While the focus of the Nov. 3 election will be on the races for general offices, one needs only to flip over the new ballot to face some spending issues that will have a substantial impact on many of our state’s institutions and its infrastructure. Among them is bond issue #2, a $20.99 million bond that would improve facilities at the state-run colleges and university.
This is a continuation of a rehabilitation program for buildings on our college campuses that had been neglected for years and that are now in need of some major overhaul. We believe all of the projects included in this bond issue are necessary and deserve our support. In short here’s what the bond money will do:
The Most Undervalued Asset in Business: The Right Connection
By Emilio DiSpirito IV License Partner | Private Office Advisor Engel & Volkers Oceanside www.DiSpiritoteam.com…
Learn More
- URI: $5.06 million for rehabilitation of Independence Hall, a 38-year-old building that houses the university’s largest complement of general assignment classrooms. Another $4.98 million for rehabilitation of Lippitt Hall, a 36,852 square foot, three-story granite building on the URI Quadrangle that was built in 1897. The building now houses the university’s honors program, Department of Resource Economics, and a portion of the university’s computer center.
- RIC: $4.3 million will be used for the adaptive reuse of former Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) buildings on the East campus. The development of the East Campus will relieve overcrowding on RIC’s main campus.
- CCRI: $6.65 million for an addition to the Providence campus, adding lecture and laboratory classrooms, academic offices, additional parking and an on-site day care center. Most impressive is that the additions will allow for an expansion of students, many of whom need of day-care facilities and who otherwise would not have the opportunity for higher education.
