Elevation Church is proposing to make over the Palace Theater in Kenton Place for its eighth area church.
The April meeting of the Cornelius Planning Board has been moved to Tuesday, April 9, when the board is expected to take up two projects: Elevation Church‘s request for a rezoning that would allow it to use the old Palace Theater at Kenton Place, and the proposed Pender Pointe, a single-family home off John Connor Road in the Peninsula area.
The evening begins with a 6pm training session for board members in room 204. The regular Planning Board meeting begins at 7pm in the assembly room at Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Ave. (The April meeting originally was scheduled for Thursday, April 11.)
ELEVATION CHURCH
Charlotte-based Elevation Church is proposing a $5 million renovation to the vacant movie theater, which is owned by a California-based investment group. To use the space, the planned Elevation Lake Norman needs conditional zoning approval to allow “civic uses” as the primary use at the site, 8325 Copley Drive.
The church also plans to spend $1.5 million on state of the art audio visual systems in the building. Changes to the building’s exterior were approved March 22 at the Architectural Review Board.
The church is led by Pastor Stephen Furtick, who founded it in 2006. The Cornelius site would be the eighth Charlotte-area location for the church. Others are in uptown Charlotte, Gaston County, Matthews, Providence, Rock Hill and Charlotte’s University area. Elevation also is launching its first church outside the area – outside the U.S. – in Toronto.
“We’re excited about the opportunity to expand into the Lake Norman-Cornelius-Huntersville area,” said Tonia Bendickson, a spokeswoman for Elevation.
She said the church conducted a major fundraising campaign in late 2012 for an expansion that also includes new facilities in the Ballantyne and University areas. The church now counts about 14,000 members across all its sites, she said.
The project is expected to come up for a final vote at the April 22 Town Board meeting.
PENDER POINTE
The Pender Pointe project needs approval to close a portion of John Connor Road.
The Pender Pointe project is proposed off John Conner Road in the Peninsula. That project calls for closing a portion of John Connor Road, and constructing a new road called Pender Pointe Drive.
Developer Jake Palillo wants to combine several parcels into one 5.4 acre single-family lot. He’ll also build a new road and combine the property with adjacent parcels to provide road frontage.
The Town Board on March 18 adopted a resolution setting a Monday, May 6, public hearing date for the project. The meeting begins at 7pm at Town Hall. The board also could vote that night on whether to approve the rezoning.
RELATED LINKS
More information about Pender Pointe on the planning department web page.
More information about Elevation Church on the planning department web page.
