Peckham, Inc. has been providing job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities since 1976. After more then three decades of growth, the non-profit is now expanding their capabilities with a new 250,000 square foot warehouse.
Like their new
Old Town headquarters,
opened in March of 2009, the new warehouse facility at 5408 W. Grand River in Lansing will be LEED certified. The purpose of the building will be to make their operations more efficient.
"Peckham is excited about creating a sustainable warehouse which has the capacity to consolidate our warehousing needs in a more efficient space," says Jo Sinha, Peckham corporate vice president.
Construction on the new facility began in Oct. 2010 and is scheduled to be complete in May 2011. Peckham expects to invest $7.8 million in the project.
Other firms involved in the build are the Michigan companies,
Pioneer Construction,
Integrated Architecture and the civil engineering firm,
Bergmann Associates, Inc..
Peckham Inc.'s wide range of services now goes beyond employment training and opportunities to include career planning evaluation, youth residential for persons with disabilities.The non-profit's business operations, apparel manufacturing, general services, environmental services and supply chain solutions.
Source: Bonnie Zimmerman, Peckham
Writer: Natalie Burg, Interim News Editor
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