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Column: Prayers and planning intersect at church site for new strip mall chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Steve Euvino
Times Correspondent
GARY â Jonathan Harris, a co-owner of Beggarâs Pizza, recalled a meeting two years ago with the Rev. Maurice White Jr.
The pastor of Beyond 4 Walls Christian Center in the Miller area approached Harris about opening a business in a strip mall beside the church at 847 S. Lake St.
Ride along with LaPorte Police Specialist Justin Dyer as he patrols the streets of LaPorte.
Harris, already opening a pizzeria in Gary, questioned the pastorâs suggestion, only to learn, âWhen God says something will be, it will be.â
Two years later, Beggarâs Pizza is among eight businesses moving into that strip mall. Harris, other future tenants, other business and city officials broke ground Sunday for the 12,000-square-foot Harvest Square Strip Mall.