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Although the planning phase is fluid and ever-changing, our goal remains constant to expand our facility so that we can more than triple program space to expand our already existing wide range of programs, services and resources.  Our goal is to create a warm and flexible space that will allow ESC to improve our programming and provide a variety of activities at any given time.

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Due to increases in construction costs we have needed to re-think this project in order to best meet the needs of the organization.  We have increased the budget from $4.2 million to a final budget of $7.5 million.  We are pleased to report that we have received a state grant of $1,000,000 towards the project.  Special thanks to State Senator Sean McCann and State Representive Julie Rogers for their continued support and advocacy.  

 

With much gratitude, we are thankful for the generous support we have received from the community to secure nearly $7 million toward the project.  As we get closer to finalizing the overall design, we are anticipating that we may need to have a portion of the building left unfinished in order to meet the increased cost of construction.  We are anticipating that after the dust settles that the real costs of this project will reach $7.5 million.  As a result, we plan to continue to fundraise and need your help to get us to the finish line as we raise the remaining $700,000 for this project.  

 

Due to the poor condition of the building, we plan on a demolition of our current facility and build new construction on the same site that will be approximately 16,000 sq. ft. with two floors.  

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Pre-construction will continue through December 2024 as we complete the design, demolition and environmental studies.  ESC plans to temporarily relocate it's programming starting January 1, 2025 while the project is underway.  Our plan is to start construction in the spring of 2025 with a completion date of late summer 2026.  

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We are getting close to finalizing the new drawings and we will post them below soon.  We continue to combine our desired outcome from the list below of our previous plans for renovation and new construction plans.​​

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