MSU is planning another development. This time it is an indoor gun/archery range. The range will be one of the best shooting sports facilities in North America and one of the largest indoor facilities in the Midwest. This may draw some more tourism. The bad part, the location: Jolly and College Rd. The cost: $3.5 million.
I'd noticed that they had been working in that area recently. I think that they were maybe putting in sewers, if I remember right. Sounds like a good thing to me!
The MSU Board of Trustees has approved a $13.3 million dollar recycling center and surplus store. Expected completion is July 2009. It would be located on 9 acres along Farm Lane.
I saw that too. I wonder if it's the land across the street from the commuter lot. There wasn't any additional info about the location in the article I read.
Even though they cut through that with a few roads, I thought that stretch was also a protected woodlot (it had a name, though I don't remember what it is). That's why I was thinking it would be past the railroad tracks. Don't know though.
Speaking about last in the Big Ten, it'd be nice to see the pool inside IM West replaced. I don't know why this came to mind on such a cold day. It's way behind most of the other schools. EMU has a much nicer pool, as well as a lot of high schools. It seems like a shame to me.
New news on the "New Life for Old College Field" project. The State News is saying that there's enough money to build the new soccer field, which they want to complete over this coming summer. They also have enough money for a batting practice area for the baseball team, but they're WAY short (have only $2.1 mil.) of the $8 mil. needed for the new baseball stadium. They're trying to raise the money through the Ralph Young Fund, but this project has been around for quite a while, so you've gotta wonder if they'll ever get the requisite amount needed to start this baby up.
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The expansion is the glass enclosure in the front of the building.
Here is a couple pictures:
Image 1
Image 2
More information can be found at the Shooting Sports, Education & Training Center website.
Edit: Changed images to links because their dimensions are huge.