(Estherville)– A groundbreaking ceremony was held today (Thursday) for a 6,200 square foot expansion of Iowa Lakes Community College’s Sustainable Energy Education Center/Wind Energy Building.
Christensen Construction of Estherivlle is the general contractor on the project, which has a price tag of just over 550-thousand dollars.
The addition will be built to the east and south of the current facility located on Seventh Avenue South.
College President Valerie Newhouse said the new addition will serve as a model for consumers and industry plus allow Iowa Lakes to accept 32 additional freshmen students into the ever-popular program for a total of 102 new students this fall.
The project is slated for completion by this coming September 1st.
It was announced at today’s (Thurs.) ceremony a 100-thousand dollar grant has been awarded for the project by the Edison Mission Group. Company CEO Ron Litzinger was a keynote speaker at the event.
The groundbreaking was held in conjunction with Iowa Lakes Community College hosting the second annual conference of the Iowa Wind Energy Association.
