ROGERS — Attendance at First Baptist Church, 3364 W. Pleasant Grove Road, has grown 20 percent in the past year, and church officials are planning a major expansion.
"We need additional classroom and administrative space," said Jerry Medlin, business administrator of the church.
AT A GLANCE
Committees
Rogers’ Planning Commission will meet at 4:30 in Council Chambers at City Hall, 301 W. Chestnut St. Agenda items include:
• A request from Nate Bachelor for a permit for a parking lot at the northwest corner of 11th and Poplar streets.
• A request from August Rusher and Jay Ertel to rezone 6028 Stoney Brook Road from agricultural to neighborhood commercial.
• Plans from Rainbow Honda, 1050 W. Hudson Road, to move the Honda motorcycle store from Bentonville to Rogers.
• A lot-split request from Steve Furner at the intersection of Rainbow and Course roads.
• A lot-split request from James and Barbara Wilson at 5151 Garrett Road.
• A concession trailer request at 718 N. Second St..
Planning commissioners are to review a development plan for the church Tuesday. The plan calls for a two-story, 19,561-square-foot expansion to be added to the 83,650-square-foot church.
"One level will be all classroom. The second level will be administrative offices and a large multipurpose room that can be use for meetings, a variety of other uses, or by the kindergarten through sixth-grade school at the church," Medlin said.
Hight-Jackson & Associates designed the addition, which is part of the growth plan for the church, Medlin said.
NW News on 03/17/2014