Tacoma Rescue Mission's New Life Square
- This modern building complex replaced the prior home of the multi- faceted emergency shelter which was in service since 1940.
- New Life Square holds the Good Neighbor Café (where meals are served), Men's Shelter, Challenge Learning Center, and the New Life Program (drug treatment and Christian counseling).
- The old facility was located at 15th and Pacific Avenue; New Life Square is located at 425 South Tacoma Way.
- This new facility expands services, enhances service delivery, and improves client flow and management.
- The bed capacity for men's overnight shelter has increased from 44 to 70; the bed capacity for the men's and women's recovery program has increased from 28 to 40; the area of the adult basic education program increased from 1,810 to 2,114 square-feet.
- The increased bed capacity has helped reduce the number of clients who are turned away for lack of an available bed. An average of 76 clients a month were turned away in the last year.
- New Life Square is a $5.1 M carefully designed facility to specifically meet the needs of the TRM and run the operation efficiently while considering expansion and growth.
- New Life Square has increased efficiency considerably. Significant reduction in leasing costs have occurred relating to warehouse and food storage, and parking. Maintenance expenses have been reduced, and handling of donations has been improved.
- The old facility is a 16,000 square-foot building while New Life Square is over two times the size at 37,000 square-feet.
- The Capital Campaign raised over $5 M for the new building tapping into various sources including: City, County, State, businesses, foundations, and churches.
- Construction of New Life Square was completed in August 2001.
- The old building was demolished to make room for a regional convention center.
- The architect was Kent McLaren of Thomas Cook Reed Reinvald Architects.
- The general contractor of the project was Rushforth GC owned by Randy Rushforth.