Starting Construction
Posted by: Kevin M. Stone in Building Programs on
Aug 15, 2008
We've been engaged in our second building program (Leave A Legacy) for almost 2 years (since completing our first) and are only now actually almost ready to put a shovel in the ground.
It is amazing to me how much effort goes into a building program! From the early work on the plan in preparation for the vision casting piece of a capital campaign to the continuous negotiation with the municipality, it is almost a full-time job. The effort is worth it, but I continue to wonder how churches without Executive Pastors ever get it done.
Over the last couple of weeks we've had almost daily meetings on site with the general contractor and a host of sub-contractors to clarify bids and work out the logistics of building a new building on a site that has to continue to function as our Sunday morning service location and mid-week preschool facility. Let's just say that "it's going to get much worse before it gets better" around here. It will all be worth it, though, when the new space is complete and we host what we hope will be more than 3,000 for services on Easter Sunday of 2009!
As of today, we've received our grading permit approval; have our Financial Security Agreement (township escrow), signed by the church and the lender, on its way back to our attorney for township signature and recording; and are only a few days away from loan closing. The pre-construction meeting with the Soil Conservation District is scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m. From there the dirt will literally start moving.
We're on track for a blowout Grand Opening celebration on Easter Sunday 2009! There's a lot to do, though, between now and then!
It is amazing to me how much effort goes into a building program! From the early work on the plan in preparation for the vision casting piece of a capital campaign to the continuous negotiation with the municipality, it is almost a full-time job. The effort is worth it, but I continue to wonder how churches without Executive Pastors ever get it done.
Over the last couple of weeks we've had almost daily meetings on site with the general contractor and a host of sub-contractors to clarify bids and work out the logistics of building a new building on a site that has to continue to function as our Sunday morning service location and mid-week preschool facility. Let's just say that "it's going to get much worse before it gets better" around here. It will all be worth it, though, when the new space is complete and we host what we hope will be more than 3,000 for services on Easter Sunday of 2009!
As of today, we've received our grading permit approval; have our Financial Security Agreement (township escrow), signed by the church and the lender, on its way back to our attorney for township signature and recording; and are only a few days away from loan closing. The pre-construction meeting with the Soil Conservation District is scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m. From there the dirt will literally start moving.
We're on track for a blowout Grand Opening celebration on Easter Sunday 2009! There's a lot to do, though, between now and then!
