[Vision2020] Doug's downtown cathedral? (was NSA Zoning Trouble)

[g. crabtree]

This is exactly the kind of post that lured me into the original donnybrook a la Mack's trailer court. Does it ever occur to folks that others might not be interested in your thoughts and plans for their property? I am not a engineer or a building contractor but I am fairly sure that there is no way the scattaboe could be modified to become a meeting hall sufficient to holding several hundred people. Certainly not via sweat equity.

I think that the "zoning problem" will soon be best solved by the council  changing the code and the comprehensive plan will do what all plans do. Evolve.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joan Opyr 
  To: Vision2020 Moscow 
  Cc: Linda Pall ; Nancy Chaney ; John Dickinson 
  Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 7:46 PM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Doug's downtown cathedral? (was NSA Zoning Trouble)


  On 18 Dec 2005, at 15:56, Michael wrote:



    Joan Wrote:
     
    Mr. Wilson can then find some legal use for the Skattaboe Building -- as I've suggested before, a church is a perfectly legal use. If Doug wants a downtown cathedral, here's his chance. Even if his sermons should happen to get long-winded, no one's going to care if his parishioners clog the Jackson Street parking lot on a Sunday morning.
     
    Me:
     
    This is actually a helpful suggestion; it is not a bad plan if NSA did have to leave that building. Why didn’t I think of that?
     
    Michael Metzler


  Believe it or not, it was meant to be helpful -- if Doug and NSA lose their zoning fight, this does not mean that they will lose their building. They'll simply have to put it to another use -- a legal use. Why not a church? Rumor has it that Doug was once upon a time interested in the Gart's building. He already owns the Skattaboe. Right now, Christ Church meets for Sunday services in the Logos Field House. Could they not meet in the Skattaboe instead? Perhaps no single room in the building is, at present, large enough, but "sweat equity" from Doug's parishioners might well take care of that; I believe that's how Doug achieved the original renovation of NSA. According to the two or three building permits issued, Doug renovated the Skattaboe Building for well under $20,000. Surely he could renovate again using the same volunteer-labor model. 

  Doug might also do what other churches in the area do -- hold more than one service on Sundays. Offer the congregation a 9 AM and an 11 AM service or some such. Zoning problem solved; Moscow's comprehensive plan intact; downtown retail space preserved Monday through Saturday, and everyone happy. Sounds like a win, win, win, win to me. 

  Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
  www.joanopyr.com




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