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kroc center
History:
In January, 2004, McDonald's heiress Joan Kroc left a gift of $1.5 billion to The Salvation Army to build and partially operate corps community centers across the country. After 20 months and three competitive phases, On May 01, 2006 the Salvation Army, Salem was awarded $50 million from the Ray and Joan Kroc Estate to build and operate The Salvation Army Mid-Willamette Valley Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center (hereafter Kroc CCC). |
Community Planning:
Planning for Kroc CCC has been characterized as one of the most far reaching, broad based planning efforts ever conducted in the Mid-WillametteValley. The process has engaged individuals from every sector of our community and State. Over 250 individuals have served on boards, committees and task forces to help shape the proposal and over 800 citizens and school children participated in community forums. 313 households participated in a "statistically valid" phone survey as part of a market study. The input and counsel of each of these groups served as resources to The Salvation Army in determining how to meet the needs of the underserved and disadvantaged populations in the community. |
Community Statements:
"The opportunity for the Salem area to boost its educational, recreational, and spiritual resources through the advent of the Kroc Center is an amazing triumph for the Mid-Willamette Valley. This once-in-blue-moon, nay, millennium, circumstance for our kids, their parents and grandparents, gives each of us the chance to join in a legacy for the benefit of generations to come. As the only Center to be built in the Pacific Northwest, it will greatly enhance the livability of Salem and its environs." |
Gerry Frank
Chair, Kroc Center Initiative Committee
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Community Need:
Through these studies and discussions, a number of important facts emerged, including:
- Salem's Northgate neighborhood contains the highest density of low-income population in Oregon
- 63% of Salem/Keizer children live below the poverty line
- There is a severe shortage of low-cost child care in Salem
- There is a severe shortage of after-school programs and activities for children
- There is a severe shortage of aquatics facilities in the Salem area.
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Location:
| The Kroc Community Center is situated on a 10.65-acre site which adjoins a 22-acre city-owned nature park. It is positioned almost 2,000 feet off of Portland Road, a major arterial, and is accessed by way of Bill Frey Drive. Two lakes, Claggett Creek, wetlands and nature trails surround the building site. |
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