In July 2009, a plan was developed to completely remodel a corrections facility located on the Grand River.

The facility had been vacant and neglected for more than two years, it was badly damaged by water, sewage, mold and mildew.

Most of the work to make the building habitable was done by volunteers, including recovering addicts and homeless men.

In the first three weeks of acquiring the building, four of the original men slept on the concrete floor at night and worked up to sixteen hours a day to help take this dream to a reality.