Monday, December 1, 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Masonry Work Begins

Snow blanketed Casowasco last night with a few inches of snow, just in time for the masons to finish the forms for the first round of concrete that is expected to be poured tomorrow morning.











Sunday, October 26, 2008

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Today's Groundbreaking Ceremony was a wonderful time of celebration and we were blessed with a beautiful Fall day on the shores of Owasco lake.




Jackie Bellamy opened the service - over 70 people were in attendance.






Mrs. Patricia Smith sang for the special music.




Mike Huber broke ground with the golden ceremonial shovel.





Bishop Marcus Matthews, participated in the ceremony. This was his first visit to Casowasco since taking the Episcopal Office in the New York West Area in September.




The golden shovel against a backdrop of fall mums.


A view of the celebration from the lake facing Emmaus Commons.

Last look at this side of the building. Tomorrow the main dining room and Vanderburg Room will be demolished.


* A special thanks to Anne Riddell, owner of Anne's Studio & Photography for taking the photos of today's ceremony and celebration.
Stay tuned for more photos and videos as we progress on this exciting project.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

NOMADS begin the demolition work

Eleven wonderul NOMADS joined us for a few weeks to help us with many projects around site, one which was the beginning demolition stages of the expansion project.




They took there time taking off some of the wood that will be used in the new meeting spaces below the dining room.



They worked hard on getting many of the nails out so that it will be ready to go back in the Spring.





The Bulldozer arrived earlier this past week. Work has already begun on the outside, including the taking out of the windows.




On Thursday, the crew began taking the roof off.



The electrical contractors have been in the building to remove hte electric.



Final inside look ...





The roof is now gone.



The Groundbreaking Ceremony will be tomorrow, October 26, at 3:00pm with Bishop Marcus Matthews presiding.


On Monday the bulldozer will begin tearing the main dining room off of the building so that preparation can be made for the cement work.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Final Look before the project begins


Main part of the Dining Room


A look at the buffet lines


Another look at the main dining room - this part will be torn off in the coming weeks for the expansion of the main dining room.


Vanderburg Room


The dark room (for photography)/craft storage room has been renovated and studs put up by the NOMADS during the beginning of October. This studded area is where the new HVAC system will sit.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Test - project to begin soon

This is a test posting - our hope is to begin writing, posting pictures and videos of the Emmaus Commons Expansion fo the Dining Room at Casowasco. Check back for more informaiton soon!