The cost estimate of $27-30 million is roughly five times more than the estimate given to rebuild on the current site. Why dont we just stay on Prince Avenue?
Inflation and other factors have affected every number parishioners considered two years ago not just the cost of relocating and building a new campus. In fact, its reasonable to speculate that the cost of rebuilding on our current site will be even higher, as a percentage of the figures reported two years ago, because of the constraints the current campus presents. Given the scope of the project, which includes a church, school, athletic fields, a multi-purpose building, parish center and rectory, it does not appear possible to meet the future needs of the St. Joseph Community by rebuilding on our Prince Avenue campus.
