Initial claim by Blog in commentary that College would pay $200,000 and Foundation a portion of $700,000 donated funds it was receiving from unnamed source was incorrect.
In the Blog Commentary of Friday, April 10 the author of the commentary (me) incorrectly stated the total cost of the soccer (multi-use) field the Community College is now building on the Prescott Campus. The information received by the Blog, which it believes is correct, is that the Community College Foundation will pay $200,000 toward construction of the facility and the College will pay its staff for working on the project. (There is no indication of how much staff time is associated with the project.)
The $200,000 is a part of a $700,000 donation to the Foundation from a so-far unnamed source. Of that $700,000, $500,000 is going to pay for a “Technical Theater Building” on the Prescott Campus and $200,000 for building the soccer (multi-use) field.
It should be noted that the Governing Board has not finalized approval of the project, although the absence of discussion about the project at April’s budget portion of the meeting strongly suggested there was no disagreement among its members about the project. The final vote on the Budget that includes the soccer (multi-use) field comes next month where the Blog expects final approval.
The Blog apologizes for the error.