Union Cafe!!!! We're Open!

For Immediate Release

Union Station Café set to open for business

The Union Project provides neighborhood space to connect, create and
celebrate. Through the restoration and reuse of the abandoned,
blighted, former Union Baptist Church, the Union Project provides
gathering and working space for artists, community builders and people of
faith. Additionally, as key to meeting its mission and focusing on
sustainability, the Union Project is initiating several social
enterprises that employ local at-risk youth and low-income individuals.

The first of these social enterprises, Union Station Café, is set to open
for business in early May. The café, housed in the newly renovated former
narthex of the church building, will be open for business from 7am to 10
pm, 7 days a week. Union Station Café will employ
neighborhood residents, as well as provide job training and internship
opportunities for students at Peabody High School.

"The Union Station café is the new hot spot in the neighborhood. Join
neighbors in a relaxed atmosphere were you can sit and chat, utilize the
free Internet connection, read, or have a quick snack." says new Union
Station manager Antwan Davis.

The café will have a breakfast, lunch, and light dinner menu, as well as
snack and dessert items. Union Station café is the long awaited finishing
component to Union Project’s first phase of construction. A grand
opening celebration is being planned for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
June 2, 3, and 4 to mark the completion of this renovation initiative.

Founded four years ago by young Pittsburghers, the grassroots Union
Project has raised some $3 million to renovate the formerly abandoned
Union Baptist Church and start new community and economic development
programs, engaged over 1,900 volunteers in innovative hands-on
restoration work, and opened renovated space to house the offices and
studios of nine community organizations, entrepreneurs, artists and
people of faith. A boardroom and two large halls are available to rent
for short or long term use.

Union Project’s next steps include completing a $1.8 million Phase II
capital campaign to complete renovations to the historic building
including the restoration and reuse of the former sanctuary into a great
hall civic gathering space, which will be rented to support the ongoing
costs of the Union Project. Visit www.unionproject.org for more
information.

Union Cafe!!!! We're Open!

For Immediate Release

Union Station Café set to open for business

The Union Project provides neighborhood space to connect, create and
celebrate. Through the restoration and reuse of the abandoned,
blighted, former Union Baptist Church, the Union Project provides
gathering and working space for artists, community builders and people of
faith. Additionally, as key to meeting its mission and focusing on
sustainability, the Union Project is initiating several social
enterprises that employ local at-risk youth and low-income individuals.

The first of these social enterprises, Union Station Café, is set to open
for business in early May. The café, housed in the newly renovated former
narthex of the church building, will be open for business from 7am to 10
pm, 7 days a week. Union Station Café will employ
neighborhood residents, as well as provide job training and internship
opportunities for students at Peabody High School.

"The Union Station café is the new hot spot in the neighborhood. Join
neighbors in a relaxed atmosphere were you can sit and chat, utilize the
free Internet connection, read, or have a quick snack." says new Union
Station manager Antwan Davis.

The café will have a breakfast, lunch, and light dinner menu, as well as
snack and dessert items. Union Station café is the long awaited finishing
component to Union Project’s first phase of construction. A grand
opening celebration is being planned for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
June 2, 3, and 4 to mark the completion of this renovation initiative.

Founded four years ago by young Pittsburghers, the grassroots Union
Project has raised some $3 million to renovate the formerly abandoned
Union Baptist Church and start new community and economic development
programs, engaged over 1,900 volunteers in innovative hands-on
restoration work, and opened renovated space to house the offices and
studios of nine community organizations, entrepreneurs, artists and
people of faith. A boardroom and two large halls are available to rent
for short or long term use.

Union Project’s next steps include completing a $1.8 million Phase II
capital campaign to complete renovations to the historic building
including the restoration and reuse of the former sanctuary into a great
hall civic gathering space, which will be rented to support the ongoing
costs of the Union Project. Visit www.unionproject.org for more
information.