In 1996, four board members of the Irish Cultural Heritage Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin chipped in a quarter apiece to buy a historic church building at N. 22nd St. and W. Wisconsin Ave. for just a dollar. Today, it's possible the building, cheap as it was back then, could end up being too expensive to keep.
Karen Prendergast, board president of the center, said that an expensive roof repair, the loss of an Irish dance school that outgrew its rental space and a two-year, recession-driven drop in contributions have put the organization in a deep hole. "We need to probably know by August if the building is going up for sale," Prendergast said.
Karen Prendergast, board president of the center, said that an expensive roof repair, the loss of an Irish dance school that outgrew its rental space and a two-year, recession-driven drop in contributions have put the organization in a deep hole. "We need to probably know by August if the building is going up for sale," Prendergast said.
You can read more in an article by Tom Tolan in the Journal Sentinel at http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/98082614.html
