{"id":4423,"date":"2014-03-25T19:41:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T23:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=4423"},"modified":"2014-03-25T19:44:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T23:44:52","slug":"building-trinitys-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2014\/03\/building-trinitys-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Trinity’s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Untitled-1\"<\/a>Illustration of the front of the New Trinity Academic<\/strong><\/em> Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exciting news!<\/em>\u00a0 Groundbreaking<\/strong> is set for the new Trinity Academic Center on Saturday, May 31 at 10 am<\/strong>.\u00a0 This wonderful moment — taking place when our graduates are here for Alumnae Reunion and also welcoming, students, faculty and staff to share in the celebration — will be a gigantic step forward in ensuring Trinity’s future.<\/p>\n

At a hearing earlier this week, the D.C. Zoning Commission approved the project, an essential step in moving ahead with plans for groundbreaking.\u00a0 The Zoning Commission expressed great respect for Trinity and our remarkable mission today, and through their action they supported Trinity’s vision to ensure ongoing academic quality and excellence through these new laboratories and classrooms.<\/p>\n

Planning for the new academic center has occurred over much of the last decade, about as far back as the day the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports opened its doors in 2003.\u00a0 In the intervening years, our eagerness to create a beautiful new laboratory and classroom building slowed in the financial reality of the recession, and the many other needs of our campus.\u00a0 But in 2010, with Trinity’s financial strength growing along with enrollment, the Board of Trustees approved the start of the “concept design” process that gave us ideas to take to donors.<\/p>\n

\"Better<\/a>Illustration of the Franklin Street View of the Academic Center<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Many generous alumnae and benefactors stepped forward to support this very significant project, and last summer, as previously announced, Joan Payden ’53 contributed $10 million to propel the project from desire to reality, and the campaign now tops $20 million.<\/p>\n

With that support, we were able to assemble the project team.\u00a0 We retained a wonderful design\/build team including Clark Construction and EYP Architects to create the specific building design, and with the help of a firm called PFM our financial team began the very serious work of developing the financial plan for this $40 million project.\u00a0 At the same time, our legal team at the firm Goulston Storrs tackled the legal preparation for the project, and partners at Jones Lang LaSalle provide great project management expertise for this effort.<\/p>\n

\"Entrance<\/a>We now have a building design and floor plans to share with students, faculty and staff, and so in the next several weeks I will be announcing a series of meetings to review the details with all members of the campus community.\u00a0 Watch your email for my announcement of the meeting opportunities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Tiered<\/a>Key features of the new Trinity Academic Center:<\/p>\n