Monday, August 29, 2016
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Renovation to kick start again on the old First Christian church
The former indoor and outdoor bathrooms will be combined as one. For all of those that helped contribute to the Save the Church fundraiser last November, your donations money is about to be spent quickly. Volunteers such as Boyd Dunn have begun again working on the structure that was put in place in 1893. The building will have a total of four bathrooms and are currently being plumbed with all new water and sewer lines. The cost of the installation was $4,500 to a local contractor.
street to the porch. Also, the group is scheduling Jim Jackson Electric to rewire the entire building and finish it out with recessed lighting in the auditorium as well as three chandeliers. The committee will then have Baker Air Conditioning and Heating install the HVAC system.
The renovation is being organized by the "Save the Church" committee which is headed up by Jean Norman This week Dunn will start who serves as president of the building a porch that will connect group. She is also a board member the front door to the back door of the Howe Development along the north side of the Foundation which will operate the building. It will have a handicap structure as a wedding venue upon ramp from the middle of the north completion. side of the building from the
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