KINGMAN — Hope City Church is in the process of expanding its building to create a daycare capable of handling 110–120 children, according to pastor Steve Lewandowski. The church is seeking a zoning change from the city of Kingman and hopes to have its groundbreaking by the end of the month.
Hope City Church has been saving for three years to begin this project, though most of its $3.5 million cost will come from financing. Pastor Lewandowski says it’s worth it, though.
“We’ve been very blessed in recent years, and we want to do this for the community,” he said.
Pastor Lewandowski says around 550 congregants regularly attend the church on Sundays now, and their services are online.
The church is located near the cemetery at the south end of Stockton Hill Road, and presently occupies an older building built in 1963, as well as a much larger structure built in 1999.
While the church has classrooms for Sunday school, those rooms largely go unutilized throughout the week and are not big enough for a proper daycare with facilities. When the project is complete, these classrooms will be replaced with a new lobby.
Phase one of the project has already begun, which extends the larger building towards the parking lot where the daycare will be. Phase two will begin after the final rezone is secured from the city. Pastor Lewandowski says that the city has been really helpful throughout the process, and he is looking forward to officially begin construction.
The item has been scheduled for a hearing at the city Planning and Zoning Committee meeting on Wednesday, January 14, and the subsequent city council meeting on Tuesday, January 20.
