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Renatus on the Hill

jbr12

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ArsEcclesiae Unincorporated Area

ArsEcclesiae

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The interior looks very much like that inside Church of the Servant. Spartan but serene.

Your right, it does have a lot of the similar characteristics as Church of the Servant. The one thing that I miss is that Church of the Servant left the concrete floor (although they wax it up very shiny) which keeps the austerity, and yet I have to say looks really nice. Nice job Bethlehem!

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GRGridGirl Hamlet

GRGridGirl

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Renatus on the Hill

Lunch & Learn

Friday, January 18th

11:45am: Meet

12-1pm: Project tour, lunch, and Q&A with the Developer.

This is a free event. Thanks to Kevin Moore from Moore & Company for being our host and lunch sponsor. Your free lunch will be catered by Martha's Vineyard.

Renatus: Rebirth of this historic structure

  • Originally built for a church... soon to emerge as vibrant living spaces
  • Future home for 14-16 units ranging from 800sf-5,000 sf.
  • OG Project thread
  • Dated article on project

RSVP HERE

Prizes will be awarded in a drawing for Planeteers' who answer correctly 3 out of 5, GR History quiz questions...

Hope to see you!

~TripleG

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GRGridGirl Hamlet

GRGridGirl

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Reminder to RSVP for this event please.

If for some reason you cannot register on grnow, please post your RSVP here or send me a PM. To make it easier to track the number of RSVP's, I set up registration on grnow.com. Plus its only fair to the host and food sponsors of these events to have semi-final numbers for food ordering and planning.

Thanks, this is going to be a great event.

~TripleG

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Thank you Rachel, Kevin Moore and the whole Renatus Team! That church is a fascinating structure with a lot of space in addition to the main congregation that I didn't expect. Before the tour, I thought 14 - 16 units was a bit ambitious. But I can now see how it can be done.

Here are some photos from today's L&L:

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Massive support beams to be preserved:

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Interestingly, all the stained glass windows will be restored and "real windows" will be installed in the exterior openings. The stained glass windows will then be reinstalled on the inside and able to swing open, like an interior shutter, to allow for more natural light and have operable windows to open.

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Choir loft:

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Great turnout, with probably 35 - 40 people!

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Veloise

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Here are mine.

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More black coats!

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Tile floor in the north entry

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Some spaces will be easier to convert than others.

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Pastor's office

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They told us that the sanctuary will morph into 4 or 5 units. The choir loft will be one unit with several stories, including the bell tower. "Best place in town to watch fireworks."

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A few of the project guys. (I noticed a resemblance to Michael J. Fox...)

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Moore&Co Crossroads

Moore&Co

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Thank you Rachel, Kevin Moore and the whole Renatus Team! That church is a fascinating structure with a lot of space in addition to the main congregation that I didn't expect. Before the tour, I thought 14 - 16 units was a bit ambitious. But I can now see how it can be done.

Here are some photos from today's L&L:

2202436402_53e232005f_b.jpg

Massive support beams to be preserved:

2202437786_4662bcf4f9_b.jpg

Interestingly, all the stained glass windows will be restored and "real windows" will be installed in the exterior openings. The stained glass windows will then be reinstalled on the inside and able to swing open, like an interior shutter, to allow for more natural light and have operable windows to open.

2202438522_55623a7019_b.jpg

Choir loft:

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2202440860_3416310da9_b.jpg

2201652023_c3bc744fb8.jpg

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Great turnout, with probably 35 - 40 people!

A sincere thank you to everyone for making it out the see the project and for all of your great comments. It is really nice to know that taking on "out of the box" projects in such a special building is so appreciated and supported. I also want to personally thank Rachel for her great assistance in making the L&L such a success. Ireally enjoyed meeting each one of you. We'll post updates as they develop.

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Montague

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I really appreciated hearing Kevin comment that the city

needs the tax income more than he needs tax credits

to make his project viable. I hope to see more of this in

the future.

Tax credits have launched our downtown area forward

in a big way. But I don't want to see future developments

approved for credits except when absolutely necessary

to a project's viability.

Good luck to Mr. Moore and his team on the most unique

project I've seen in GR.

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Allison Slater

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I've been unable to comment due to computer failure for a while, but am using this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the tour. I walked in unable to see how the church could be divided into units at all without destroying some of the architecture, but I think the plans mentioned could do a good job at preserving that. I also really liked the comments regarding the tax credits, as Montague pointed out.

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