Building Update

2022 welcomed us back into our building and with that the opportunity and responsibility to continue moving ahead with numerous projects including:

• Electrical panels were completely upgraded in four areas: basement, first floor and two on the second floor

• New dimming system was installed for sanctuary lighting

• Replacement of exterior LGBQT flags

• Sanctuary slate tile roof repair

• Numerous repairs to HVAC air handlers and motors

• Partnered with Goliath Maintenance for sexton repair projects

Plaza Water Mitigation Project

While the listed projects were important, 2022 may be remembered most as the year we stopped all the leaking! For nearly 20 years Trinity has been weighed down by the persistent and pernicious problem of water damage seeping in through the second-floor plaza into the staff corridor and offices. In April we engaged RAM Construction services to remove the pavers on the Plaza closest to the building, apply a high-quality waterproofing system and apply a new concrete base over the entire footprint. It was a huge success! By July, over 60 of us were enjoying fireworks out on the newly resurfaced portion of the Plaza, and inside the staff offices and corridor were dry and free from a plethora of receptacles used to catch seeping water.

Plaza Redesign Project

The final quarter of 2022 moved us to the next big challenge outlined in our 2030 Vision - a “newly redesigned plaza.” For years we have been talking and dreaming as a community about how to redesign, renew, re-energize our outdoor plaza space for our members and the wider community. Currently overgrown, weathered, unmaintained and woefully in need of restoration, in May we contracted the design services of EDGE Landscape Architecture & Design Group to help us discern possibilities. In September the vestry reviewed several designs and agreed upon maintaining the current footprint and features of the Plaza along with minor modifications in order to keep the project as financially feasible as possible, along with meeting our goals of bringing this space back to life. In November the vestry approved a funding strategy and a contract with RAM to come back in the Spring of 2023 to begin this second phase of work using the Edge designs.

The vestry reviewed several designs and agreed upon maintaining the current footprint and features of the Plaza along with minor modifications in order to keep the project as financially feasible as possible.