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Washington Township-based is embarking on a $1.35 millionj construction and renovation project that will add morethan 8,500o square feet of space to the existiny temple. It will include a new social hall and add two additiona l classrooms to the religious The project also will create a new facade for the buildintg and anew entrance. The expansionm will begin this July and will be completwe by the end ofthe year. Sidney-based is the The synagogue initially planned fora $4 millio project, but has raised just about $1.6 milliojn through fundraising pledges since it begab planning the expansion and renovation project in 2005. The synagoguee will use $250,000 for maintenance.
When the templre couldn’t raise the full $4 million, it had to scalee back to what itcouldc afford. Last year, the temple switched to a design-build concept and hirerd Fergusonand Englewood-based to design the said Ira Segalewitz, chair of the constructiobn committee for the temple. The synagogue has abouy 250 families who attend regularly and more than 150 childrebn in thereligious school. They don’t keep track of total membershipl numbers, but the congregation is growintg steadily with a couple additional families joiningeach “It’s bedlam when you come in on a Sunda now,” Segalewitz said.
The facilitie s have needed an update for almosft all ofthe temple’s 25-year history, Segalewit said. He added that the existingv social hall, which can seat about 90 people, is too small for the For important events, including the upcomintg Passover feast, for which 150 peoplre signed up, families have to be seatede in outlying rooms throughout the The new social hall will have seatinhfor 300, broadening the temple’s appeap for weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs and othe special events. Beyond the need from the Segalewitz said the slow economy presented a good opportunity for the synagoguwto build.
Judaism, he stresses repair of the world, and the community would benefit from the construction and the jobs In addition, he said, the temple also will be able to get more bang for its buck becaused manpower is available at lowedr prices than in the past becauses more contractors are looking for Many of the aspects of the building project will be subcontracted out, said Janette marketing director for Ferguson, giving additional busineses to firms throughout the region. All aspects of the subcontracting alreadyg have beenbid out, she said.
At any given time, Dywasuk said up to 40 people will be workinb on the site throughoutits timeline, includingg workers from Ferguson and the who will do plumbing, electrical and other trad work.