The Better Place Price Tag
The Better Place Price Tag
The Better Place Price List
1. Estimates of cost are based on input from local contractors, catalogues and the Internet. Actual cost may vary.
2. To give a monetary gift toward any part of the following Price List, please read the Make a Contribution page.
Infra Structure and Grounds (approximately $3,053,000)
- Land purchase (West Oak Hill Road)
- Plot ##1 $300,000
- Plot ##2 200,000
- Total land price: $ 500,000
- Jamestown water and sewer (a new line to the property) 600,000
- On-site water and sewer lines 100,000
- Buried electric, phone and cable lines 100,000
- Generator (installed) 20,000
- Roads 1,000,000
- Parking (for 500 vehicles) 300,000
- Arborvitae tree perimeter 5,000
- Spruce tree perimeter 3,000
- Survey (to clearly mark perimeter before planting trees) 2,000
- Flowering trees and shrubs along roadways and prayer path 10,000
- Pond 10,000
- Other landscaping 10,000
- Prayer path (brick on cement) 200,000
- Fitness trail 100,000
- Prayer labyrinth 20,000
- Signage 10,000
- Child's playground equipment 25,000
- Statue clusters ($4,000 per statue -- planning for 12) 48,000
Buildings ($20,360,000)
- Lodge 13,100,000
- Prayer and Worship Center 4,000,000
- Twelve sabbatical houses ($200K each) 2,400,000
- Three staff houses ($250K each) 750,000
- Maintenance building 100,000
- Utilities convergence / generator building 10,000
Start-Up Endowments ($13,700,000)
- Director Endowment 2,400,000
- Business Manager Endowment 2,400,000
- Host Family Endowment 2,000,000
- Supt. Of Buildings and Grounds Endowment 1,700,000
- Executive Chef Endowment 1,700,000
- Building Maintenance Endowment 1,000,000
- Grounds Care Endowment 1,000,000
- Community Welfare Endowment 1,000,000
- Emerging Needs Endowment 500,000
Furnishings, Equipment and Accessories ($922,500)
...For Lodge ($591,700)
- Kitchen/dining place settings, utensils, pots & pans 24,000
- Ovens, refrigerators, dishwasher, mixers, toaster, coffee makers... 40,000
- Dining tables and chairs 30,000
- Laundry (institutional washers and dryers) 6,000
- Furnishings, decorations and accessories for 120 guest rooms 372,000
- Linens, blankets, pillows, bed spreads, mattress covers... 44,000
- Towels 18,700
- Library/lounge furnishings, shelves and accessories 20,000
- Childcare furnishings 3,000
- Store shelves, counters, equipment 7,000
- Furnishings and equipment for three meeting rooms 8,000
- Furnishings, equipment and accessories for four offices 7,000
- Miscellaneous maintenance equipment 2,000
...For Prayer and Worship Center ($147,000)
- Chapel furnishings, AV equipment and accessories 33,000
- Multi-purpose Arena chairs, tables and AV equipment 93,000
- Childcare furnishings and accessories 4,000
- Fitness room equipment 10,000
- Prayer closets: kneeler, altars and chair x 72 7,000
...For Grounds ($35,000)
- Tractor, snow plow attachment and wagon 25,000
- Lawn mowers, snow blower 5,000
- Miscellaneous yard work equipment 5,000
...Sabbatical houses furnishings & appliances ($148,800) 148,800
UNFORESEEN: 5%of all the above: ($2,000,000) 2,000,000
Adjunct start-up staff (Organizing Dir.) for 3 years: ($210,000) 210,000
First Year Only need ($335,000)
- Salary and benefits for five salaried staff 300,000
- Insurance for first year 15,000
- Office equipment, office expenses and legal fees 20,000
A tithe of all the above {see Bylaws}($4,060,000) 4,060,000
TOTAL NEEDED TO START THE BETTER PLACE $44,640,500