City council approves plans for science center at MCC
McHenry County College (MCC), a junior college in Crystal Lake, won unanimous approval from the city council to go ahead with its science center, which is projected to cost $16.8m.
In a presentation to the council before the vote, Robert Tenuta, the Chief Financial Officer of MCC, said the center was necessary because it would upgrade all the science facilities at the school. The building will be two stories high, and comprise 31,670 square feet. Plans are to site it on the MCC campus in Crystal Lake, next to Building E. It will offer not only science laboratories, but also a planetarium, prep rooms, a resource lab for students, a lecture hall, and cadaver rooms.
Construction should begin this year, with completion slated for 2018. In September, MCC announced that Charles and Mary Liebman had given the college a sizable gift that would help kickoff the fundraising effort on behalf of the project.
The project meets all of Crystal Lake's requirements for building in its proposed location. There is no additional parking planned, which also pleased the council members, since this means there should be no traffic problems. In addition, the council agreed to change some of the provisions of its sign plan so that the college could post new signs to make it easy to find the building.
Institutions like this can benefit by creating brochures highlighting the advantages of attending the school.
In a presentation to the council before the vote, Robert Tenuta, the Chief Financial Officer of MCC, said the center was necessary because it would upgrade all the science facilities at the school. The building will be two stories high, and comprise 31,670 square feet. Plans are to site it on the MCC campus in Crystal Lake, next to Building E. It will offer not only science laboratories, but also a planetarium, prep rooms, a resource lab for students, a lecture hall, and cadaver rooms.
Construction should begin this year, with completion slated for 2018. In September, MCC announced that Charles and Mary Liebman had given the college a sizable gift that would help kickoff the fundraising effort on behalf of the project.
The project meets all of Crystal Lake's requirements for building in its proposed location. There is no additional parking planned, which also pleased the council members, since this means there should be no traffic problems. In addition, the council agreed to change some of the provisions of its sign plan so that the college could post new signs to make it easy to find the building.
Institutions like this can benefit by creating brochures highlighting the advantages of attending the school.