To serve our Christian call to witness,
To serve our growing congregation
To accommodate our growing Sunday School class sizes
To serve our growing Neighborhoods and surrounding Communities
To serve the growing needs within our Missions and Outreach programs in and around our Community, our Country, and indeed Globally

We, the members of the RHUMC Building Committee were given the responsibility to prepare a proposal for facilities to accommodate the current growth of the church and the anticipated growth that is taking place in the area surrounding the town of Round Hill. The proposal is to be based on the concept of remaining in our current location on Church Street and making the best use of the church’s property.

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How

To accomplish this we set out to draw from our surroundings

By blending with the Communities style and Architecture
- Loudoun Street Mosaic, trend in architectural styles
- Features seen that are designed into our project:
  - Dormers
  - Stone foundations & facades
  - Clapboard & similar styled siding
  - Metal roofs
- Repeating architectural features in our 100+ year old Sanctuary
  - Arched windows
  - Clapboard style siding (still in white)
  - Similar roof design/shape
By listening to our Neighbors, we have incorporated several of their expressed desires
- Improved the facade looking out onto Locust Street
- Changed it from looking like the unadorned rear of a business to an inviting entrance with covered entry
- Incorporated low level, low height lighting for the parking area
Storm Water Management Plan. There were two alternatives given to RHUMC
- The first and least expensive detains the water onsite and releases it over time to accommodate for the additional runoff
- The second option is to pipe the runoff underground along Locust and Loudoun Street to an adequate drainage channel just past and along Mystic Lane. This option is more costly but is our 1st choice as it provides the NW Quadrant of the Town of Round Hill with SWM (more on this later)
Plantings
- Hedges along borders
- Screening hedges/tree rows along building on Loudoun Street side
- Trees planned along Locust Street and within the parking area
By not disturbing the look of our younger but still some 60+ year old Parsonage building on Church Street

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What

What are we proposing to build?

Education & Fellowship portion
- Education
  - Eight Classrooms (10 if two large rooms are divided)
  - Basement space has been pre-claimed by JR/SR high youth Education, Recreation, Outreach
- Fellowship Center
  - Designed for Multi-purpose (Dining, Drama, Speaking Engagements, Recreation)
- Kitchen
  - Designed to support and compliment the Fellowship space
- Restroom facilities
  - Shower facilities included
  - Basement stubbed for restrooms & showers
  - Designed with multi-use possibilities in mind
- Lending Library
Administrative Spaces (w/ additional Classrooms) portion
- Additional 4-5 Classrooms
- Formal Parlor (well appointed meeting room)
- Dedicated Choir room
- Greeting area adjoining Secretary Area
- Secretary office
- Dedicated Office work area
- Pastor’s office
Parking & Site work for the above structures
- 111 parking spaces
- Parking is adequate for a maximum occupant event (Fellowship Dinner, Worship Service) held in the largest room, the Fellowship Center

These spaces were designed with maximum flexibility or use in mind and designed to minimize obsolescence

Foot print of the addition is less then 25% of the land area
Conforms to all Round Hill/Loudoun County building codes
To be wired for communications, (i.e. Computer, telephone, intercom)
Classrooms designed to possibly accommodate a future preschool
(Not planned at this time)
Restroom facilities designed to accommodate the following possibilities:
- Emergency Shelter
- “Locked-in” youth events (New Years, alt Prom, Graduation celebrations)

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When

A brief timeline of from where we have come and to where we are headed.

1996-1997 Long Range Planning Committee study completed
Jun 1997 One Acre parcel purchased from Mr. Barry along Locust adjoining the Church property
Spring of 1998, The Building Committee was established & began planning
Spring of 1999 Robson Group Architects, Inc was hired
16 September 2000, Applied to the Town of Round Hill for “Special Exemption”
September 2000 Bowers & Assoc brought on board for Site Plan evaluation and subsequent Storm Water Management Analysis
24 October 2000, RHUMC came before the Town of Round Hill Planning Commission
November 2000 Bowers and Associates completed a Preliminary Storm Water Management Analysis
July 2001 CTI Consultants were contracted to complete a Geotechnical Investigation & Evaluation (Soil samples & soil boring tests)
Fall of 2001, RHUMC requested their “special exemption” request be postponed due to internal church affairs. The Town of Round Hill agreed to table it indefinitely until such time as it was requested by RHUMC to be placed once again on their agenda.

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There are two proffers in planning for the Town of Round Hill that can be considered noteworthy. RHUMC has a Storm Water Management (SWM) plan analysis that mirrors a portion of the Town of Round Hill’s newly acquired SWM Master Plan, section 6 (that portion which encompasses the northwest quadrant of the town). We are willing to build the SWM plan designed for our project or proffer to the Town of Round Hill a sum of money go toward building section 6 of the Town of Round Hill’s SWM Master Plan, on a timeline so as not to delay our project. This would allow the town to build the system to their specifications thus allowing it to be completely coordinated with the rest of the Town of Round Hill’s SWM Master Plan. The second proffer we are considering would be to proffer the Town a section of land along Church Street and adjoining Loudoun Street that would allow for the widening and improvement of the entrance into Church Street from Loudoun Street.

We desire to answer any questions you may have. We also ask if there is some concern you might have that you contact us. Any specific questions we receive we will endeavor to answer. Questions in writing will help us help you, as messages passed from one to another do not always reach the intended recipient as the question was originally asked.

We also desire you prayers and your support as we improve our facilities in a way we think will also benefit our community.

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