Local 4 KSBN • Hastings
By Andrew Collins

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – Renovations continue to go well for Revive Inc., as they work to turn the former C3 Hotel into a drug and alcohol treatment center.

The facility was purchased by the organization earlier this year and it received Community Development Block Grant funding in May to help them make renovations.

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So far, the pool has been filled with sand and concrete to transform the room into a gathering space and the rooms have been fully renovated.

Right now, the carpet is being replaced in several areas of the facility and drywall is being replaced in what will soon be the detox area.

Revive Inc.’s Executive Director, Kristine Kasperbauer said, they’ve come a long ways in renovating the building, compared to what shape the building was in when they first purchased it.

”There was a lot of trash. Woodward’s brought out their longest available side roller and we filled it up multiple multiple times,” Kasperbauer said. “We had to take the carpet down, take the walls down, take the curtains down. The rooms were gutted to the bone just because of the poor quality, however, now we’re able to make them the way that we want to.”

Woodward’s Disposal is one of several businesses in the community that are pitching in. Kasperbauer said the community support has gone a long way in helping the project take shape.

”The community has really wrapped its arms around us to really engage in the process in our program and it gives me goosebumps just thinking about all of the support we got,” Kasperbauer said. “Everyone has really taken a piece of what they’re able to help us with and help us. It’s been a very humbling and wonderful process.”

Kasperbauer also said there are more plans ahead to utilize all of the space the hotel has to offer in order to help people in need.

”Right now, we are using the old restaurant as storage and then the bar area is also storage right now. We’re hoping to renovate that into some staffing spaces,” Kasperbauer said. “We have been working with Pastor Willie from Forge Church. He teaches our Christian 12-step group and we’re hoping to integrate them as well.”

Going forward, Kasperbauer said she hopes the facility is a start for people with addictions to be able to find the road to recovery, with the help of others around them.

”Our hope is to build a community of recovery and be able to offer a safe space, so we can enable every individual that walks into this building a long-term recovery and once they transition out of here, a community to come back to,” Kasperbauer said.

The next steps for the facility is to get the electrical system up to city code.

The first residents are expected to move in in November, pending construction delays.