In 2002, Appleton Alliance Church purchased sixty acres of prime land along USH 41 for the purpose of constructing a first phase 120,000-sq. ft. church building. The intent is to undertake two additional phases over the next ten years with a permanent sanctuary, more classroom space, and athletic facilities. At the same time, Casaloma Properties, a local developer group, purchased 120 acres of land directly north of the church to develop a mixed-use housing project.

Both entities hired Martenson & Eisele to do an environmental assessment, prepare a master plan for the church, residential subdivision, and major roadway (Grand Chute Boulevard) that had to be extended from a county highway west to meet up with a town road. The church sold off fifteen acres of land and the future right of way of the major road to Casaloma Properties. The fifteen acres is now becoming a condominium plat designed and engineered by Martenson & Eisele. A trail system was also designed to run through the church property, the residential subdivision, and beyond to a nature preserve.

Challenging aspects in this project were designing a major road artery that could meet the needs of heavy church traffic at peak times, connect to the streets in the subdivision, and act as a major town collector road from areas beyond this development. The Town's Land Use Plan called for a public park in this area and the church's plan was to have athletic fields and children's play area next to the church for their use and also the public's use. This provided the park needs of the Town and worked in to the residential plans of Casaloma Properties. A second area of cooperation was in surface water control. The church agreed to locate and build the detention basins on their land if Casaloma Properties would build Grand Chute Boulevard (the major road). Coordination between the church development team and Casaloma Properties was on going during the development process. Other issues that had to be addressed were the ability to work with relatively flat topography to design a drainage plan and detention ponds to meet codes, noise issues from nearyby USH 41, and obtain a wetland road crossing from the DNR and County.