Carpet! Tile! Lighting!

Many finishing touches are starting
to appear in the new spaces. The bathrooms are tiled, painted and the fixtures are almost all installed. The offices and library/archives spaces are painted and carpeted. Lighting fixtures are being installed. The little kitchen cabinets are being re-installed. The "direction" of progress seems to be moving in something of a circle. The bathrooms will be finished first, progressing to the offices/library spaces, around to the little kitchen, then through the Chapel Lounge and the front hospitality space. Not much happening yet in the East Assembly Room, since that is the primary "office" space for the contractors.

At an adult forum this past Sunday I presented the progress, including where we are financially. I'm glad to share that info with anyone who wasn't there. The gist is this: while we will be able to complete the entire project, including the undercroft kitchen, within the $800K budget that the congregation authorized last fall, we will be short of our existing resources by about $35-$45K. This means that there will additional fundraising to do. The Capital Campaign group is working on that and you can expect some communication from them within the next few weeks.

The images that you see above are from the bathrooms, the view from the pastor's window to the door of her/his office (with brick wall), the new library/archives space, the secretary/receptionist office with the large window opening, and the little kitchen with cabinets being installed.