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High Praise for Liberal MPPs for Centennial College Funding Lorenzo and his fellow MPPs received praise in the latest Scarborough Mirror after the announcement of $35 million in funding to help revitalize Centennial College’s Progress Campus. The article, as printed below, can be seen at http://www.insidetoronto.com/article/70005. Centennial College will begin construction on a library and classroom building this summer thanks to funding announced on Friday, May 29. The federal and provincial governments are providing a total of $35 million to the college through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP), to fund a new 104,600-square-foot building at the college’s Progress Campus in Scarborough. The facility will include a full-service library, 22 classrooms, lab space and a large lecture theatre. “It’s wonderful to see our colleges recognized by both Ottawa and Queen’s Park for helping to develop the advanced skills so essential to Canada’s growth,” said Ann Buller, president and CEO of Centennial. The library is part of a $143.5-million rejuvenation for the college, which was built in 1977. The $46-million library project will be funded under KIP with $27.7 million from the provincial government, $7.3 million from the federal government and the remaining $5.8 million contributed by the college. The rest of the cost, approximately $5 million in site planning, had been previously received by Centennial from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. At an event to announce the funding on Friday, Centennial CFO Brad Chapman touted the building as a necessity given that all Centennial campuses are currently at “max capacity.” “The need for a new academic building is long overdue,” Chapman said, calling the facility the “new face” of the college. “Colleges such as Centennial will be responsible for training individuals with the skills needed to compete in this economy.” The Donald Schmidt-designed facility will add about 3,000 student spots to the college’s capacity and also create 450 to 500 jobs in construction and staff. “People out there are saying they need new jobs and retraining,” said Scarborough Southwest MPP Lorenzo Berardinetti. “We want to see Scarborough and Centennial right up there leading the way. Students who attend this facility will not only be more happy, but more skilled, more knowledgeable and more able to compete in a skilled workforce. That’s what we need.” Construction will begin in August, with occupancy slated for September 2011. Construction will also begin this summer on a new athletic and wellness facility as part of the college’s larger rejuvenation plan. It is expected to be completed in fall 2011.

High Praise for Liberal MPPs for Centennial College Funding

Lorenzo and his fellow MPPs received praise in the latest Scarborough Mirror after the announcement of $35 million in funding to help revitalize Centennial College’s Progress Campus.

The article, as printed below, can be seen at http://www.insidetoronto.com/article/70005.

Centennial College will begin construction on a library and classroom building this summer thanks to funding announced on Friday, May 29.

The federal and provincial governments are providing a total of $35 million to the college through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP), to fund a new 104,600-square-foot building at the college’s Progress Campus in Scarborough.

The facility will include a full-service library, 22 classrooms, lab space and a large lecture theatre.

“It’s wonderful to see our colleges recognized by both Ottawa and Queen’s Park for helping to develop the advanced skills so essential to Canada’s growth,” said Ann Buller, president and CEO of Centennial.

The library is part of a $143.5-million rejuvenation for the college, which was built in 1977. The $46-million library project will be funded under KIP with $27.7 million from the provincial government, $7.3 million from the federal government and the remaining $5.8 million contributed by the college. The rest of the cost, approximately $5 million in site planning, had been previously received by Centennial from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

At an event to announce the funding on Friday, Centennial CFO Brad Chapman touted the building as a necessity given that all Centennial campuses are currently at “max capacity.”

“The need for a new academic building is long overdue,” Chapman said, calling the facility the “new face” of the college. “Colleges such as Centennial will be responsible for training individuals with the skills needed to compete in this economy.”

The Donald Schmidt-designed facility will add about 3,000 student spots to the college’s capacity and also create 450 to 500 jobs in construction and staff.

“People out there are saying they need new jobs and retraining,” said Scarborough Southwest MPP Lorenzo Berardinetti.

“We want to see Scarborough and Centennial right up there leading the way. Students who attend this facility will not only be more happy, but more skilled, more knowledgeable and more able to compete in a skilled workforce. That’s what we need.”

Construction will begin in August, with occupancy slated for September 2011.

Construction will also begin this summer on a new athletic and wellness facility as part of the college’s larger rejuvenation plan. It is expected to be completed in fall 2011.

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