Chambliss CEO Phil Acord, right, leads Catharine Daniels, center, and Red Bank Mayor John Roberts through the former Girl Scout Council building the nonprofit just acquired.Renovation were scheduled to start this week at the longtime Girl Scout Council of Southern Appalachians building at 1936 Dayton Blvd., which will soon house a new thrift store and early childhood education center for Chambliss Center for Children.
It represents the biggest off-campus expansion in the nonprofit’s 144-year history.
“We think this satisfies two strategic initiatives,” said Chambliss CEO Phil Acord.
Acord said Chambliss bought the building for $410,000 and plans to spend more than $250,000 to remodel the 13,500-square-foot structure that served as the local Girl Scout center for some three decades.
Lynne Fugate, the Girl Scout Council’s CEO, said it will open a 3,500-square-foot office at 6101 Enterprise Park Blvd., North, Suite 600, off Bonny Oaks Drive.