Carver redeems school construction bonds, saves $170K
The bottom line is that the town saved $172,319. The rest is almost immaterial. But here鈥檚 a relatively simplified explanation.
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$61 Million Recreation Center Opens at CSU Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. — By the time you read this, thousands of California State University, Long Beach students will have already explored and used the school’s new Student Recreation and Wellness Center, a $61 million, 126,000-square-foot facility that opened its doors Sept. 20 after a year and a half of construction.
Inside the student-fee funded SRWC, students, faculty, alumni, and family members can scale a rock-climbing wall, play racquetball and basketball on designated courts for each, or dine in at the Fresh Foods Café Express.
Read More $61 Million Recreation Center Opens at CSU Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. — By the time you read this, thousands of California State University, Long Beach students will have already explored and used the school’s new Student Recreation and Wellness Center, a $61 million, 126,000-square-foot facility that opened its doors Sept. 20 after a year and a half of construction.
Inside the student-fee funded SRWC, students, faculty, alumni, and family members can scale a rock-climbing wall, play racquetball and basketball on designated courts for each, or dine in at the Fresh Foods Café Express.
Read More Des Moines District to Fund Deferred Projects
DES MOINES, Iowa — Twenty-four Des Moines-area schools that missed out on approximately $290 million in building improvements over the last 10 years will be the first to receive part of $112.5 million Des Moines Public Schools hopes to collect in the next five years thanks to a statewide one-cent sales tax enacted last July, district officials said.
The statewide tax replaced a local option sales tax. Under the local option tax, the Des Moines district upgraded 31 elementary, middle, and high schools.
Read More Construction officials face the School BoardBoard members
After the many concerns about the high school construction project that were expressed at the Sept. 13 Nevada School Board meeting, this past Monday鈥檚 meeting was a much calmer affair as construction officials came face to face with members of the school board.
Arizona Rec Center Awarded LEED Platinum
TUCSON, Ariz. — A recently expanded recreation center at the University of Arizona was awarded LEED Platinum certification. Designed by architectural firm Sasaki in partnership with M3 Engineering out of Tucson — and originally targeting LEED Silver — the completed project integrates passive solar, programmed outdoor space, daylighting strategies and indoor environmental quality as fundamentals of the building, according to reports.
15 Tenn. communities to get construction loans
Fifteen Tennessee communities will receive loans for new construction projects through the state’s Qualified School Construction Bond program with no net interest costs.
Loans will be available for new school construction projects
Fifteen Tennessee communities will receive loans for new construction projects through the state’s Qualified School Construction Bond program with no net interest costs.
Times Watchdog Report: Doug Martinson Jr. brought home bricks and mortar
Over the last eight years, since Martinson joined the board, District 2 in east Huntsville has received the lion’s share of money for new school construction, roughly 10 times more than south Huntsvile. Martinson is stepping down in November.
Tupelo school system receives construction bond
TUPELO – The Tupelo Public School District received another $3 million low-interest bond that can be used for school construction. The Qualified School Construction Bond is part of the federal stimulus act.