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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Progress photos

Here are a few drawings from Bruce Wood, our architect, and a model of the potential pew configuration. These are all on display at the Parish House, so check them out if you like!






















Next meeting

Our next building committee meeting will take place on December 22nd at 7pm in the Parish House. You are welcome to attend!

Notes from 12.8.10

The building committee met on December 8th and would like to share the following notes with congregation:
~ Although we originally thought that we needed to have a building plan in place by the first anniversary of the fire, that appears to not be the case. We will let everyone know when we have a new target date for plans.
~ The committee agreed to hire a geotechnical engineer (Dan Luks of Ballston Spa, NY) to perform a site study for the foundation of the new church. The committee also agreed on the importance of consulting with an acoustic engineer about the interior of the new church. We will also continue to consult with surveyor Rich Roberge regarding the church's property boundaries.
~ After evaluating several plans for different pew configurations and gathering feedback from the congregation, the committee has come to a consensus on one of them. (see photo)
~ In an effort to keep with the congregation's desire to have the exterior of the new church look as much as possible like the exterior of the old church, the committee is inclined to have Bruce draft provisional plans that call for three windows on both the east and west sides of the church.
~ After briefly considering the idea of including a small balcony in the new church, the committee came to the consensus that the extra expense could not be justified for the small number of seats that would be gained.

Welcome to the WCCC Building Committee Blog

Hi, all!
The Building Committee has set up this blog so that everyone in the church community can stay informed about the rebuilding process. We meet for two to three hours every two weeks, so a lot of information gets processed fairly quickly, and it can be difficult to keep everyone up to date. Hence this blog.

Be sure to check back frequently to see what we're up to! There will be highlights posted after every meeting, as well as the date of the next building committee meeting. And please post comments! This is another benefit of having a blog: we can all interact with each other and respond to suggestions.

Thanks!
The Building Committee