The Charlotte Jewish News - February 2017 - Page 16
Chabad’s New Expansion
Is on the Drawing Board
Chabad of Charlotte is in midst
of an ongoing building campaign
to build a new sanctuary for its
Congregation Ohr HaTorah, plus
a social hall and commercial
kosher kitchen on its Sardis Road
property. The motivation for this
expansion project rises from a
need of adequate space for its
services and multitude of activi
ties including Friendship Circle,
JLI, and Talmud Torah.
Several members of the Char
lotte Jewish community have
stepped up to get the campaign
started by pledging close to half of
the needed funds for this monu
mental project. A small but effec
tive group of supporters will be
spearheading the effort to raise the
rest of the funds needed to com
plete the project.
A special building committee
has been formed to help design
the new addition and work closely
with architects and engineers who
will be designing the new build
ing. The committee is led by
Arthur Oudmayer, design princi
pal of Vision Builders USA, and a
member of Ohr HaTorah. “We are
excited to announce the appoint
ment of Bill Monroe, President of
WGM Design, as our architect-of-
record for the new Chabad Centre
and Synagogue on Sardis Rd.,”
said Oudmayer. WGM Design is
an architectural practice celebrat
ing almost thirty years in the in
dustry. They are headquartered in
uptown Charlotte and have a pro
lific portfolio of institutional and
liturgic architectural design.
Having aheady completed their
initial phase of research, inter
views, and surveying, WGM De
sign will shortly be presenting the
initial design schematic to the
Building Committee for review
and approval. We anticipate the
Design Development and Con
struction Drawing phases to be
completed by April.
The new expansion will house
a unique teen activity area for
Jewish teens with an added space
billed as the Friendship Circle
zone.
Barry Klemons, president of
the board of Ohr HaTorah, is op
timistic on the potential growth of
the congregation and is excited
about the expansion project as it
will give the synagogue needed
space to accommodate its many
services and programs. Barry who
has extensive building experience
also serves on the building com
mittee.
More detailed information will
be forthcoming in future issues
of the Charlotte Jewish News
and it can also be accede at
www.chabadnc.org/building. ^
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