A January 23rd news story by the Achievement Center clues us in on the fact that they will be expanding (great news!) and therefore sold their building to Erie Insurance for $1.5 million.
Why is this interesting, you may ask?
"Constructed in 1910, the building, known at that time as the C.F. Adams Building, was purchased by Erie Insurance in 1938 to serve as its Home Office location. The company sold it to the Achievement Center, formerly the Erie County Crippled Children’s Society, in the mid-1950s. Erie Insurance views the transaction as beneficial to the Achievement Center and its clients, to the greater Erie community, and to the company.
“We believe in the good work the Achievement Center is doing and want to support its expansion efforts,” said Chip Dufala, executive vice president of Services for Erie Insurance. “We view this as an opportunity to invest in the Bayfront neighborhood and add to the Home Office campus, reclaiming an important part of Erie Insurance history.”
The Achievement Center has expanded to become the northwest region’s largest community-based provider of early intervention, physical rehabilitation, autism spectrum, ADHD, and children’s mental/behavioral health services. The agency must acquire other space in Erie in order to keep up with the demand for services for children with special needs. By its purchase of the East Sixth Street Achievement Center facility, Erie Insurance has made it possible for the agency to pursue a new headquarters that will improve and expand our services to local children.
The Achievement Center provides therapeutic services to nearly 4,300 children annually with physical disabilities, developmental delays, emotional/behavioral problems, ADHD and autism spectrum disorders in Erie, Crawford, Forest, Warren, PA, and Chautauqua, NY counties."
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