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There is land excavating and lots of fencing around the Farm and Shaw site. <--Multi-Cultural Center is being built there.
I was wondering what is going on in front of the MSU Auditorium, lots of digging there too. <-- If I were to guess that's part of the reconstruction process for the Farm Lane bridge.
It is a stupid decision NOT to include a swimming pool in the new IM / Rec Center. There is virtually no aquatics opportunities for any student at the university now.
Thanks for the information, I am looking forward to watching these projects being built. BTW campus was really beautiful these past days with many trees and flowers blooming. The flowering trees in front of Dem. Hall framing Sparty are extra pretty this season, that was very nice of Mother Nature. There is a plaque in the garden honoring Dr Beal for his contributions to corn breeding, noting he was the first person to discover how to create a better ear of corn through cross breeding. Today there is a placard noting that it was the Native Americans who first created better corn crops from a little wild grass plant perhaps a thousand years before Dr. Beal did his research. I was very happy to see this little bit of our history corrected while still honoring Dr. Beal for his work.
Sounds like there's a decent chance that new pool, along with a reinstated swim/dive team, becomes an official part of the new IM plan by the time it breaks ground:
...And yet another large new building proposed out at MSU, this one a health education building in the south academic district. Fee Hall will finally be demolished as part of this plan, something is mentioned about a 10 year $119 million capital renewal, I'm not sure what that's referring to. There's a bit more info and a conceptual rendering of a five floor building with an annex in the pdf:
Yeah, you have the right area. It doesn't say a specific site, I'm not sure if that's decided yet.
EDIT: The south academic district generally is the area south of the CN RR tracks near Hagadorn including the medical buildings and the single story engineering buildings to the south. They have plans to build out the streets around there, curve Bogue around to Woodlot and create a through street to Hagadorn and another running south to Mt Hope. There will probably be a lot more going on over this way in the coming years.
I was happy to see this story. It seems like MSU is just waiting for someone to pay for a pool, which is OK, but it seems odd for some reason, maybe this gift will help get a proper pool for the many uses it could have.
@hood yea, I hope so... the exclusion of an aquatics facility with the new IM building just seems really stupid. Literally, stupid. Right now, IM circle is the only place you can swim I believe. I think they'll need more than $6.5M, though. Something like this IMO would cost $15-$20MM, or even more, if you want to do it right.
MSU BOT meeting this Friday. Here is agenda: https://trustees.msu.edu/meetings/2023-04-21-meeting.html
These meetings typically always include approval to plan or start construction on infrastructure. The agenda sometimes changes day of, as well.
Here's a new master plan presentation packet, I think this is the result of the meetings from this month. There's a lot more detail in general but one thing I really like is the concept to pedestrianize most of Red Cedar Rd and create a landscaped plaza. It says this is a long term goal but I hope they pursue it sooner rather than later.
This looks like a very ambitious plan. I like the greenways planned. I am sure this is not part of this plan, but I noticed a line of posts [wooden signposts?] placed along the river starting behind the Kresge Art Center going down to Bogue Street. Perhaps it is an art installation, or for a nature trail.
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There is land excavating and lots of fencing around the Farm and Shaw site. <--Multi-Cultural Center is being built there.
I was wondering what is going on in front of the MSU Auditorium, lots of digging there too. <-- If I were to guess that's part of the reconstruction process for the Farm Lane bridge.
It is a stupid decision NOT to include a swimming pool in the new IM / Rec Center. There is virtually no aquatics opportunities for any student at the university now.
https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/brighton/2023/04/17/woman-with-brighton-ties-makes-500k-pledge-to-msu-in-husbands-memory/70121092007/?fbclid=IwAR1Ca3hY1VuoUb8KpA9ZlCCt_AdPI2zggpLj-RXYrUh9JmVE2cv788NR2Yk
https://trustees.msu.edu/meetings/documents/2023/BF7-Auth to plan Health education bldg.pdf
EDIT: The south academic district generally is the area south of the CN RR tracks near Hagadorn including the medical buildings and the single story engineering buildings to the south. They have plans to build out the streets around there, curve Bogue around to Woodlot and create a through street to Hagadorn and another running south to Mt Hope. There will probably be a lot more going on over this way in the coming years.
These meetings typically always include approval to plan or start construction on infrastructure. The agenda sometimes changes day of, as well.
https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/michigan-state-28019.appspot.com/o/20230426_Draft Final Recommendations.pdf?alt=media&token=d066011e-c827-4cd3-9b23-f45565b331fa