| Black Mountain Partners Celebrate their Fifth!
Festivities to mark unique partnership anniversary and PVCC expansion.
Join the Black Mountain Partners – Foothills Community Foundation | Paradise Valley Community College | Desert Foothills YMCA – and supporters for an evening of fun as we celebrate five years of community partnership and the groundbreaking of a new PVCC educational facility on site. The free open house event will feature food trucks, live music, Gary the Singing Cowboy, and family-friendly events for all ages.
What: Black Mountain Partners Five-Year Anniversary Celebration & Open House | PVCC Expansion Groundbreaking Ceremony Date: Thursday December 4, 2014
Time: 4 – 7 pm
Location: Black Mountain Campus | 34250 N. 60th Street | Scottsdale AZ 85266
Admission: Free and open to the public | Light refreshments
Information: http://blackmountaincampus.com/5year
SCHEDULE
4 pm | Groundbreaking | Northwest corner of parking lot
The event will kick off with a ground breaking ceremony for Phase II of PVCC’s Black Mountain campus expansion and construction of a new educational facility that will add 20,000 square feet of laboratory and classroom space.
Aquila Hall is a $10 million project designed by Dick and Fritsche Design Group (DFDG) that will house Science division courses (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Astronomy). The building will include three multi-purpose classrooms, two Science labs and one Science classroom, computer lab, tutoring center, astronomy high powered telescope and viewing deck, student study and collaboration areas, and faculty offices.
Paradise Valley Community College at Black Mountain has become known for hosting star parties under the exceptionally clear skies that characterize the area. Thus, the new building is named after Aquila, a constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for ‘eagle’ and it represents the bird who carriedZeus/Jupiter’s thunderbolts in Greco-Roman mythology. The brightest star in Aquila is Altair, a white star that is about 17 light-years from Earth.
The project is funded by the 2004 General Obligation Bonds, and is scheduled for completion January, 2016.
Preliminary Drawing
5 – 6 pm| Program
Community and donor recognition, featuring brief comments by community leaders, supporters, users, and representatives from the Black Mountain Partners.
4 – 7 pm | Ongoing
Tour the facilities, enjoy food trucks and family activities, while learning what the Black Mountain Partners offer the community. Entertainment includes: PVCC Trio, Desert Foothills Theater, Rock the District, Gary the Singing Cowboy, and more.
About PVCC at Black Mountain & the Black Mountain Partners
PVCC at Black Mountain, serving the north central and northeast Valley communities, is situated on 10 developed acres of an 82-acre parcel of land at the foot of iconic Black Mountain. The initial 10,000-square foot facility opened in the fall of 2009, in a public/private/non-profit partnership with the Foothills Community Foundation (FCF ) and Desert Foothills YMCA. The three organizations – known as the Black Mountain Partners – are co-located in the multi-generational facility, and provide learning opportunities, community services, wellness programs and physical fitness to students and community members.
The Black Mountain Partners share a vision of bringing together the surrounding communities by providing educational opportunities, meeting spaces, and recreation facilities in one central location that is designed as a neighborhood gathering place for people of all ages to exercise both their minds and bodies. |
