FUNDRAISING PROGRESS:
Phase 1 Fundraising Goal: $4,000,000
Raised to date: $2,500,000
Please consider contributing to this important campaign.
CLICK HERE FOR A PROJECT UPDATE (APRIL 21, 2023)
PURCHASE PROPERTY
ü Raise funds for down payment - completed 2017
ü Close on property - completed 2017
ü Secure interim financing - completed 2017
ü Create architectural renderings - completed 2018
ü Obtain conditional use permit - completed 2018
⇒ Finance property - completed 2019
⇒ Update property for current use - completed 2019
Construction Phase 1: RENOVATE & EXPAND EXISTING STRUCTURE
Obtain conditional use permit - completed 2021
⇒ Raise funds for Phase 1 - in progress 2022/2023
⇒ Civil engineering for Phase 1 - completed 2021
⇒ Building Permitting for Phase 1 - completed 2022
⇒ Rabbinic Oversight for Mikvah - in progress 2022/2023
⇒ Groundbreaking - completed JULY 6, 2022
⇒ Construction for Phase 1 - in progress 2023
- Basement Demo - complete July 2022
- Sitework - in progress 80% complete
- Building Exterior - in progress 70% complete
- Kosher Kitchen Construction - in progress 75% complete
- Mikvah Construction - in progress 70% complete
- Playground & Basketball Court - in progress 90% complete
- Hebrew School & Ilai's Library - in progress 90% complete
- Main Level Improvements - in progress 70% complete
- Mikvah Construction - projected Summer 2023
- Kitchen Construction - projected Summer 2023
- Main Level Demo - complete December 2022
- Main Level Improvements - Projected Winter/Spring/Summer 2023
- Phase 1 Completion - Projected Summer 2023
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For future phases, please see the project overview
Project Update
May 5, 2023
Since our groundbreaking in July our workforce has been productively busy. We are adding about 2,000 square feet on the south side of our Chabad Jewish Center to include a mikvah facility and a commercial kosher kitchen, significant additions to the community.
We have accomplished considerable site work and construction:
- Demo work
- Grading
- Updating utilities
- Installing ADA-compliant ramps
- Installing a dry well to accommodate flooding
- Digging into the basement to create a new stairwell and to tie in the addition to our existing building
- Poured concrete for new ramps, walkways and walls
- Poured the foundation, the mikvah and the rainwater system
- Took out flooring and some walls
- Demolished the old kitchen
- New conference room
- Tore up the back yard and installed a large state-of-the art playground and basketball court. A pickleball court is also planned.
- Installed new HVAC and storage areas in the social hall
- Remodeled the entire lower level and Ilai's Library
- New entry and restrooms in lower level
- Remodeled the lobby
- Remodeled office space
- Remodeled Multipurpose Room
- Replaced the roof
- New mikvah under construction
- New kosher kitchen under construction
We are excited to bring these improvements to our community. Please let me know if you would like a tour. I am happy to share our progress with you!
Rabbi Mendel Lifshitz
