Last Updated 07/15/2008 12:32 PM

This page has approximately the past 30 days worth of updates, see Daily Update Archive page for older updates.

08-07-07 Clifton Town Council unanimously approves our plans, next will be the ARB and then to the County of Fairfax.

08-23-07 the ARB met without us and approved our plans!!! we are now 100% ready to submit to the County.

09-06-07 Submitted the plans for review and applied for a permit with the County of Fairfax. Plans will be reviewed next week.

09-14-07 Failed Fairfax County plan review on 15 items, list is here

11-02-07 Both the Architect and Structural Engineer have revised the drawings to stratify the 15 issues the County had. We are working on getting the other information and plan to re-submit plans to the County within two weeks.

12-06-07 The Acacia Foundation, Inc. gets 501(c)(3) tax exempt approval from the IRS

12-12-07 in the news again, White House Chef to hold fundraiser here and museum plans here

12-16-07 We are still working on getting plumbing, electrical and mechanical drawings required by the County of Fairfax.

05-06-08 We are looking for a $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand) low interest loan.

06-05-08 Here is part of the Building Committee Report on the two-year anniversary of the June 2006 flooding, and the state of the Lodge Building..... The plans approved by the Town of Clifton back in August 2007 were only good for six months, and have expired four months ago; we now need to request an extension with the Town of Clifton. The plans have been at the County since September 2007; for nine months now and would have also expired; if a permit had been issued! The building committee could have been ready to resubmit corrected plans to the county for approval and permitting, but has been delaying this because of the six month expiration period and lack of funding. The condition of the Lodge building continues to degrade rapidly every day, the building continues to sink into the ground and lean and tilt due to the failed foundation supports. This stress is causing other significant damage to other parts of the building. In order to proceed with the past two-years of hard work and money already put in to this project, the Will of the Lodge and the duties I have been assigned in repair the building, I employ the Lodge to expedite acquiring the needed funds of approximately $80,000. Due to the Lodges inability to raise the required funds in a timely manner, all building committee work has been put on hold. For any hope in proceeding with the building repairs; the committee is now dependent on the actions of the Lodge officers.

06-11-08 Request for donation letter mailed to all 314 Lodges in Virginia on 06-11-08 here Also published in the Virginia Masonic Herald and mailed to 36,000 subscribers the same week, pages 1 and 21 here

06-23-08 replaced key type deadbolt lock with electronic combination deadbolt lock

07-12-08 in preparation of lifting the Lodge, all the contents of the Lodge as been moved to storage.

here are some updated, better pictures of the support beams

the floor joist running front to back all seem to be in rather good condition  

the above pictures show how the main support beam in the front of the Lodge as totally rotted away. no wonder the building is sinking more and more every day.

This is the beam on the backside of the Lodge, it is in much better condition then the front, you can see how all outer support beans are support by flag stone stacked up.

07-13-08 pictures of the empty Lodge.

07-14-08 I meet with the house mover and foundation people today at noon. We are asking why structural engineer has a large steel beam under the floor at 44' and one ton, costs over $2,200 that we do not need. The building can also be lifted without repairing the sill beam in the front.

I also put a sign of the door about our new meeting day and location

I am not sure why the Town of Clifton has put metal tags on all the tress around the Lodge and across the creek with numbers on them, why would you number all the trees??

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