Updates to the Annex and Parking Lot

One of the issues we’ve run into at St. Paul’s over the past six months or so has been a lack of space. Parking is getting tight on Sundays and we have an uptick in activities and not much space in which to do them! As a result, the vestry has been researching and discussing a variety of proposals for maximizing the space we have in an affordable way. To that end, there are two updates that I’m excited to share with you:

The Sunday School Building, AKA the Annex

As many of you know, we have a Sunday School building in our back parking lot. Lance Smith did a lot of work clearing out the stuff that had been stowed in that space. The loft was removed. John Schulte did some sealing treatments and put in hard flooring. If you see Lance or John this Sunday, please thank them for all their hard work on this project! Moving forward, this gives us a second space to use when the Fellowship Hall is occupied, allowing us more flexibility in scheduling various events. Here’s what it looks like inside now:

The Parking Lot

The other issue we’ve had recently is that our parking lot gets crowded, especially during the transition between the 9:30a and 11a services. After considering a few proposals, the Vestry voted to accept a bid that involved expanding our parking area by 6,930 feet. On Wednesday, they started and finished the job. Here are the pictures:

Because of this addition, we would like people to stop parking parallel to the cemetery. When people park there, it’s very hard for others cars to get in and out. Further, we’ve had an incident where someone hit the fence around the cemetery. This extended parking area will hopefully prevent these difficulties in the future.

As always, we should think our Vestry for their work in ensuring the well being of St. Paul’s! And, of course, it’s important to say thank you to all our parishioners for making St. Paul’s such a wonderful place.

Blessings,

Fr. Wesley