Hello again, everyone! Contrary to what I had asserted, we got a major temple construction announcement today: official details for the Charlotte North Carolina Temple. This post will be updated with details later this afternoon. My thanks once again to you all.
(Added at 2:45 PM) I am back to provide a more detailed analysis of today's announcement. First, the Church News has also covered this announcement is significant, as the Charlotte North Carolina Temple was just announced 8 weeks ago in General Conference. The single-story edifice of 30,000 square feet will rise at 345 Providence Rd. S, in Weddington, North Carolina, on a 5.9-acre site. Given the size, it would not shock me if precast concrete panels were used to build this temple.
There is no exterior rendering yet, nor has a groundbreaking been set. But if the Church has sufficient approvals for this temple to announce a site so soon after its' announcement, we might see quick action taken on this temple. Obviously, I was also not expecting any temple announcement today. So it begs the question: was this announcement made today because yesterday was Memorial Day in the United States, or is Tuesday now going to be the standard day on which major temple construction announcements are made?
Stay tuned for more on that as I figure it out. In any case, I am grateful for today's announcement and to have been able to pass it along to you all here. My assumption is that opening arrangements for the Orem Utah Temple could be released next week, with arrangements for the Red Cliffs Utah Temple being released either at the same time or a week or two later, with Lima Peru Los Olivos potentially following either in one or two weeks as well.
I continue to monitor all Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples updates and will bring word of those to you all here as I become aware of them. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines.
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