Nominated for "MN Concrete Project of the Year "

We have accomplished in our seven years of being Hope UMC, not only the successful merger of two congregations to one, spiritually and socially. We are now one, we don’t hear the words “from Woodland” and “from University”, anymore when we are talking about our members, we are ONE in spirit, we are HOPE UMC. We also made many improvements in our physical plant, new more efficient heating system, the addition of an elevator, a new roof, new carpet and most recent, a new parking lot. We just finished the project and last Sunday was the first Sunday we parked on it. We used a new method that will prevent water run off into our nearby creek, the concrete is “pervious” which means that the water goes down through it, rather than pooling on the top, then running into the creek. We heard today that ours was the largest concrete pour north of the Twin Cities. The project has been nominated for “Minnesota Concrete Project of the Year”!

Our next project is Phase two of the Parking Lot project. We had hoped to do it all together, but the parking lot cost more than expected. Next we hope to raise money to do the Memorial Garden between the parking lot and the creek. We also want to landscape around the parking lot and the building. We will get it done too.