PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Contact: Noel LaBine 763-477-3086

Ground Breaking for new Education Campus in Montrose

Bauer Design Build held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new education campus in Montrose on December 21, 2009. The event was attended by such notables as the project engineer, project architect, contractor, mayor, school principal, teachers, city council members and staff, hired consultants, and the director of the Wright County Economic Development Partnership.

According to Chuck Klaassen, school district business manager, this new campus will hold the early childhood family learning center, the early childhood special education, a family literacy program, a head start program, and hopefully a day care center. The community education director, Kim, said this would be …. “a place for families to come and grow together.”

In praising the creation of this new education center, Mayor Andy Kauffman said, “Children are God's way of being an optimist, and this campus is a strong statement about the optimism of the Montrose Community.”

Posing for the picture of the groundbreaking were: Devonna Tierney - ECFE Coordinator, Barb Swanson - Montrose City Administrator, Montrose Mayor Andy Kauffman, Joanne Foust - economic development for Montrose, Mike Bauer, Jeff Mattson - school board member, Principal Gary Theis, Eric Hamilton of the school district - buildings and grounds, Cara Schwahn Otto of Otto Associates, Kim Carlson - community education director, Todd Mohagen - architect, and Chuck Klaasen - school district business manager.

The Partnership exists to enhance the business climate of Wright County and to help create more jobs in Wright County . The strategies the Partnership uses to achieve its mission include being an information resource and finding technical assistance; aiding business development, providing financing resources, and providing business information and training through seminars and workshops. Also, the Partnership markets Wright County to business site locators, and maintains an excellent website, which includes a listing of commercial and industrial property available in Wright County (see www.wrightpartnership.org ). The Partnership also assists with Workforce Development and has gathered economic statistical information, which is available on its website.