Gateways Center – Construction of the 9,000 square foot New Addition including: The Al and Minda Chu Family Hall, Two class rooms including the Morganthaler Ferm Our Whole Lives Owl Room, Kitchen, all gender Bathrooms, The Uhrhane-Wilson Welcome Gallery connecting to the Mansion, the Loe Family Courtyard of Compassion In Memory of Lee, Hardy & Claire Loe, Accessible Parking, Landscaping and Groundwater Management!
Are you enjoying the new landscaping around the Gateways Center? It looks great now but summer heat will take its toll and help is needed with watering and weeding. The Memorial Garden and most of the major plantings – the new trees – are now supported by sprinkler systems on automatic timers. However, the small
Last Sunday, Steve Parker, Danelle Simonelli, and Joan Belz offered an informative, moving, and challenging service about this history of our building, the people who occupied it, and how we can inhabit the space today. If you are interested in learning more about the history of our building, Steve Rice put together this Brief History
For the past week, the General Contractor has been working on the final “punch list” items. This included brick repair, hanging of plaques, and removing all of equipment. There are still a few small things that need to be wrapped up before the final cleaning of the building and turn over of the keys can
In the past week, a lot of the small final items have been completed. All of the signage has been put up in the building, the donor wall has been completely installed, the window treatments are operational, and we are learning how to use the kitchen this weekend.
There are a lot of finishing touches taking place now. The big items this week are the audio visual system is being installed, the parking lot was paved and lined and the outdoor lighting for the courtyard was completed. Last week, a volunteer group headed by Sandra Persichetti checked off many of the items needed
Lots of little things happening this week. The landscaping is looking great — do some rain dances for the grass seed — the accessible door entry is completed, and all bathroom fixtures are installed. Marili has cleaned the bathrooms, the closets and the pantry. Sergio has finished painting the outside of the library doors and
The landscaping has been completed and looks fantastic! The accessories (soap dispensers, paper towel dispensers, etc.) have been installed in all of the bathrooms, the lighting is being finalized and the automatic front door opener has been installed. The Terrace Room wall impacted by construction has been painted and lots of other finishing touches are
The finishing touches and landscaping are moving quickly! The painters are here this week to finish up in the new building and to paint the wall in the Terrace Room impacted by construction. A team headed up by Sergio Lopez, Paul Snellgrove and Sue Vnenchak will be painting the remainder of the Terrace Room. The
The finishing touches are moving along quickly! The landscaping has begun to take shape — plants are now in along the front, parking lot side and back of the building. The fence along the parking lot is installed and plants will be going in along it shortly. Just need some mulch to tidy it all
We are going solar. Next presentation on Zoom: Monday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m. New Jersey’s commitment to renewable energy is evident in its various financial incentives for solar installations, which make the transition to solar power both environmentally friendly and economically appealing. The state offers programs like the Successor Solar Incentive (SuSI) and the
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