1912 Center: Phase II grand opening

["Kenton Bird" <kentonbird@hotmail.com>]

Visionaries:
If you haven't yet had a chance to see the inside of the 1912 Center, please 
consider attending this event on Saturday.
--Kenton
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Idaho Lt. Gov. Jack Riggs of Coeur d’Alene will join Moscow Mayor Marshall 
Comstock and other dignitaries for the opening of Phase
II of the 1912 Center on Saturday, June 1, at 10 a.m.

Riggs will cut a ribbon to celebrate completion of the $557,000
project.  Representatives of senior citizens and adults with
developmental disabilities – both of whom  have centers in the building – 
will assist him. Tours, displays and demonstrations will follow the brief 
dedication ceremony.

The Latah County Old-Time Fiddlers will play at 10:30 a.m. in the Great 
Room.  The program is free and open to the public.

The Senior Center, operated by the Retired Senior Volunteer Program
(RSVP), will be open Monday through Friday from 9 to 4 p.m. “This is
first for Moscow – to have a senior center that is more than just a meal 
site,” said Duane LeTourneau, chair of the mayor’s task force on the 1912 
Center.  The Friendly Neighbors senior citizen group sponsors
lunches twice a week in the building’s Great Room.

Friendship Hall, operated by Arc of Latah County, is envisioned as a
place for persons with developmental disabilities to socialize with
friends, participate in lessons and training, and meet for lunch and
dinner.  An art show and weaving demonstrations will illustrate the
center’s theme “Weaving Dreams Into Reality.”

The project renovated two former classrooms at the east end of the
building’s ground floor.  It was partially funded by a $223,000
community development block grant for the Idaho Department of Commerce.

The state grant was matched by $334,375 in private donations, including a 
$100,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Trust of Vancouver, Wash.  The grant 
also contained money for a four-stop elevator to provide access to the 
entire building.  The two facilities are served by a ground-level entrance 
ramp and four nearby reserved parking spaces.

Design West of Pullman was the architect and Brown Construction and
Development of Spokane was the general contractor.

Phase I of the center opened last October.  It includes a large meeting 
room, a commercial-sized kitchen and restrooms on the ground floor, and a 
plaza on the building’s south side.

The city is developing the 1912 Center in a building that served as
Moscow’s high school from 1912 to 1939.  It later was used for school
administrative offices and a warehouse.  Using private donations, the
city purchased the building in 1997 from the Moscow School District.

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For more information about Friendship Hall, contact Carol Cloud at 
(208)882-5094 or Nancy Johansen at (208) 883-1469.
For more information about the Senior Center, contact Ronne Wegman at
(208) 882-5254.





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