Church of the Palms Master Plan

20 year master plan of church facilities, including new construction and renovations of existing buildings, on 19.9 Acres

The Church of the Palms was established as a mission church in 1957 with 168 Charter Members. Since that time it has shown steady growth. The Church of the Palms is an active, growing, and dynamic family of Christ offering opportunities for worship, fellowship, education and service to all age groups. There are 6 existing buildings on campus in 2014. All existing structures are located on the North half of the site. The total square footage of all the existing buildings at the start of this study was about 67,744 SF.
The design team created a master plan to provide for the needs of this church on this site. The study looked at an initial phase of work, and then a 5 year, 10 year and 20 year window of potential development on this site. A facility program was created to determine the current and projected needs of the church, prior to beginning the master plan. The master plan was accomplished from May 2014 to October 2014.
After considering hundreds of options and scenarios during the planning process, and developing three distinct design approaches, one option received almost unanimous approval. This Master Plan was divided into four main phases, and included some sub- phases were appropriate. All phases combined, propose the addition of 54,900 building square footage, and the remodeling of 36,000 square feet in existing buildings.

Phase one included; building a new family life center, building a new welcome center, remodeling the existing Memorial Chapel, and site work to improve the way-finding on campus.

Phase two included; building a new education building connector between ECC, administration, & music buildings, building a new church administration building, and remodeling the original administration building to serve community outreach.

Phase three included; building a new early childhood center, and remodeling the existing education building. Phase four included; building a new music building, and remodeling the original music building.