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Orchard Mall. W. Bloomfield. 851-5566
new mikvah. Planning has begun for
a new playing field on land behind
Temple Emanu-El, east of JPM.
"We've had surveyors looking at
the land and trying to see what needs
to •be done to it," Bash said. The
land, leased to JPM, will have a soft-
ball field with room to be configured
for soccer.
"We didn't realize that it takes
almost a year to develop a field,"
Bash said. "Hopefully, they will hold
ith a $25 million capital
and endowment cam-
paign under way, the
Kahn Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield is getting lots of attention.
But the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building in Oak Park will benefit as
well.
On Monday,
the gym will be
closed for a
month to begin a
$250,000, two-
year renovation
at JPM. The
kitchen, outdoor
athletic field and
the facade of the
old part of the
building will also
be changed over
the next two
years.
"The gym
floor sustained
damage when
The front of the JPM building will be refaced.
pipes burst and
leaked onto the
floor," said JPM
off on the mikvah until camp ends."
Managing Director Leslie Bash. "We
Another goal for the JPM is level-
were hoping not to have to replace the
whole floor, but the damage was worse ing land behind the Center that sep-
arates it from Rothstein Park, which
than we thought."
is built over 1-696. It would be used
Repainting of the gym and the
as additional play space for day
installation of a new lighting system
campers and other activities, but may
will precede the new floor.
also have a pavilion and a place for
The kitchen also will be upgraded
sand volleyball.
with industrial stoves, ovens and
Other renovations will include the
freezers. It also will be kosher, under
replacement of windows, and refac-
the supervision of the Council of
Orthodox Rabbis (Vaad Harabonim). ing of the old part of the building so
that it looks like the new section,
"It's always been a dairy kitchen
built four-and-a-half years ago.
and has been kosher, but never
That project brought the addition to
supervised," Bash said. "With better
of a pool and enhanced athletic facil-
equipment, we can have caterers
bring food in for parties, and for the . ities.
"We were hoping to attract a new
future of the building, the kitchen
constituency by renovating," Bash
was something we needed to invest
said. "The average age is getting
in."
younger,
and we've grown to at least
The athletic field west of the
1,700 general members." CI
building, used by summer day
campers, will eventually be used for a
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