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United Way To Rebuild After Devastating Fire
Organization Hopes New Building Completed This Year
POSTED: 9:59 am EDT March 16, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ind. -- A United Way organization in central Indiana is ready to start rebuilding its headquarters that was destroyed by a Christmas Eve fire.United Way of Bartholomew County said it has received a $5 million insurance settlement that will pay for much of the work on the Columbus building.Contractor Dunlap & Co. of Columbus expects to start work about April 1 and have construction finished in mid-December.Company vice president Chuck Corbin said the new building will be slightly smaller because a second-floor section of office space will be demolished.United Way president Doug Otto said plans are to have the more than two-dozen social service groups and other agencies that shared the building moved back in during January.The previous building housed 37 social service groups. Former State Fire Marshal Roger Johnson called the blaze the worst in Columbus in three decades.
Previous Stories:
- December 31, 2009: United Way Group Gets Support After Fire
- December 28, 2009: Fire Destroys Much Of Historical Collection
- December 25, 2009: Blaze Guts United Way Building
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