Wide current view of several vacant campus buildings, mature trees, and open grounds

Proposed campus · Not yet acquired · Current photograph from July 17, 2026

Come walk this place with us.

When we walk onto this property, we do not see a finished campus.

The grass has grown tall. The buildings have been sitting empty. Some of the damage is easy to see. There are broken windows, overgrown walkways, worn rooms, and a great deal of work between what is here today and what these spaces might become.

We do not want to talk around that. But we do not want the damage to tell the whole story either.

Current-condition photograph: A wide view across the vacant campus shows the scale of the property, the mature trees, the tall grass, and the relationship between several buildings. Photographed July 2026.

See what happens first Walk the possibilities

The buildings sit among mature trees and open ground. As we walk, one space leads to another: classrooms, shops, a gymnasium, kitchen areas, gathering rooms, a theater, gardens, and more than fifty acres around them.

Before long, the empty rooms stop feeling empty.

Angel is usually the first to imagine the people who could be there. Sometimes she has three ideas for a room before we have finished crossing it. Steve sees the possibilities too, but his next question is almost always the practical one: What has to happen before this space can safely serve anyone?

After nearly forty years together, those two ways of looking at things tend to meet in the middle.

We both see the work.

We both see the people.

That is how we want to show you this property-honestly, with possibility and responsibility held side by side.

Steve & Angel Sheets · Founders of GG's House

The current reality

First, see the property as it is.

The property has been vacant. It shows deterioration, vandalism, overgrowth, and years without regular care.

The current photographs matter because they keep us honest. They show damaged ceilings, debris, graffiti, broken windows, neglected grounds, and buildings that need careful attention. They also show rooms that still have shape, light, and usefulness worth evaluating.

We are not asking anyone to look at a future rendering and pretend it is already real.

It is not.

We have prayed about this place. We have also spent a lot of time asking hard questions.

The Board has completed significant review and decided this property aligns with the long-term vision of GG's House. That decision allows us to pursue acquisition. It does not mean every building question has been answered.

If the property is acquired, continued professional assessment must guide safety, budgets, design, approvals, preservation, and every restoration decision that follows.

Steve tends to look at a room and begin sorting the work into an order. What has to be protected first? What needs to be inspected? What can wait? What would make a space genuinely useful?

Angel looks at the same room and asks a different kind of practical question: Who might feel welcome here someday?

Both questions matter.

Current rear exterior of the Science and Learning building showing broken windows and overgrowth — Current condition: photographed July 2026
Broken windows and overgrowth are visible at the rear of the Science and Learning building.

Current front exterior of the main campus building with overgrown grounds — Current condition: photographed July 2026
The main front building shows the effects of vacancy and neglect.

Current community room interior with daylight and open floor area — Current condition: photographed July 2026
An interior community room still has daylight and open floor area, even as the property awaits full evaluation.

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Current classroom interior showing debris, graffiti, and ceiling damage — Classroom interior · Current condition: photographed July 2026

Current covered walkway showing peeling finishes and debris — Covered walkway · Current condition: photographed July 2026

Current side exterior of the gymnasium — Gymnasium side exterior · Current condition: photographed July 2026

Current rear exterior of the gymnasium and surrounding slope — Gymnasium rear exterior · Current condition: photographed July 2026

Current agricultural storage building and surrounding grounds — Agricultural storage area · Current condition: photographed July 2026

GG's House volunteer moving boxes of practical supplies during community service work — A volunteer moves boxes of practical supplies during community service work. The work came before the campus vision and continues now.

The mission before the property

The work is not waiting for these buildings.

Long before we began pursuing a permanent campus, people were already giving, volunteering, listening, loading boxes, sharing food, finding needed items, and helping one another through GG's House.

That work continues from our current Forest Grove location.

It continues during the campaign. It would continue during any future property assessment and restoration. Acquiring a campus would not mean every current service moves or every future idea begins at once.

The property is not the beginning of the mission.

It could give the work room to grow.

Over the years, we have watched people arrive for one reason and discover another reason to stay connected. Someone may need food today and have a skill to share tomorrow. A person who comes looking for help may later become the one unloading a truck, teaching a class, repairing something, growing food, encouraging a younger person, or welcoming the next family through the door.

We do not believe a person should be defined only by what they need.

Everybody has something worth offering.

Why this property?

One connected place can make room for many kinds of people.

This property includes more than 130,000 square feet of existing buildings across more than 50 acres.

Those numbers are not the reason we care about it. They help explain why so many parts of the vision could fit in one place.

There are spaces built for learning. Spaces built for hands-on work. A gymnasium. Kitchen and gathering areas. A theater. Gardens, agricultural areas, fields, ponds, roads, and open land.

That combination creates something a single storefront cannot.

It creates the possibility of connection.

A child could discover a new interest while a parent attends a practical workshop nearby. A retired tradesperson could stand beside someone learning to use a tool for the first time. A business could bring employees out to teach. A volunteer who does not think of themselves as a teacher might realize that an ordinary skill learned over a lifetime is exactly what someone else needs.

Families, young adults, seniors, schools, churches, employers, mentors, community groups, and neighbors could enter this place in different ways.

Not everyone would come for the same reason.

That is part of the value.

Aerial property overview showing the campus core, roads, fields, ponds, and surrounding land — **Property overview.** The aerial image shows the campus core, roads, fields, ponds, open land, garden and agricultural areas, and the relationship of the central buildings to the larger property. It is an overview of the property-not an approved program map or building-opening plan.

What happens first

We do not expect to open every door at once.

It is easy to walk through a place like this and talk only about the finished picture.

That would not be honest.

GG's House has not acquired the property. The current $1.4 million campaign goal is for acquisition of the preferred property. It is not the full cost of protecting, assessing, stabilizing, restoring, equipping, programming, or operating a future campus.

No exact program-opening dates or final building sequence have been approved.

The order of responsibility is simpler:

Acquire the property.Ownership is the first threshold.
Secure and assess it.Protect the property and bring in the right professional guidance.
Stabilize what needs attention first.Address safety, weather exposure, deterioration, and urgent preservation needs.
Restore useful spaces.Bring back individual areas only as they are funded, approved, safe, and ready to serve well.
Expand responsibly.Pilot, evaluate, strengthen, change, or add future uses as community value and operating readiness become clear.

Our current service continues through all of it.

As Steve puts it, seeing potential does not remove the need for an order. It gives you a reason to do the next part correctly.

The Restore page explains the property work in greater detail. Here, we want to show you why we believe that work could be worth doing.

A guided campus walk

Now let us show you what we see.

The photographs in this walk do not all show the same point in time.

Current-condition photographs are dated. Earlier property photographs are labeled as earlier and should not be read as the condition today. Future concepts are illustrations only. They are not construction plans, budgets, approvals, or promises.

The order of this tour helps us tell the story. It does not establish which building would open first.

Learning across generations

Future possibility · Timing not approved

Rooms where learning could keep moving

The Science and Learning building includes classrooms, laboratories, an auditorium, kitchen areas, and shared rooms.

When you stand outside it today, the vacancy is obvious. Some windows are broken. The grounds are overgrown. Inside, there are rooms that would need assessment and substantial work before anyone could use them.

But the building was made for learning, and that purpose is still easy to imagine.

Angel can picture a child discovering that science makes sense when they are allowed to touch, test, ask questions, and try again. Steve can picture a small group learning the practical side of a subject-how to read a plan, manage money, solve a problem, or understand why the steps matter.

Education here would not have to mean only a formal school day.

It could mean tutoring, financial literacy, community workshops, mentoring, small-group instruction, practical classes, peer learning, or a local organization sharing what it knows.

The kitchen areas create another possibility. Food is already one of the clearest ways GG's House serves people. In a future shared kitchen, the experience could become more participatory: people preparing food together, learning from one another, and sharing the work that comes before a meal.

No specific class, kitchen program, or opening date is being promised. The possibility comes first. The planning has to follow.

Wide current exterior of the Science and Learning building — Current condition: photographed July 2026
The wide exterior of the Science and Learning building shows its weathered condition.

Earlier photograph of an existing science laboratory — Earlier property photograph: not current condition
An existing science laboratory helps document how the building once supported hands-on learning.

Illustrative concept of a future science and practical-learning room — Future concept rendering: illustrative only
One possible vision for a renewed science and practical-learning room. It does not represent an approved design or program.

Skills, mentorship & meaningful work

Future phased opportunity · Timing not approved

A place to learn by doing

The Industrial Arts building is one of the clearest examples of why this property matters.

Its existing layout was historically arranged for welding, woodworking, automotive work, classrooms, offices, storage, and shared support.

Steve knows what a shop can teach beyond the trade itself.

“A good shop teaches you to pay attention. You learn to use the tool safely, take care of what you have, fix your mistakes, and finish the job. Those things follow you when you leave.”

Steve can picture someone striking a first welding arc with an experienced mentor nearby. Someone else could learn why measuring twice matters in a wood shop. A person who has always been curious about vehicles could begin with basic maintenance and discover that they are good at careful diagnosis.

A retired tradesperson might pass down knowledge that took decades to earn. A local employer might explain what dependable work actually looks like. A completed project could give someone proof-not only that they made something, but that they can plan, practice, solve problems, accept correction, and keep going.

These spaces are not operating programs today.

They would need professional assessment, restoration, equipment, safety planning, qualified instruction, partners, approvals, and a responsible operating plan before use.

The Pathways page explores the Industrial Arts vision in greater detail. Here, the important idea is simple: a person may enter a shop thinking they are learning one task and leave knowing more about what they are capable of.

Current exterior and bay doors of the Industrial Arts shop — Current condition: photographed July 2026
The Industrial Arts exterior and shop bay doors.

Illustrative concept of a future welding and fabrication learning shop — Future concept rendering: illustrative only
A possible welding and fabrication learning space with experienced mentors working beside learners. It is not an approved design or opening plan.

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Existing layout + conceptual program overlay

The Industrial Arts graphic combines the documented room arrangement with a conceptual program overlay. It does not confirm current condition, code readiness, equipment, funding, approvals, or timing.

Industrial Arts property layout reference with a conceptual workforce development overlay

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A clear community front door

Future practical use · Timing not approved

A front door that makes sense

As we keep walking, we come back to a simple question: If someone arrives here someday, where do they begin?

The main front building could provide a clear answer.

Families, volunteers, educators, employers, churches, businesses, civic partners, and supporters all need a place where they can walk in, ask a question, and meet someone who can help them take the next step.

A welcoming entrance is not the most dramatic part of a campus vision.

It may be one of the most important.

People should not have to already understand the organization before they feel comfortable entering it. They should know where to go. They should be greeted with respect. A volunteer should be able to find the work that needs doing. A community partner should be able to sit down and have a real conversation.

The building shows its years of vacancy today. The picture here is not of a finished reception area. It is of a future front door worth evaluating carefully.

Current front exterior of the main administration building with visible overgrowth and utility lines — Current condition: photographed July 2026
The main front building and overgrown entrance.

Illustrative concept of a renewed campus administration and reception space — Future concept rendering: illustrative only
One possible vision for a renewed welcome and administration space. It is not an approved design.

Recreation & community gathering

Future possibility · Timing not approved

A room large enough to bring people together

The gymnasium changes the feeling of the walk.

It is a large shared room, and shared rooms invite many kinds of use.

We can imagine young people moving, playing, and learning together. Families gathering for an event. Volunteers setting up tables. Neighbors coming in for a celebration, a class, or a community activity. People who arrived as strangers beginning to recognize one another.

The value is not only recreation.

It is having a dependable place where the broader community can come together.

We are not describing an event calendar or promising a program schedule. We are showing what a large shared room could make possible.

Current side and front exterior of the gymnasium — Current condition: photographed July 2026
The side and front exterior of the gymnasium.

Earlier interior photograph of the existing gymnasium — Earlier property photograph: not current condition
An interior view documents the size and character of the existing gymnasium.

Illustrative concept of a renewed gymnasium and community gathering space — Future concept rendering: illustrative only
One possible vision for a renewed gymnasium and community gathering space. It does not represent an approved plan.

Food, stewardship & outdoor learning

Future possibility · Timing not approved

Outside, another kind of classroom

When we step back outside, the pace of the property changes again.

There are garden and agricultural areas, open ground, and room to imagine work that happens with the seasons instead of inside a schedule.

The garden has been left untended. The current photograph shows overgrowth, fencing, and damage. It also shows land that could be cared for again.

Angel sees a place where every age can have something to do.

“One person may know how to prune. Someone else may know how to build a garden bed. A child can plant something and come back to see what happened. You do not have to be an expert before your hands can help.”

Children could learn where food comes from. Seniors could pass down knowledge. Families and volunteers could work side by side. People could care for an orchard, share a harvest, or discover that quiet outdoor work gives them a way to connect.

This is not an announced agricultural program. It is one way the land might serve people if the conditions and planning support it.

Current garden and fruit stand area showing fencing, graffiti, and overgrowth — Current condition: photographed July 2026
The garden and fruit-stand area shows overgrowth, fencing, and damage.

Illustrative concept of a renewed campus garden and orchard — Future concept rendering: illustrative only
One possible vision for renewed gardens and orchard care shaped by many hands. It is not an approved design or program.

A later creative possibility

Later future possibility · Under evaluation

A later place for stories, music, and courage

The theater and related rooms remind us that usefulness is not limited to a classroom, shop, or garden.

This part of the property once supported performance, music, movement, rehearsal, and production. Any future arts use would be a later possibility. It would require its own restoration, funding, partnerships, approvals, and operating plan.

Still, it is not hard to understand why the space matters.

A child could step onto a stage for the first time. Someone who is quiet in other rooms might find a voice through music, movement, painting, building a set, running lights, or helping behind the scenes. A volunteer could share an art they have practiced for years. Families and neighbors could experience something together that they will keep talking about after they leave.

Angel has always understood that making something can help a person see themselves differently.

That is the possibility here.

Not a promise of a finished performing-arts program. A reminder that creativity also gives people a way to learn, contribute, and belong.

Earlier interior photograph of the campus theater — Earlier property photograph: not current condition
The campus theater documents a space built for people to share stories and experience something together.

Illustrative concept of a renewed community theater — Future concept rendering: illustrative only
One possible vision for a renewed community theater. It is not an approved design, program, or opening plan.

Additional spaces under evaluation

Some spaces still need us to listen before we name them.

There are additional buildings and rooms on this property that are still under evaluation.

We are not assigning every one of them a public future on this page.

That is intentional.

A floor plan can show walls and doors. It cannot decide what GG's House can responsibly operate, what the community needs most, or what a building should become.

Those decisions require clearer program definitions, professional assessment, funding, approvals, partnerships, and the capacity to do the work well.

Possibility matters.

So does knowing when not to make a promise.

GG's House volunteers and community partners holding new coats during a Forest Grove Police Department coat drive — Volunteers and community partners stand together during a Forest Grove Police Department coat drive. The campus vision is meant to strengthen this kind of shared work-not replace it.

People are the purpose

A person is always more than what brought them through the door.

When we picture this campus at its best, we do not picture one group of people receiving while another group always gives.

We picture roles changing.

The person attending a practical class may later teach something they know. The volunteer unloading food may need help in another part of life. A business owner may arrive to mentor and leave with a new understanding of the community. A young person may begin by watching and eventually become the one standing beside somebody newer.

That is what community looks like to us.

People receive.

People learn.

People practice.

People teach.

People work.

People volunteer.

People build, repair, grow, create, and contribute.

Often, the same person does several of those things over time.

The buildings are the opportunity.

People are the purpose.

The end of the walk

What we hope you carry with you

By the time we step back outside, the buildings have not changed.

The grass is still tall. The windows still need attention. The property has still not been acquired. There is still a long road between what these photographs show and any future community use.

We do not want you to forget that.

But maybe now you can also see why we keep looking at this place.

We are not trying to collect buildings.

We are trying to make more room for people to discover what they can do-and more ways for a community to share what it already knows.

We think about the child who has not found their thing yet. The adult who is ready to learn something practical. The retired tradesperson with years of knowledge to pass on. The family who comes for help and later stays to help someone else. The volunteer who discovers that an ordinary skill can matter more than they realized.

We both see the work ahead.

We both believe the people are worth it.

None of this would happen all at once.

None of it would happen because of us alone.

If you can see some of the possibility too, we invite you to help with the next responsible step.

The current step

Acquire the property

GG's House is raising $1.4 million to acquire the preferred property for a future multigenerational community campus. That amount is for acquisition. It is not the full cost of protection, assessment, stabilization, restoration, equipment, programs, or operations.

If this specific property is not ultimately acquired, campaign funds will remain dedicated to securing and establishing a permanent GG's House home that advances the same mission.

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