Heritage Church looking for help as flood recovery enters next stage

A call for volunteers comes from a group in Moline. 

Heritage Church is seeking some more hands as they recover from the record-breaking flooding.

Water was up to the top of door frames in the basement and made its way up to the first floor.

This is the former Kone building now known as BridgePointe 485.

However, they told Local 4 News that unlike many of their counterparts in Davenport, the impact wasn’t as disastrous.

At the BridgePointe site, there are still the HESCO barriers around the building.

The issue they had there wasn’t a breach, but that the water got so high, it went right over, a couple of feet worth. 

But the church told Local 4 News because of that it also left less debris and mud inside. 

Dumpsters are filling up as restoration crews haul out bag after bag of debris.

Senior Pastor Shawn Cossin said, “We can work on property, and that’s really what we’re focused on.”

It’s been nearly two years since Heritage Church took ownership of the former Kone building, now BridgePointe 485.

Cossin said, “Retrofitting and repurposing this really unique building. It’s 110,000 square feet.”

Senior Pastor Shawn Cossin said that’s been a deliberately slow process, which saved them from much damage.

Cossin said, “Of the 28 percent of this building that did flood, only a small percentage was an area we had repurposed already and now have to repurpose again.”

But the issue with flood waters is it makes for a lot of work no matter what, which is why fans and dehumidifiers can be heard throughout this building.

And now it’s not just restoration crews they need but teams of volunteers.

Cossin said, “Having taken care of that initial contaminated items with more professional personnel with the right equipment and so now it just is a lot of hands, many hands make light work.”

Both outside and inside needs a lot to clean up, but once done, it’s back to the vision for this site flood waters can’t abolish.

Cossin said, “Would be a space of collaboration for our cities as a whole and that’s still our heartbeat, still the commitment, and we’re just going to get back to that task.”

Heritage is organizing the first volunteer clean-up Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m.

To sign up, visit 

There is also a donation page.

Heritage expects more volunteer cleanups in the future.