June 18, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 7 Midland Park Dedication of Bolger Center/corps headquarters set Work on the converted barn on the ITT Marlow property on Godwin Avenue in Midland Park is finally completed, with a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony scheduled for Sunday, June 22 at 4:30 p.m. The community is invited. “The barn renovation has been a tre- mendous project; the entire team strived to preserve the essence of the barn and its significance on the property while making it a viable and useful building. Many people have expressed how the barn was previously lost in the landscape, and now its rebirth has brought it back to the forefront along Godwin Avenue,” said J.T. Bolger, a trustee of the Bolger Foundation, which undertook the project as a gift to the volunteer ambulance corps and the com- munity at large. The two story vintage building, to be administered by the ambulance corps, was remodeled to accommodate the corps offices and garages on the first floor and the Bolger Community Center on the upper level. The ambulance corps moved in earlier this month. “The building is beautiful, functional, and state of the art in every respect. We are incredibly excited to be here and beyond Exterior of new Midland Park Ambulance Corps headquarters and Bolger Community Center. grateful to Mr. Bolger and the Bolger Foundation for making this happen,” said Dr. Alan Kooreman, president of the ambulance corps. He said that while the move has taken place, the corps is not yet settled in. “We still have things to unpack, pic- tures to be hung, radios to be moved over and installed, shelves put up, changes to be made, etc., but we hope to have everything settled by the time of the ribbon cutting,” he said. Dr. Kooreman said the corps has an offer on the sale of its former headquarters on Pierce Avenue, but no contract has been signed as yet. Bolger said that the Foundation is espe- cially thankful for the hard work of all of the professionals who had a hand in bring- ing the barn back to life. “Not only has it been brought back to life, but it is a model for green technologies and has earned a Gold LEED rating. That in itself is a tremendous feat for a building as old as the barn is,” he said. “It is our sin- cere hope the community at large appreci- ates the small details within the space with some modern touches.” Architect Peter Wells incorporated such environmentally-friendly features as geothermal heating and cooling, water reducing fixtures, and LED lights as well as occupancy sensors to enable the build- ing to have low maintenance costs and (continued on page 27)