Clint Good Provides Vital Service to Homeless Charity
ARCHITECT AS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
When local Architect, Clint Good, AIA, of Lincoln, VA was asked to step up to the plate and serve up the Good Shepherd Alliance (GSA) with a full set of plans, initially he thought it would be a daunting task. However, with the teamwork and extreme cooperation of the GSA board and the county building plans review department--it turned out to be a home run.
The architect prepared all of the construction documentation as a volunteer in what he said was giving back to the community as a form of mission service. This is not something new for Good who is the current President of the Rotary Club of Purcellville. Previously, while working as a task order contract architect for Loudoun County, he suggested a barn-raising for the Barns at Franklin Park, using his Mennonite background and contacts in the building industry to organize the construction.
Currently, as a volunteer, he is preparing the Master Planning for both the Life Action Ministries Camp in Buchanan, MI and what he calls the Master's Plan for a Christian school in Eagle Butte, SD for Native Americans. The GSA planning and documentation process required many meetings with the board, surveys of the existing building, coordination with the local building officials, and administering the construction work on behalf of the owner, GSA.
The processing for construction projects for non-profit organizations is one of Good's specialties and something that he truly enjoys. Good said, "To design such a project that will ultimately give hope to many people brings great joy to me."
“Clint was there for us at the very beginning of this very special and important project” said GSA Board Chair Joy Trickett. “His knowledge and expertise working with non-profits was essential in expeditiously pushing forward the planning and documentation process through County Government while concurrently interfacing with Toll Brothers, the project Builder Captain.”
The GSA was established in 1983 and is the oldest and largest homeless provider in Loudoun County. GSA’s Center of Hope in Ashburn was designed exclusively for GSA by architect Clint Good, with construction expertise of Toll Brothers and oversight by HomeAid Northern Virginia.
This facility will serve as a “community lighthouse” empowering us to initiate new thinking and training processes that equip needy people with the skills to develop self-sufficiency, resolve family life problems, work effectively with referral programs and successfully transition back into the mainstream workforce. GSA also provides affluent families, both adults and their children with the opportunity to participate in programs that assist those less fortunate with their most basic needs in an effort to foster hope and goodwill among our diverse and fast growing community.