Pegasus Post: June 12, 2018

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New look church for Burwood
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
A LONG-STANDING plan
to redevelop the Burwood
Christian Centre is set to come
into fruition.
Designs on what the church
will look like in the future have
been revealed with work likely
to start in July.
The project,
estimated to cost
$3.3 million,
will include a
new in-house
canteen with
a commercial
Kim Money
kitchen,
administration
centre, auditorium and
multipurpose room.
An under-five play area is also
included in the plan with the
potential to become a playschool
in the future.
While the centre is in need
of extensive repairs, plans to
extend the church had been
in the making well before the
February 22, 2011, earthquake.
In 2000, a multi-purpose gym
hall and additional rooms were
built onto the church with an
auditorium originally planned
to be added.
“We didn’t get quite there. We
had some more plans drawn up
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FUTURE: Plans showing what the Burwood Christian Centre
(to be known as the Legacy Community Church) will look like
when it is redeveloped and repaired. ​
but then the earthquake hit and
we obviously had to go through
about a five-year process and
put an insurance claim on the
facilities,” pastor Nigel Ripley
said.
Since then, fresh plans have
been formulated.
It is hoped the redevelopment
will be completed by the end of
next year.
Along with the new facility,
the church on Bassett St
will be renamed the Legacy
Community Church.
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church’s goal to be a place which
provides for future generations.
A presentation on the
redevelopment was recently
made to the Coastal -Burwood
Community Board.
Chairwoman Kim Money
said she is “so impressed” by the
work the church does.
“They are very committed
to their community and have
been so for many years and they
are just wanting to grow on
that through expanding their
facilities which is very exciting.”
The redevelopment also plans
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to cater for the centre’s growing
population, with its community
programmes currently at full
capacity.
Pastor Ripley said it
was important it take the
opportunity to redevelop the
centre for future generations
rather than only addressing its
immediate needs.
“Hence why we have taken the
plunge to invest more into this
than what we originally planned
to.”
Pastor Ripley said it is
important to reinvest back into
the community which has lost
so much.
The church is hoping to
fundraise $1.9 million for the
redevelopment costs.
The rest of the funding is
likely to come from grant
applications, donations from
church members and borrowing
money on previous rental
properties the church has
purchased.
It will also be looking for
further support from the community.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Are you
looking forward to the redevelopment
of the Burwood
Christian Centre? Email your
views to georgia.oconnor@
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SHIRLEY SITE CLEAN-UP
Remediation work on the former
Shirley Community Centre site
will begin soon. The site at 10
Shirley Rd will be cleared of
all cabins, stockpiled materials
and stones. Weeds will be
sprayed once the site has been
cleared. All grassed areas will
be top-soiled and hydro-seeded.
Maintenance of the site will then
be handed back to city council.
Reinstatement is expected to be
completed by the end of August.
GARDEN MAINTENANCE
The Coastal-Burwood
Community Board has asked
city council staff to get on top of
maintaining two gardens between
the Anzac Dr roundabout and the
Avon River on New Brighton Rd.
The parks and road landscaping
teams are co-ordinating work
to bring these areas up to
specification. Once a time frame
is known, the board will be
advised.
THOMSON PARK WORK
Landscaping work in Thomson
Park is now complete. City
council staff have been working
on the park’s landscaping and
car park plan with community
groups that use the area and
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