The Sacred Grove in Palmyra, NY question

[nuclearfuels]

Long shot here but - 

1. Do any of you know the Church staff who's overseeing the Sacred Grove VC renovation? It's closed until Spring '25. If we as a community don't know who that is, how can we find out?

2. Same question as 1 but about the construction / renovation contractor

[Calm]

I don’t and have no clue about how to unless there is advertising online about it or a church newsroom announcement that happened like with City Creek.  Have you done and searching online for news articles?

Something else that occurred to me is go on the FB relevant sites and find a post discussing it and ask for more details.  If you are lucky someone from the Church will provide the info and if not, maybe someone from the area might know.

Maybe this one profile has something on it.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/churchofjesuschristnewsroom/permalink/1298764510878288/?

Oh another idea….look up images and see if there are any that have a shot of the construction sign as that has the company info on it usually.

Edited November 14, 2024 by Calm

[Calm]

Contact number for non journalist questions for the newsroom is here

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/contact

Try calling them and asking

Edited November 14, 2024 by Calm

[Calm]

And last….contact number for the site itself. 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/locations/sacred-grove?lang=eng

If they are closed, you could try one of the nearby sites.

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/historic-sites/new-york/pennsylvania/what-to-expect-when-you-visit-the-church-historic-sites-in-new-york-and-pennsylvania?lang=eng

[CV75]

6 hours ago, nuclearfuels said:

Long shot here but - 

1. Do any of you know the Church staff who's overseeing the Sacred Grove VC renovation? It's closed until Spring '25. If we as a community don't know who that is, how can we find out?

2. Same question as 1 but about the construction / renovation contractor

Time to put on your gumshoe hat:

Perhaps the Church Historian and Recorder Office (Church History Library, (801) 240-2745:  https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-curtis-hill-cumorah-preservation and https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/landing/church-history-library?lang=eng&y_source=1_MzA1ODU2NzAtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D 

Or the Mormon History Association: https://www.thechurchnews.com/2021/6/11/23217746/plans-to-rehabilitate-hill-cumorah-elder-curtis/

 

[blackstrap]

Just curious, but why does it matter ?

[Buckeye]

Pro tip to any parents out there visiting Cumorah with your kids. Don’t let them bring shovels for a treasure hunt. The visitor center missionaries will not be happy. 

[Teancum]

On 11/14/2024 at 9:33 AM, nuclearfuels said:

Long shot here but - 

1. Do any of you know the Church staff who's overseeing the Sacred Grove VC renovation? It's closed until Spring '25. If we as a community don't know who that is, how can we find out?

2. Same question as 1 but about the construction / renovation contractor

I live in Palmyra NY and I can check. Oddly enough, but maybe not, I was not even aware of this and I ride my bike along Stafford Road and the Grove quite often. I have not noticed it was closed. But  the public road is not near the grove entrance anymore like it used to be.

[CV75]

On 11/14/2024 at 4:28 PM, blackstrap said:

Just curious, but why does it matter ?

Because I have it on good authority I was the low bidder and plan on suing.

Edited November 15, 2024 by CV75

[blackstrap]

1 hour ago, CV75 said:

I was the low bidder

You may have a case , but most " call for bids " documents have a disclaimer that " lowest bid not necessarily accepted " , or something like that .

[CV75]

1 hour ago, blackstrap said:

You may have a case , but most " call for bids " documents have a disclaimer that " lowest bid not necessarily accepted " , or something like that .

This one didn't  

[Kenngo1969]

On 11/15/2024 at 2:05 PM, Teancum said:

I live in Palmyra NY and I can check. Oddly enough, but maybe not, I was not even aware of this and I ride my bike along Stafford Road and the Grove quite often. I have not noticed it was closed. But  the public road is not near the grove entrance anymore like it used to be.

Sounds like a fun ride.  

[Kenngo1969]

I think some here might find this, although it is not terribly recent, to be of interest.  Because of that lack of recency, I'm not sure how many people named herein, still, are part of what's happening in the Grove, but I do think it's interesting.

For what it's worth.