Regional Office Transition - January 28-February 1

Over the last five months, we've been looking into the possibility of moving the Regional Office. With most of the staff being deployed and coming to the Regional office occasionally, we need less space. If you have stopped by 9260 Alcosta Blvd, C-18, you may have noticed clutter and the lack of hospitable entry and gathering space. You may have had the experience of walking through the work space to get to the conference/storage space or noted that the one way in and out puts staff at risk in the case of a fire. All reasons to consider a move.

We utilized some of the work done by a previous committee about 8 or so years ago as we explored a church possibility and looked at space within our present office building. In August, a space that was explored by Ben and team, but rented before the Region could sign a lease, came open. Much work has been done to negotiate the change, find a contractor, get permits and begin reconfiguring the space to meet our needs. We will have a reception area, a kitchen, a bathroom, three offices, a conference room and a work/storage room. We have signed a lease that saves approximately $700 a month/$8,000 a year in rent. Permits took a while, so we were hesitant to share the news with the larger CCNC-N community because we were waiting to be certain. The contractor began work last week. He will finish in time for us to move at the end of the month.

Now we can share our news and ask for your aid and assistance.

• The office will be focused on moving on the following days, January 28-January 31. Official Moving Day: February 1, 8 AM. We will move across the hall to suite C-22. We need hands and bodies, hand trucks and smiling faces to help us. Please e-mail or call (925-556-9900) the Regional office to sign-up to help.
• Moving Preparation Assistance is needed earlier in the week on January 29-31 to help sort, box and begin moving items. PLEASE note: the office will be open, but staff will be working to prepare for the move and will not be as readily available as usual.
• Wish list: Some new office furniture is needed to fit into the new space.  If you wish to be a part of helping with the wish list, contributions can be earmarked for office project:
• Staff office desk
• File cabinets for staff office  
• Bookkeeper/volunteer desk
• File cabinets for bookkeeper/volunteer office
• Reception area desk
• Cabinets for the conference room
• Cabinets for the work room