At the Congregational Meeting on Sunday February 15, we voted unanimously (YEA!) to proceed with the combined pledge/capital campaign. Over the next few weeks visiting stewards will contact members and friends to schedule home visits to go over campaign details. They will solicit the regular annual pledge contributions that support the ongoing operation of the … Continue reading Vote to proceed
You can view the results of the most recent survey here. The Building Engagement Task Force (BETF), in conjunction with the Board and our R&A architect, Elizabeth Boone, has decided that the work of the congregation and BETF over the last three months has generated enough information that further design elaboration needs to be put … Continue reading Survey #3 results and next steps
In partnership with the BETF our architect, Elizabeth Boone, refined and upgraded her architectural drawings to reflect as many of the suggestions and desires as have been offered to date as possible. There are changes to the floor plan in the Small Plus design that was presented in December, including potential changes to Columbine. You … Continue reading Update and next survey
After the holiday break, the Building Engagement Task Force (BETF) met with the Spiritual Growth Ministry team who had worked together to make a number of great suggestions about how we could more effectively share the Columbine building with our child care partner. We met Friday with our architects to incorporate as many of those … Continue reading On Schedule
At the Town Hall on December 14, we took a major step forward in the design consideration process. President Tim Miller presented a summary of UUA consultant Kay Crider’s financial analysis conducted in early December (full presentation of Kay’s slides can be accessed here). Our architect, Elizabeth Boone, then presented her summary of the site … Continue reading We are moving Forward
On Sunday November 23, 0ur architect, Elizabeth Boone, presented a revised set of 3 different site locations (small, medium, large) and an approximate cost estimate for the potential new fellowship hall. That presentation can be reviewed here. The revised site plans can be viewed here. The Building Engagement Task Force hopes everyone will take some … Continue reading Revised site plans
For those of you who would like to see the most recent drafts of where the potential new building might be up close and personal, they can be viewed in Bowman Hall. As we continue to refine potential options the new designs will take their place. Questions and comments can be directed to members of … Continue reading Big Visuals
As we further refine our understanding of what a new building might contain and look like, it is useful to consider the context in which this project is occurring. This is not a new idea. In 2017 we undertook a process to define our future campus facility needs. We held extensive small and large group … Continue reading An Act of Faith – in context
Our architect, Elizabeth Boone from R&A, presented the first set of three potential site locations for the new building. Nearly 1/2 of our membership attended. Elizabeth fielded many questions from the highly engaged audience. She tallied reactions to a set of clarifying questions for each of the three locations via an online survey. The survey … Continue reading November 11 Town Hall results
Our fellowship hall/multipurpose building discernment process is well underway and moving forward with vigor. Last week, approximately 40 members and staff, across sixteen stakeholder groups, provided a wide variety of thoughtfully focused suggestions to Elizabeth Boone, our Reynolds-Ash architect. Elizabeth and her colleagues have synthesized what she has heard from our previous efforts at needs … Continue reading Moving forward toward new building decision
