We Got The Property… Now What?

Chris Freyer, of CCL Associates met with our elder team this morning to begin our strategic planning process for where we are heading with the new property.  Our goal here is to establish a long-term strategic plan for where we’re heading.  MY natural instinct is to “ready, fire, aim…” but this process will allow us to know exactly what we …

Looking Forward

So, we own the property.  Now what? Now, we make building plans. About two years ago, we started the strategic process of planning what we thought The Orchard Church’s facility might be like.  We did NOT want to start by drawing boxes and cramming in chairs.  Instead, we began to re-ask the questions, “Why has God put us here?,” “What …

Closing Ceremonies

What a great “Closing Ceremony” we had on our new property.  It was great to just get to hang out with lots of our folks.  Everyone seemed to just enjoy being together.  For many, it was their first time on site, and there was a lot of amazement at the views, the access, and the amazing feeling that this new …

We Got Our Future Address!

911 Addressing has given us our official new address, and it isn’t what we originally expected!  Our future location will be: 534 Highland Parkway East Ellijay, GA 30536 Apparently, that road is called Howard Simmons west of 515, and Eller Road east of 515… Except within the city limits of East Ellijay, in which it is called Highland Parkway.  Who …

We Closed On The Property!

Sorry it has been quiet It has been a crazy month since my last update, so this one is a little later than I wanted it to be. Closing Date pushed back.. All good. March 9! We originally expected to close in the middle of February, but just couldn’t get the process going quickly enough. Survey, appraisal, and underwriting all …