The Poudre River Learning Center Site Plan
WHAT IS THE POUDRE LEARNING CENTER?
In Northern Colorado, along the Cache la
Poudre River, a year round teaching area will soon be constructed to serve
students of all ages. With
Rotary involvement, The Poudre Learning Center is on schedule to open in April
2005. The Center will be a living
laboratory where users come to understand the role of water in the evolution of
Northern Colorado.
In
a unique partnership, the three Rotary Clubs from Greeley and the Windsor club
joined the school districts of Eaton, Evans, Greeley, Johnstown, Milliken, and
Windsor, the Poudre Trail Education Group and historic Hazelton School
preservationists, to form a Colorado nonprofit corporation.
The dream of the corporation is to enrich academic programs at a 65-acre
conservation site donated by George Hall and the Hall Irwin Corporation.
Here, through classroom work, experiences in demonstration gardens, water
areas, and wetlands, an innovative educational program will be run for students
of all ages. This innovative
educational facility including an 18-acre lake will bring together the study of
the working Poudre River and its place in the Platte River System.
The program will focus on economics, history, and the sciences as users
study the river and how it is provides for industry, agriculture, and municipal
needs.
Under
the direction of Rotarians, a capital campaign is now underway to complete the
construction of the Poudre Learning Center classroom building and the immediate
parcel with habitat, demonstration areas and parking.
Local Rotarians are providing fund raising, professional services and
construction management as our project to celebrate Rotary International’s
centennial year. To fund the building and associated outdoor areas
charitable gifts are being sought from Rotarians, other community members,
businesses and foundations.
After construction, the Learning Center Board of Directors will take over
maintenance and operations of the center.
For
More Information, Contact:
Ray
Tschillard, Chairman, Poudre Learning Center Board
970.348.6278
rtschillard@greeleyschools.org
V. Nelson 352.6362 or N. Brigden 352.3829