Converting the former Blanchard Elementary School building into a community center continue to progress.
The building was vacated in 2008 but efforts from those working with the ‘Save the Blanchard Elementary School’ Facebook group were made to turn the building into a community center. The building was purchased by former Blanchard resident Rolland Courser in Jan. 2020 for around $50,000.
After some work to become an official 501c3 organization, the property was recently deeded over to those working on the community center.
“We agreed it would be called Courser Community Center in honor of my great grandfather (Ephriam) who settled on 160 acres in Blanchard in 1876,” Courser said.
Renovations have been underway though some issues have occurred in the process of converting the building for the community.
“We finally have the property deeded over and have been dealing with more break ins and vandalism unfortunately,” Tina Murray, one of the members involved with the community center project, said. “We have removed most of the ceiling tiles and insulation. Now that we have a deed we will be working to get some donations. Ready to get some things going.”
The non-profit organization will continue to work on renovations. Volunteers and donations are still needed as the community center continues to come together.
For more information, visit the Save the Blanchard Elementary Facebook page.
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