Property sale update

Matt Morgan.jpg (21975 bytes) By Mathew Morgan

PASADENA—On Oct. 2, after interviewing a group of nationally respected architects and planners, the church selected the award-winning firm of Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh and its partner on the project, EDAW, Inc., to head the design team for the development of the 48-acre Ambassador campus.

Johannes Van Tilburg and Steve Kellenberg of EDAW, working with the church and SheaHomes, will be responsible for the overall look and feel of the residential community being planned on the Ambassador campus. Please see the press release on page 4 for additional information.

Van Tilberg and EDAW now join the church and SheaHomes in a listening phase that has already begun. The purpose of the listening phase is to receive suggestions for the new community from citizens and citizen groups, business owners, elected representatives, city staff, consultants, future residents and others during a series of small and large community meetings.

So far in October, the newly expanded team has met with the boards from the West Pasadena Residents Association, Pasadena Beautiful and Pasadena Heritage. Several other listening meetings and presentations are planned, including a meeting with church members Oct. 29 in Ambassador Auditorium.

This meeting will allow church members to meet the development team, receive the latest information about the new community being planned on the campus and provide input. Another large community open house is scheduled for Oct. 30. All residents of Pasadena will be invited to the Hall of Administration to meet the development team and offer suggestions.

Suggestions gathered from the listening phase will be carefully considered as the design phase now begins. We hope the result will be a quality master-planned community that will make church members and the citizens of Pasadena proud for the next 50 years and will allow the church to focus more financial resources on the mission of the church.

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