UA trustees give approval for new dorm
New unit to cost $22 million on Math, Sciences campus
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Trustees for the University of Arkansas System approved a plan Friday for a specialty high school in Hot Springs to move forward on a $22.1 million dormitory complex, but not without some debate on whether the project is a wise investment of taxpayer dollars.
The decision allows the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts to move forward with the project’s first phase of spending more than $15 million on the dorm and student-life complex to replace an aging one.
The project also would require a commitment from the city of Hot Springs to raze buildings that would stand in the way as construction progresses.
Engineering studies determined it is not cost-effective to renovate the current, early ...
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 11/14/2009
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