Couples purchase former Cliffside church building
Plans include community center
The Daily Courier, Dec. 23, 2016
From Staff Reports

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With a seating capacity of 1,000 and a square footage of 22,000 feet once completed, the church lends itself well to become a hosting venue for various meetings and events.
“We hope to turn it into a venue of some type, including a Christian dinner theater,” said Johnny White.
“It is a 22,000 square foot building and there are lots of opportunities there,” he said.
Over the next few months, the goal is to organize a cleanup effort with help from the community and at the same time, start working on planning support for renovation and restoration so that the church once more may be a focal point at the heart of the Cliffside community.
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He also said “we wanted to do something for the community.”
The Whites are also owners of Dutch Broad Cafe and Davis Donuts in Forest City and are in the process of renovating the donut shop building for the relocation of Dutch Broad Cafe from its former Spindale location. They also own the cafe at the Broad River Greenway.
Amy Drum, of Cliffside, and her husband own the former bank building on Main Street in Cliffside where she maintains offices for her art work.
She creates and paints barn art across the county.
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