Town Council meeting set for August 24th

We have finally gotten a date for our Town Council meeting. We originally planned on sometime in July, and the actual date is now August 24th (Tues). The bad news is that it took so long, but the good news is that we are moving forward. Everyone is encouraged to attend this meeting with the Town!

The meeting date was precipitated by the finalization of the Development Agreement Amendment document. The previous owners of this property had an arrangement with the Town that they would not need to connect to city water/sewer until the year 2005. Well that date came and the Town did not enforce the provisions. However, they did make it clear that any new owners would have to agree to connect to the city utilities. One of those potential owners was Cornerstone Church, as we considered purchasing this property in 2008. However the purchase price was still high, and connection costs could easily run into the multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. Therefore we did not make an offer on the site.

Fast forward a couple of years, and we are close to getting Town approval to occupy the property without having to immediately connect to city utilities. This is what will be hopefully formally approved on August 24th. However we will need to connect to those utilities when we expand and build on the property, which by God's grace we will be able to do in the not too distant future. But this gives us time to save, plan, and continue to ask God's blessing upon us.

Stay tuned for more information over the next few weeks. We are very hopeful that the Town will approve the D.A. amendment, and and that time we will need to drill a new well and gain a certificate of occupancy. The certificate of occupancy will have to be accompanied by an Engineer's report on both the well and septic systems verifying that they can handle the anticipate workload. And there is much work to be done both inside and outside the buildings before we can move in. Looks like it might be almost time to roll up our sleeves and actually get to work!

May God continue to bless us and establish His Kingdom in and through us. And may this future home of His church body serve to proclaim His Excellencies throughout our community and the world!