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A Ponte Vedra Beach developer has about two years left on a contract to purchase the St. Michael’s Episcopal Church and Day School property off Northwest 43rd Street but has no buyers since Walgreens backed out, a church official said.
Gary Miller, junior warden of the church, said the diocese bishop has said it is unlikely a buyer will come forward for the duration of the contract in the present economic climate.
The contract was given a six-month extension.
Diocese officials did not return calls for comment.
Miller also said church members have expressed to the bishop that they want to stay on the property the church has occupied since 1960.
Last year, diocese officials said the church needed repairs and renovations it could not afford and had planned to move and build a new facility with proceeds from the sales price of more than $3 million.
Miller said Monday that the church has become self-sufficient because of growth in membership and is taking care of the property.
He said he did not know how many members the church had but said Sunday attendance has been at about 60-70 people compared with 12 five years ago.
All but a handful of members left in 2006 to form the Servants of Christ Anglican Church after the ordination of an openly gay Episcopal bishop in New Hampshire.
The church is on the southwest corner of Northwest 43rd Street and 23rd Avenue. A CVS is under construction on the northwest corner.
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