The Bridge Church Buying Vacant Alexandria Thriftway
- The Bridge Community Church in Wilder is seeking to buy and move to the former Alexandria Thriftway.
- The former Alexandria Thriftway at 7850 Alexandria Pike has been vacant since 2004.
ALEXANRIA The largest vacant commercial space in the city, the former Alexandria Thriftway grocery store, is about to be filled after 10 years empty.
The Bridge Community Church has a contract to buy the 44,788-square-foot building and 7.33 acres at 7850 Alexandria Pike for $1.1 million, said Bo Weaver, lead pastor of the church. Weaver said he plans to close the sale to buy the former Thriftway property Feb. 13.
All 21 Cincinnati area Thriftway stores closed in 2004, and since then the former grocery has been vacant, according to a May 1, 2004, article in The Enquirer.
We couldnt be happier that that building is going to be put to a productive use, said Alexandria Mayor Bill Rachford.
Two other buyers were interested in buying the property in 2014, but the deals fell through, he said.
Thats easily the biggest building in town that was vacant, Rachford said.
Weaver said he looked at buying the former Thriftway when founding the church in 2006 but at that time the asking price was around $4 million. Around 30 people were attending services at The Bridge back then, he said.
About 640 people attended the two Sunday, Feb. 1, services this year, he said.
We wouldnt need a building if we werent doing something people felt was worth supporting, Weaver said.
How To Reach The Bridge Church In Alexandria
Step 1: The Bridge Church is located in Alexandria, United States. The Bridge Church rating is 4.9 star out of 5, based on 97 reviews on their business profile on Google Maps.
Step 2: One can visit their website www.thebridgenky.com or may call to +18597815000 for inquiry.
Step 3: Address of The Bridge Church is 7906 Alexandria Pike, Alexandria, KY 41001, United States. Coordinates are also mentioned in this article, Latitude is 38.9728882 and longitude is -84.3896151.
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Former Supermarket Being Transformed Into Church
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. — The Bridge Community Church of Northern Kentucky, a nondenominational church now meeting in Wilder, is renovating a long-empty Thriftway supermarket in Alexandria as its new home and plans to move in sometime this spring.
On Feb. 12, the church also agreed to lease 10,000 square feet of the 45,000-square-foot building to Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries to use as a thrift store, as WCPO.com previously reported.
The new sanctuary will seat 758, said the churchs pastor, Bo Weaver. Including facilities for youth and children, the entire building should accommodate more than 1,000 people at one time, he added.
The church, which now meets at 1019 Towne Drive in Wilder, now has about 600 attendees at Sunday services. None of them have said anything about the additional 6-mile drive they will have to make on Sunday morning, Weaver said.
That doesnt mean they are all going to show up, but they havent said anything, he added.
Its the second church that Weaver has successfully grown in Northern Kentucky. He spent his first 20 years as a pastor at Fellowship of Believers, a nondenominational church in Florence that is now a megachurch called 7 Hills Church.
Ministry can be very consuming, especially when youre just starting out, Weaver said. You look to God, but you know that God uses people, and you feel that pressure to make things happen and keep things going.
Ive been a pastor for 30 years and Ive never seen a response like we saw to this, he said.