Who we are

The Irene Sargent Community Center is a family and faith-focused center that looks to provide a safe haven where the elderly and the young can come together at their leisure.  It is designed to bring our community together and make it a safe place for people to gather.  We are driven by doing what is right, fair and with the greater good in mind as it relates to our families and community. Our owners have first-hand knowledge and over 35-years’ experience in serving families and the community by caring for infants and children in an at-home daycare as well as personally committing their life and support to their elderly parents.

What We Need 

We are at the point of preparing to break ground but with any new development incurs a significant amount of fees that need satisfying to move the project along.

Here’s what we need surrounding the Architectural-Engineering Permit Plans:

• Architectural ————————–> $51,200
• ADA (state review fee) ————–> $1,200
• Structural Engineering ————-> $2,160
• Mechanical-Electrical Engineering>$9,000
• Landscape Architect —————-> $4,200
• Construction Phase Services —–> $8,000
• Civil Engineering ———————> $39,240
• TOTAL ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING FEE = $115,000

The Impact

Our mission is to provide quality, positive outreach assistance to local families along with significantly reducing or preventing our youth’s involvement in negative activities. We want to nourish the people of Kennedale by providing food programs, church services, AA programs, an immigration information program along with a host of other support and services. It is our goal to improve the overall general quality of life for all residents of Kennedale and surrounding areas.

Risks & Challenges

The SWOT analysis includes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats Irene Sargent Community Center may face as challenges as we go into day-to-day activities and business operations.

Strengths

• Highly experienced, credible, and determined owners
• United and reputable management team
• Competitive and affordable pricing system for easy and quick market penetration
• Our unshakable plan to create a business model that attract prospective clients

Weaknesses

• Building a cycle of clients may take time
• New business in an area dominated by competitions
• Growth may be slow due to the presence of giants in the market

Opportunities

• Opportunity to operate our business that stands for uniqueness and exceptionality in our target locations.
• Increase in the demand for cost-effective marketing
• Increasing local and national population
• Opportunity to run a profitable and successful business
• Opportunity to compete and secure a strong position in the industry

Threats

• The possibility of business imitation
• The need to grow rapidly over the next 3-5 years
• The necessity to secure substantial capital injections to foster growth
• One of the major threats that confront businesses all over the world is economic downturn; when the economy is bad it affects consumers spending which in turn affects businesses negatively.

Other Ways You Can Help

Maybe you believe in what we are doing but you simply can’t offer any monetary assistance.  We will greatly appreciate your prayers in support of this vision as well as telling others who can donate financially to the development of this community center.