History of the ‘Building for the Future’ Project
Over the past three years, we have had countless discussions about the role and future of our cathedral, our cathedral school, our diocesan office, and the kind of space we will need to accommodate our ministries. The fruits of these discussions have been shared with our planning consultants, Kaeley Wiseman and Barb Myers from Wiser Projects. They, in turn, have done extensive research about current municipal plans and policies and the appetite of local agencies and developers to work with us. They also engaged an architect, Paul Rigby, who has worked closely with us to assess the space on the precinct, with a view to the feasibility of making our cathedral, our school, and the rest of the precinct better serve our hopes and dreams.

Where We Are Now

Wiser Projects has now submitted a detailed “Phase One” report – which describes their findings and the work we would need to do next to produce an actual “master plan” for the cathedral precinct. The report is available to download here in the form of an executive summary, a full report, and appendices:

1. Building for the Future – Phase One Summary
2. Building for the Future – Phase One Full Report
3. Building for the Future – Phase One Appendices

Building for the Future – Phase One Presentation for Cathedral Parish Leadership

The 90-minute Zoom presentation on Phase 1 of Building for the Future was well attended and allowed us to meet our planning consultants, Kaeley Wiseman and Barb Myers and consulting architect, Paul Rigby. We were given a window into the work done to date. We were able to visualize some exciting ideas that could help us to re-equip, modernize, and maximize the space we already have, in addition to considering what new spaces might be necessary.