Letter to Polk County to allow us to stabilize the Wayne Hotel
Letter to polk county
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The Story of the Lost Stained Glass
Care and Share got the former cathedral church when they purchased the former rectory and adjacent land. The plans were to expand the Care and Share Homeless Shelter and they did that. They never wanted the former Cathedral, but it was part of the package. Minnesota Housing Finance Agency funded part of the project, said Jan Delage. Sister Justina was in charge of the Care and Share Board at that time. People constantly approached Care and Share about the cathedral. People were very interested in its future. Of course, the non-profit homeless shelter did not have funding to tear it down (estimated at that time $35,000) nor did they have a use for the building. The board was concerned about preserving the stained glass. There were problems with the high school kids smoking and lounging behind the church. Stones were thrown and some of the storm window glass was broken. In an effort to preserve the glass, Care and Share gave the ventilator windows with family names on them to ...
Give up on the Wayne Hotel, it is a waste of time and effort. Coming from a younger generation born and raised in Crookston in 81. The building is a health and safety hazard. I feel there is a more vital use of the funds to make crookston better bring in the new. Look into turning occupied buildings into living spaces like your Quist Building fill the upper levels, same with above Four Seasons. Why save one more structure to rot away. If I can help it, I will find a way to Tear Down those walls; like a great President once said about the Berlin Wall.
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