstone is now focus-
ing on touching up the last
few details to round out the
project’s completion.
“But in one sense, it’s
never done,” he mused.
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St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00
website www.creswellpres.org
Our Worship Directory is a weekly feature.
If your congregation would like to be a part of this directory,
contact us today!
S entinel
“It’s opened up an
opportunity that never
existed in this town. ”
For weekday and Holy Day of
Obligation schedule see website
OLPHCG.net
Confession: 4 PM to 5 PM
Saturdays or by appointment
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell
552 Holbrook Lane
Sunday 8 am
Non-Denominational
United Methodist Church
Church of Christ
334 Washington 541-942-3033
1041 Pennoyer Ave
New Pastor Craig Pesti- Strobel
541-942-8928
Worship 10:30am
Delight Valley
Preacher: Tony Martin
umcgrove.org
Church of Christ
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm “VICTORY” Country Church
541-942-7711 • Pastor: Bob Friend www.pennoyeravecoc.com
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Two Services:
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
9am - Classic in the Chapel
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
Worship Service: 10:00am
10:30am - Contemporary in the
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
Message: “WE BELIEVE IN
Auditorium
Pastor: Jim Edwards
MIRACLES”
Sunday Service: 10:00am
First Baptist Church
Join in Traditional Christian Worship CRESWELL:
301 S. 6th st • 541-942-8242
Creswell Presbyterian
Pastor: David Chhangte
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
Sunday School 9:30am
and St. Philip Benizi
75 S 4th S • 541-895-3419
Worship Service 10:30am
Catholic Churches
Rev. Seth Wheeler
Youth Wednesday 6:30pm
1025. N. 19th St.
Adult Sunday School 9:15am
cgfi rstbaptist.com
541-942-3420
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am
C ottage G rove
asked myself, which is,
‘What can I do to help Cot-
tage Grove?’ I didn’t realize
at the time that that would
be such a life-changing
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Living Faith Assembly
Sunday School & Adult Education
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
9:15am
Worship Services Sundays: 9a & 11a Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Youth Worship Sundays: 11a (all
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
ages welcome)
5:00pm TLC Groups
Mondays: 5:30p (6th-12th grades) tlccg.com
Father John J. Boyle
Holy Mass:
Saturday Vigil – 5:30 pm
Sunday – 10:30 am
tap into another apparent
need in Cottage Grove
with the introduction of
his office spaces.
Private offices, personal
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