Moss, Inc. Gift Supports Hutchinson Center New Media Center
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
BELFAST, Me. –The University of Maine Hutchinson Center Expansion Committee has announced that the center’s New Media facility will be named the Moss Inc. New Media Center, in recognition of a generous gift from that company.
“We are pleased to participate in the expansion of the Hutchinson Center. It offers the community and Moss employees the opportunity to continue their education and hone their management and leadership skills as well as providing us space and faculty for worker training. Marilyn Moss, the founder and former owner of Moss Inc. was committed to community development. That commitment continues,” said Shelly Alex, vice president of sales and marketing for the company.
Located in Belfast, the Hutchinson Center brings UMaine academic programming and outreach to mid-coast Maine. Moss, Inc., with locations in Belfast, Illinois and Nevada, provides tensioned fabric for the exhibit, event and retail interiors industries.
The planned expansion of the Hutchinson Center will double the center’s classroom space. Along with the New Media space, which will allow students to participate in one of the university’s most popular academic programs, the facility will include two science labs and space for art classes. The laboratories will allow the center to offer nursing programs and will enable students to fulfill pre-med and pre-engineering requirements at the Hutchinson Center. The art room will permit creative work that cannot take place in the existing space. All new classrooms are designed for multiple uses, according to Sue McCullough, Hutchinson Center director.
The expansion is a $4 million project. Two million dollars will be raised through revenue bonds to be funded from income from the Hutchinson Center. With the generous gift from Moss, Inc, the campaign has raised over $1 million of its $2 million private fundraising goal. The new facility is expected to open in the fall of 2009; ground breaking is planned for Monday, June 9 at 11 a.m.
For information about the campaign, call Sue McCullough at 207-338-8000.