From 1999 to 2007, we have completed renovations of our church, parish hall and rectory. These were possible from savings and donations.  We did not have a Capital Campaign.   Major items include:

• Put new roofs on each building.
• Tuck pointed and sealed the bricks on all buildings.
• Put all the utilities underground on the property.
• Landscaped the entire block – designed around a new plaza between the buildings.
• Installed irrigation system.
• Installed a bird abatement system for the building roofs.
• Replaced broken sidewalks around the buildings.
• Fenced around the 2/3of the perimeter of the buildings.
• Installed new heating systems (with air conditioning) in the church and rectory.
• Removed 14 Stained Glass Windows, then restored and reinstalled them with new storm windows and wood trim.
• Renovated 3 floors of the rectory—new bathrooms, flooring – new carpet or restored hardwood, paint, window coverings and furnishing.
• Refinished the rectory doors and added a safety gate.
• Improved the archive room in the rectory. 
• Renovated the floors and rooms of both levels of the hall and installed a sink on the second floor.
• Removed asbestos in the hall and rectory.
• Had a new cross designed and installed on the spire of the church.
• Commissioned and installed a statue of Our Lady of Vancouver on the newly designed Plaza.
• Repaved and striped our parking lot
• Finished the basement rooms of the rectory so they can be used for offices and volunteer work as well as clean laundry room and work spaces.
• Installed listening devices for the handicapped in the church.
• Installed a new sound system and removed the unsightly old one.
• Installed computers and internet for all employees.
• Set up the hall to accommodate 9 classrooms with moveable walls and classroom amenities.
• Restructured the administration of St. James Acre Cemetery and celebrated its renaming:  Mother Joseph Catholic Cemetery of Vancouver.
• Installed new signage and lighted landscaping at the cemetery
• Installed a columbarium and purchased more property.