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Update: 11.3.2016
Bahia Vista Community Builders, Inc. is a 501 C 3 non- profit Corporation that was formed in the summer of 2012. Members of the congregation independently pooled their resources to purchase properties with the goal of remodeling and then returning each one to the market, using our gifted volunteers that live here year round and those who come for the winters to do the remodeling work. The program is designed to use the profits from the sales for renovations and future remodeling and expansion of our facility. A board was formed and the members are: Dennis Yoder, Wes Oswald, Ben Sprunger and Dennis Bontrager.
Once all the remodeling is finished, we list and re-sell the property and all the profits accrue to Sarasota Community Church. No church monies are ever used in purchasing or remodeling of any property purchased and being worked on by BVCB’s Inc. in carrying on their mission.
Over the past years we have completed seven projects and currently have purchased our eighth to begin work on this fall. The address is 3376 Sheffield Circle in Village Green. What a success! We believe a “God thing” has been evident in that three of the properties have resold before the remodeling was finished. That could even happen with the current project.
It’s estimated that over the four years, some 70 different volunteers have helped to remodel these projects. One of the many benefits is that some of these volunteers learn to know and become friends with persons that they really didn’t know before.
Funds realized from the profits total in excess of $150,000 and some of that has already been given out to projects needing assistance like Newtown Gospel Chapel, Sarasota Community Church, and persons at the Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park. THANK YOU to all who have already worked & prayed for this ministry.
We have now received the building permit for our current project and are starting the process of demolition and remodeling.
Please consider joining us as another way to serve our Lord in a practical way. Contact Dennis Bontrager @ 941.356.3577 or Dennis Yoder @ 941.376.0372 if you have questions or want more information.
Once all the remodeling is finished, we list and re-sell the property and all the profits accrue to Sarasota Community Church. No church monies are ever used in purchasing or remodeling of any property purchased and being worked on by BVCB’s Inc. in carrying on their mission.
Over the past years we have completed seven projects and currently have purchased our eighth to begin work on this fall. The address is 3376 Sheffield Circle in Village Green. What a success! We believe a “God thing” has been evident in that three of the properties have resold before the remodeling was finished. That could even happen with the current project.
It’s estimated that over the four years, some 70 different volunteers have helped to remodel these projects. One of the many benefits is that some of these volunteers learn to know and become friends with persons that they really didn’t know before.
Funds realized from the profits total in excess of $150,000 and some of that has already been given out to projects needing assistance like Newtown Gospel Chapel, Sarasota Community Church, and persons at the Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park. THANK YOU to all who have already worked & prayed for this ministry.
We have now received the building permit for our current project and are starting the process of demolition and remodeling.
Please consider joining us as another way to serve our Lord in a practical way. Contact Dennis Bontrager @ 941.356.3577 or Dennis Yoder @ 941.376.0372 if you have questions or want more information.
Bless and be blessed as you share your time and God-given talents with others.
Location of the projects in order of completion:
- 901 Beach Rd. a condo on Siesta Key
- 5541 E. Long Common, a villa in the Meadows
- 1635 Fleetwood, a home in Tamaron
- 4365 Eastwood, a home in Tamaron
- 7520 Palmer Glen, a home in Palmer Glen
- 5830 Midnight Pass, a high rise condo on Siesta Beach
- 4510 Whisper Wood, a villa in the Meadows
- 3376 Sheffield Circle, a single-family home in Village Green
For more information contact Dennis Yoder, Ben Sprunger, or Dennis Bontrager.
Be sure to check out the Community Builders' Gallery.
Be sure to check out the Community Builders' Gallery.