Georges River Community Baptist Church was located in Lugarno for 75 years until 2005 when we sold our church and purchased 55-57 Stanley St with a view to building a multi-purpose community centre. This was an enormous step for the church but the pain of moving was outweighed by the opportunity of expanded facilities. Since then we have been working with architects and refining designs. The final community centre design will house a variety of community services offered by us and other community organisation's for many years to come. Our hope is that what we build will make a valuable contribution to the amenities available in our community. The completed project will offer: Auditorium with flexible seating for up to 400 people. Outdoor courtyard and Café with children’s play area A dedicated Children’s Centre for playgroups and other child-centered community groups to access Ample office/meeting room spaces for church and community service providers. Studio and Community Workshop Four factory units for income On site, parking for approximately 120 cars Excellent disabled/frail access to all 3 levels of the complex. Even though our site is not zoned residential, we are ensuring that this development has minimal impact on our surrounding neighbourhood. To achieve this we are: 1. Spending a large portion of the total budget on parking underground and will exceed councils required parking ratios. This will ensure that any visitors to the site will have a car park on site. 2. Buildings will adhere to councils high standards for noise containment, so that noise from outside factories is minimised inside and noise from inside is minimised outside. This project is entirely funded by the church and our hope is that late this year we will have raised enough funds to make a start on the project, taking a staged approach to the total development.