Spring 2008 Update:  What’s Been Happening?

March was a big month for our appeal at Atonement.  Commitment Sunday was March 9^th and the financial response from our members was wonderful.  God has indeed led our hearts to respond to the need for expansion of our building and ministries.  Additional commitments continue to arrive and we hope all have had an opportunity to understand the vision and participate both spiritually and financially. 

A neighborhood meeting was held to educate the community about our building plans. 

Soil boring tests were completed and submitted to the engineers for analysis. 

A meeting was held with the Barrington Village Board to discuss our initial concepts, time frames and to solicit feedback on the next steps.  The Board was unanimously in favor of moving forward with the permit process. 

Atonement has hired the firm of W.B. Olson to be the General Contractor for our project, the same GC used by Holy Family School in Chicago for their new building.  The leadership of Holy Family has reported that W.B. Olson has proved to be accurate in both cost and time estimations throughout the process and is pleased with the quality of work and materials.  We hope to have some detailed cost estimates and timeline scenarios from them shortly. 

A meeting has been held with the village Architectural Review Commission to present our building plans and discuss possible material choices. 

Preliminary discussions have been held with leaders from District 220 who are currently in the early stages of planning renovations at Barrington Middle School – Station Campus, which is adjacent to Atonement.  The goal is to work cooperatively with BMS – Station in improving storm water management that will lead to a better and more economically attractive solution to this issue for all concerned.

Upcoming Events

April 8^th - Meeting with the Barrington Planning Commission. We have not heard anything project-hindering thus far and request your continued prayers for a smooth process through this phase with the Village.

 April 10^th – Meeting with the village Architectural Review Commission.

 Late April, 2008 – Meeting with W.B.Olson to more finely define the scope of the project. Current thinking suggests the project will consist of 2 phases with the 1^st phase being dependent on the amount of financial commitments received combined with an appropriate level of debt sustainable by the church’s operating and capital budgets. Hopefully, detailed costs will be known by April month-end and the 2 phases can be more accurately identified. However, the more that can be completed in Phase 1, the lower our total project costs are expected to be and the sooner our ministries can expand and improve.

 Late Summer, 2008 – Expected Groundbreaking!

Giving to Date April 2008

# of Commitments Received:   145    

Total Commitments Received: $2.66 Million

Capital Appeal Advisory Team