{"id":8562,"date":"2019-02-11T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emsdev.clayshowalter.com\/?p=8562"},"modified":"2022-10-31T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:54:32","slug":"permit-granted-elementary-project-moving-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/2019\/02\/permit-granted-elementary-project-moving-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Permit granted, elementary project moving forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Progress toward establishing a permanent home for Eastern Mennonite School\u2019s elementary program reached a critical milestone on February 7. That\u2019s when the City of Harrisonburg granted a long-awaited building permit for renovations to a building that EMS purchased from MennoMedia in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not unusual for the permitting process to take some time,\u201d said Mike Stoltzfus, the school\u2019s director of business affairs. \u201cWe are thrilled to have the city\u2019s go-ahead for the renovation project. We can now move at full speed in preparing the building for EMS\u2019s youngest students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8565 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/construction-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/construction-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/construction-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/construction-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/construction-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/construction.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>That\u2019s not to say the project has been on hold as the school waited for the permit. Stoltzfus has been working with architect Charles Hendricks of the Gaines Group and general contractor Harman Construction on demolition and structural issues over the past few months. Contractors have reinforced the foundation and basement walls, waterproofed the exterior of the building, prepared footers for interior support columns, and completed demo of interior stairwells. With the building permit in hand, it is time to begin classroom renovations, improve the exterior, and add offices and a welcoming entrance on the building\u2019s west side.<\/p>\n<p>Fundraising has also continued at full pace. To date, and thanks to generous gifts and pledges totaling $445,000 since the beginning of the school year, EMS is within $155,000 of the $3.2 million \u201cmove-in goal\u201d and well on our way to the overall project goal of $4.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>As Paul Leaman, head of school explains, immediately upon reaching the move-in goal, the development team will turn its sights toward raising funds for the rest of the work. This includes a bridge that will connect the renovated elementary building with the middle and high school building, and a \u201cgathering space\u201d addition on the elementary building. The space will be a multi-purpose setting for the important daily interactions among multi-grade levels as they prepare and share food, learn and and play together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vision for this active campus is big,\u201d says Paul Leaman, head of school. \u201cWe are a learning community that interacts across levels, prioritizes daily time outside, and envisions an increasingly diverse student body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progress toward establishing a permanent home for Eastern Mennonite School\u2019s elementary program reached a critical milestone on February 7. That\u2019s when the City of Harrisonburg granted a long-awaited building permit for renovations to a building that EMS purchased from MennoMedia in 2016. \u201cIt\u2019s not unusual for the permitting process to take some time,\u201d said Mike\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-8562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elementary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8562"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}