[Vision2020] Doug's downtown cathedral? (was NSA Zoning Trouble)

[Joan Opyr]

On 18 Dec 2005, at 15:56, Michael wrote:

>
> Joan Wrote:
>  
> Mr. Wilson can then find some legal use for the Skattaboe Building -- 
> as I've suggested before, a church is a perfectly legal use. If Doug 
> wants a downtown cathedral, here's his chance. Even if his sermons 
> should happen to get long-winded, no one's going to care if his 
> parishioners clog the Jackson Street parking lot on a Sunday morning.
>  
> Me:
>  
> This is actually a helpful suggestion; it is not a bad plan if NSA did 
> have to leave that building. Why didn’t I think of that?
>  
> Michael Metzler

Believe it or not, it was meant to be helpful -- if Doug and NSA lose 
their zoning fight, this does not mean that they will lose their 
building.  They'll simply have to put it to another use -- a legal use. 
  Why not a church?  Rumor has it that Doug was once upon a time 
interested in the Gart's building.  He already owns the Skattaboe.  
Right now, Christ Church meets for Sunday services in the Logos Field 
House.  Could they not meet in the Skattaboe instead?  Perhaps no 
single room in the building is, at present, large enough, but "sweat 
equity" from Doug's parishioners might well take care of that; I 
believe that's how Doug achieved the original renovation of NSA.  
According to the two or three building permits issued, Doug renovated 
the Skattaboe Building for well under $20,000.  Surely he could 
renovate again using the same volunteer-labor model.

Doug might also do what other churches in the area do -- hold more than 
one service on Sundays.  Offer the congregation a 9 AM and an 11 AM 
service or some such.  Zoning problem solved; Moscow's comprehensive 
plan intact; downtown retail space preserved Monday through Saturday, 
and everyone happy.  Sounds like a win, win, win, win to me.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com

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