Tapestry Friday Update: Week 40

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 40

Hello, CLDI friends and family, Things continue to move at a steady pace at Tapestry. On our 3rd floor, we are finishing taping and will begin priming and painting next week. The 2nd floor is continuing to drywall. The 1st floor has inspection and then pre-rock...

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 39

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 39

Hello, CLDI friends & family, Progress continues at Tapestry, with the feeder wire being installed this week. The feeder wire is the main power that goes into each of our 27 units. From the outside, our steel siding continues to be installed and will be ongoing...

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 37

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 37

Hello, CLDI friends and family, We have moved down to the 2nd-floor to continue insulating and sheet rocking and to the 1st-floor to finish the electrical. The outside metal siding has officially started; beginning this week and continuing into next week, we will work...

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 36

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 36

Hello CLDI friends, The outside of Tapestry is coming together, with the CMU (Concrete Masonry Units) surrounding the bottom half of the building being completed alongside a beautiful CMU entryway into the building. Next week the black and gray steel siding will go up...

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 31

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 31

Hello friends. We trust you all had a fun, safe, and enjoyable 4th of July celebration. The Langlas crew continues to progress with the Tapestry building project. In the next couple of weeks we anticipate the exterior siding to be finished up (minus the metal siding),...

No. 6: Culture Making

No. 6: Culture Making

Dear CLDI Family and Friends, As I have been reading Andy Crouch's remarkable book, Culture Making, one particular thought has deeply resonated with me. Crouch beautifully portrays disciplines as these unassuming and inconspicuous practices. He says they go unnoticed,...

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 29

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 29

Friends of CLDI, Can you believe it is already the 29th week since we started construction?! For those of us in Billings, Montana, we have been blessed with an amazing summer. Lots of rain to keep everything green, blue skies, sunshine, and cool weather. Amazing! We...

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 28

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 28

Hello friends! I hope that you are having a great week! We are thrilled to share that the roofers began roofing this Tuesday, and it will be substantially completed by the end of the day! This allows us to stay on track and continue our work. Similarly, our...

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 27

Tapestry Friday Update: Week 27

Hello friends! I hope that you are having a great week. Wow, who knew Billings could receive that amount of rain from one storm? For those of you in Billings, we hope you didn't have too much damage from any flooding, if any at all. Thankfully. CLDI faired well, with...