College of the Redwoods held groundbreaking event for new Creative Arts building

EUREKA, Calif.(KIEM)- College of the Redwoods held a groundbreaking event that would start a new 28 million dollar project to replace the current Creative Arts Building constructed in 1974.

 The new building follows the same 29 thousand square foot plan but will allow the college to make several environmental and instructional upgrades to the learning environment.

“This has just been a wonderful opportunity. We have planned for this creative art building for about four years and are trying to ensure we have the old creative arts building that has seen the end of its lifetime. So what we are doing with this new building is having state of the art classrooms, state of the art equipment, and giving are faculty all the tools they need to make sure all of our students have a great educational experience,” said Keith Flamer, President of College of the Redwoods.

The state funded the project with the money awarded by Prop 51 that passed in 2016.

Prop 51 allowed  $9 billion in bonds to fund the construction and improvement of K-12 and community college facilities.

The new Creative Arts project is planned to be done by July of 2023; College of the Redwoods also plans a second groundbreaking project of their P.E. complex that is intended to be worked on at the same time as the construction of the new creative arts building.