Just before noon last Wednesday, I got word from Dick Strouse that we got our first bid back for our new kitchen. It wasn't good. We had called Mattern Construction, the same company that did our major construction process for 200th anniversary, and asked them to put together a bid on preparing the kitchen for our renovation project.
Their charge was to gut the kitchen, shore up the sub-floor and run the plumbing and electrical that would be needed for the new kitchen. They were also asked to price out a hood and fire suppression system for our commercial stove in case we decided to keep it.
The Trustees will talk about it at their next meeting and the kitchen committee will meet again to rethink some of their decisions. Meanwhile, Cliff Vanase, who volunteered to be our clerk of the works, will be getting a few more bids on the job. It may be that the project may cost more than any of us guessed.
Our hope is to redo the kitchen over the winter. Once we have a price we like and have determined the scope of the work, we will begin a capital campaign and start asking our members and friends to make gift or pledge to the project. At this point it looks like we will be looking for over $100,000.
Stay tuned. I'll write more when I know more.
Cal
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