Building Project Update — April 2025

It has been a very busy month!

Design and Planning Process:

• Our “Minor Amendment” has passed city review, pending our completion of a few more required forms. This approval is the first of three that will allow the project to move forward, the other two being a demolition permit and, eventually, a building permit. We expect construction to begin in late summer, with demolition and asbestos abatement work starting early June.

• Using detailed design documents prepared by the architects, Elder Construction is working with subcontractors to prepare a more refined cost estimate for the project, which we expect by early May.

• With new cost estimates in hand, we will fine-tune the project scope to match our budget.

• A team including Sara Hunt, Chris Perica, Carrie Holmes, and Mindi Castenada (from Matthews House) has worked with our architects to select attractive finishes and paint colors for the renovated building.

Move-out efforts:

• A dumpster arrived on April 21 to facilitate our move-out.

• We actively have been seeking new homes or donation sites for items we no longer need, including office desks, couches, children’s furniture, toys, a baby grand piano, and miscellaneous furniture. Congregation members interested in these items should contact Walt Schuchmann or Dave Campbell.

• We have reconfigured the Gathering Place and Cry Room to facilitate their uses during construction.

• The library team has completed culling their book collection and will soon open a pop-up library in the Gathering Place.

• Matthews House has nearly completed moving staff and supplies from the church to a new temporary location.

• Miriam is taking the lead on planning the April 27 giveaway event after church and the May 4 move-out event.

• Carlie continues working on cleaning out and sorting inherited children and youth materials.

• The Chapel Team has been in contact with contractors/vendors to obtain quotes related to eight parts of the project. The next significant steps are preparing a preliminary project budget and clearing out the Choir and Robing Rooms in mid-May 2025.

• The Music Ministry has made interim arrangements to continue, during the season of construction, the excellent Bell Choir music that we all just enjoyed so much on Easter.

• Affiliated Moving Systems will be here on May 9 to move large items we are keeping to Fort Collins Mobile Storage, where they will be stored during construction.

If you have questions, contact Dave Campbell or Walt Schuchmann.