Armaggedon Postponed By Branch Construction

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  • hillary_step
    hillary_step

    Jehovah's Witnesses seek to expand campus in Patterson

    By MICHAEL RISINIT


    THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: , 20)

    PATTERSON The hilltop complex off Route 22 in Patterson that is part of the global headquarters for about 6 million Jehovah's Witnesses is running out of room, and the religious group wants to enlarge its complex.

    The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the legal name of the parent organization of the Witnesses, has proposed adding about 172,800 square feet more of office and living space to its campus. The facility is used as a training center for hundreds of administrators from around the world. It also houses the graphic arts headquarters of the organization's Bible-education materials.

    "It's kind of an orderly growth we've experienced," said Richard Eldred, spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses facility. "We anticipate increasing needs as the years go by."

    Watchtower representatives will be before the Patterson Zoning Board of Appeals tonight for a public hearing. Patterson Town Planner Richard Williams said the group "needs to do a couple of things" to move ahead with its proposal. The Witnesses have to amend their special permit as it pertains to parking. Watchtower is also seeking relief from the town's height ordinance for one of its proposed buildings. The zoning board meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in Patterson Town Hall, Routes 311 and 164.

    The proposed five new buildings would represent about a 25 percent increase in the facility's size, which was completed in 1995. Eldred said the new construction would take about two or three years to complete and would accommodate the group's needs for at least 10 years.

    Plans filed with the Patterson Planning Department show two new residence buildings, one three stories and the other five; a new four-story office building, a maintenance building and a three-story addition to the complex's audio-visual studio on the group's 362 acres. The tallest proposed structure is 79 feet, 30 feet taller than local zoning codes permit. The proposal is expected also to come under review from the town's Planning Board, Williams said.

    Watchtower bought the land, a former dairy farm, along both sides of Route 22 in 1984 and began construction of the missionary training complex in 1989. The 28-building complex includes school facilities, offices and residences to accommodate about 1,200 people. Active in almost every country in the world, the group has about 1.05 million members in the United States.

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  • Reborn2002
    Reborn2002

    Excellent post HS!

    Oh what a tangled web they weave... and how quickly the forget the material printed in their OWN literature!

    The end was in 1925!

    Oh wait.. that was 1975!

    NO NO thats still not it..

    but the work was to be completed "in our 20th century!"

    "a few years at most".. they said that DECADES ago.

    Now they are overseeing branch expansion... "as the years go by"

    Two-timing, backstabbing, circular reasoning, deceitful BASTARDS.

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    How nice.All that land,and money to expand the headquaters with.To bad their brothers in poorer countries will never see a dime of all that wealth...OUTLAW

  • The_Bad_Seed
    The_Bad_Seed

    Maybe they can donate some of the 170,000 square feet or the out-of-code extra 30 feet to make a hall in Maputa to take the place of the numerous straw huts that house some 40 congregations apeice.

  • jack2
    jack2

    Funny post HS...and timely! When my kid graduates high school, it looks like she will also be able to attend college before the big A breaks out! Thanks for the tip - I shall now plan accordingly.

  • RunningMan
    RunningMan

    "It also houses the graphic arts headquarters of the organization's Bible-education materials."

    Wow, based on the quality, I thought this function took place in somebody's basement.

  • TheStar
    TheStar

    Great Article HS. I've gone to their website and can not find the article anywhere. http://www.thejournalnews.com/

    I'd like to forward it on, do you have link please?

  • TheStar
    TheStar

    OOOPS! Double clicked.

    Edited by - TheStar on 31 July 2002 13:57:22

  • hillary_step
    hillary_step

    Hello Star,

    Yes it is linked here : http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/011602/16watchtower.html

    It is from the Jul 1st 2002 issue.

    Kind regards - HS

  • zenpunk
    zenpunk

    They're having layoffs yet they're expanding construction all at the same time. Sounds like a big corporation to me....

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