2015/3/30 23:56:44
Week of 3/30/15 – Spring is really rocking at Norwood. The flora is out of this world with all the recent rain, and the fauna recently included a wild turkey! Just traipsing along the cliff, la-tee-dah. Right next to I-35. Cool. But what’s going on inside the Norwood House is even better. The new & sistered floor joists are all done. The new subfloor is being laid now and probably will be done before the week is out. And “plumb & level” work starts soon. Torquing those old walls into “as straight as possible” while keeping them upright and in place on the new foundation stem wall? Not for the faint of heart. That’s historic preservation! As soon as positioning is optimal the walls will be locked in place to the foundation, and that, too, will be behind us – for good.
The Norwood bungalow is happy. The TLC this historic home deserves is finally happening. And while work at the house goes on, the board is finalizing schematic plans for the overall site with our architectural teams. This will lead to cost-estimating so that we can move forward with fundraising. The plans are fantastic – but they won’t be realized until we raise the money to finish the job.
Bye bye, winter. Here’s to the last weeks of Phase 1 activity, and to success where we really need it: in financial support from the community.