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HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU AJ
August 1,
2007
Many of us who have
renovated or decorated a home know that it takes “a lot of
looking by a lot of people” to find just the right “stuff”.
Well, that is also true about the new chairs the Renovation
Committee just purchased for the synagogue.
The renovation committee
acquired 19 different chair samples from several different
manufacturers. Each
of the chairs were observed, tested, and evaluated by staff
members and numerous congregants.
One of the manufacturers the committee found was Mity-Lite
and they manufactured two chairs that the committee thought were
good possibilities. One
of the chairs was a folding chair that would be used for dinners
and the second chair was a stacking chair which would provide
extra seating for the High Holy Days.
After a large amount of looking, sitting and talking the
committee, by overwhelming consensus, agreed that those chairs
were the best of all the others they had seen.
Fortunately, they were the right price and fit easily into
the renovation budget.
John Chovan, the architect
in charge of the renovation, evaluated the chairs for comfort,
size, frame color and upholstery fabrics.
Mr. Chovan gave “two thumbs up” for both chairs and
concurred with the committee’s choices of colors and fabrics.
600 stacking chairs and
350 folding chairs have been ordered and are scheduled to arrive
on or before September 5, in plenty of time for Rosh Hashanah. As a result of purchasing these new chairs, the synagogue
will have a large quantity of existing blue upholstered folding
chairs. The committee
is looking for other nonprofit organizations such as churches,
synagogues, shelters, etc. who may want to acquire these chairs
for themselves. Some
of the chairs are in need or repair, but many are in excellent
shape and should be serviceable for many years to come. If you
know of a charitable organization that might need some of our
older chairs, please contact Robin Silverman at Rsilverman@AdathJeshurun.com.
So the first major
purchase in AJ’s renovation process has taken place, and like
all renovation projects, it takes a whole community to make the
acquisition! It is the first step and many more beautiful additions are
about to come our way. Here’s
looking at your new chairs, AJ!
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JULY
1, 2007
As we all probably know
from renovating, building or just fixing up our own homes, coming
up with a plan, keeping on a timeline and to a budget are the
hardest elements to secure. When
one thing is finished, it just becomes more obvious that other
things should be changed or added.
It is an endless project; that is unless you have a great
architect and planner on your side. Adath Jeshurun has just that
with John Chovan.
John
Chovan is a well known and respected architect with Arrasmith,
Judd, Rapp, Chovan, Inc. He
did his architectural training at the University of Cincinnati,
achieving both a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a
Master’s in Community Planning. He then went on to study Passive Solar Technology at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.
Prior to joining
AJRC, Inc. in 1971, Mr. Chovan worked with Skidmore, Owings, and
Merrill in Chicago, IL. While
at S.O.M., he worked as an architect/urban designer on projects
that included the Sears Building in Chicago, The Wills Tobacco
Headquarters in Bristol, England and The Downtown Urban
Design/Development Master Plan in Elkhart, IN.
Since joining
Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan, Inc., Mr. Chovan has served as
Project Architect on a diverse group of institutional,
recreational, commercial and public use facilities including the
Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, Louisville Hall of Justice,
and the University of Louisville School of Business.
His work is characterized by close attention to his
clients’ needs, open professional communication, innovative
solutions to problems and high quality technical work.
Just what AJ needs to make our highly anticipated
renovation project successful.
John will be finishing
AJ’s renovation Master Plan and timeline within the month and
will have sketches to show the congregation sometime in August.
We are confident that Mr. Chovan will create a thorough and
well designed plan, timeline and budget.
We all have a house that we live in and a house that we
worship in and we want both to be beautiful and functional.
For the latter, there is no doubt that John Chovan will
help us reach our goal.
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