The Problem → The Approach
Churches represent some of the most desirable real estate in the country.
In some cases, conversion to a community hub is a straightforward exercise of community engagement and curating socially-minded tenants.
In other cases, untapped development potential provides opportunities for affordable housing, the business case for dramatic renovations or new purpose-built community space, and an opportunity to design for social connectivity.
We avoid selling the building and community assets, while helping you pivot towards becoming a community hub. We leverage conscious development and animate your mission with the core values of our quadruple bottom line!
Quadruple Bottom Line
Our work is driven by concern for the environment, spiritual health of the community, financial sustainability, and social impact.
If you want to read more about the imagination and model Parish Properties is using in engaging with congregations, please check out Dave’s chapter in Crisis and Care or article.
Crisis and Care
A deadly pandemic. Civic unrest. Economic uncertainty. The years between 2016 and 2020 exposed the vulnerability of our institutions—and ourselves—like never before. In the wake of uncertainty, the authors in this volume offer wisdom to make sense of the changes brought by these past four years. Reflecting how faith and philanthropy converge, they imagine alternative economies for faith communities, academia, and nonprofits, while also marking the unshakable encounter with grief and crisis. Authors linger in the space between what was and what will be to ask: what do we leave behind, what do we bring with us, and what possibilities exist where crisis and care converge? Their words and wisdom kindle philanthropic imagination in this moment of transition and change.
