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Westminster Church of the Nazarene was beyond capacity and conducting four services a week to meet the needs of their congregation. They decided to purchase 78–acres of land with terrific views, access and visibility. RNL worked with the Church to develop a mixed-use community which would be supported by a blend of compatible uses with church campus as the center of the overall development. The vision is a partnership of collaborative uses and users resulting in a spiritual “village” linked by open green parks and pedestrian friendly streets fostering a sense of unity.

RNL studied phasing of the long range master plan and provided massing analysis to create a dynamic and powerful architectural statement to identify the main church buildings and the “nucleus” of the community. Shared parking and redensification strategies weave together the church program with retail, commercial, community buildings, medical office, senior housing, conferencing hotel, daycare, Christian school, and live/work residential spaces. The Church further blends into the fabric of the mixed-use community by including a chapel at the lake’s edge as a feature building and one of three primary worship “venues” on the campus.