Posted August 8, 200519 yr From the 8/7/05 Toledo Blade: UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY $7M sports complex gives private school a competitive edge By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER FINDLAY - Nestled in a residential neighborhood, the University of Findlay has had little space to set aside for outdoor athletic facilities. But in 2001, the opportunity arose with a generous donation from Marguerite Armstrong and her late husband, Russ, for UF to purchase 20 acres of what was then farmland just a few blocks from campus. The Russ and Peg Armstrong Sports Complex was born. On Friday, the university will dedicate six tennis courts that were just built in the southeast corner of the complex at East Trenton Avenue and North Blanchard Street. Two practice football fields already are in use at the complex. Still on the drawing board: a baseball field, softball field, an eight-lane, all-weather track, restrooms, and lockers. "When it's completed, this facility will set us apart not only from other Division II schools, private institutions in Ohio, but in this part of the country," said Jim Givens, associate athletic director at UF. "We'll be able to attract not only local and regional events but national events." The complex is expected to cost $7 million when it is fully developed. When that is depends largely on the generosity of UF supporters, said Martin Terry, vice president of business affairs. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050807/NEWS21/508070345/-1/NEWS
April 17, 200619 yr Owens sells old campus to University of Findlay Toledo Blade, 4/12/06 Owens Community College has agreed to sell its former Findlay campus to its old neighbor, the University of Findlay, for $4.1 million. Meeting at Owens' new campus on Bright Road yesterday, the board of trustees unanimously agreed to sell the 60,000-square-foot classroom building and four adjacent houses on Davis Street as well as a small maintenance building on West Foulke Street for $4,133,320. The transaction is scheduled for closing May 8. The facilities, which are nearly surrounded by the UF campus, have been vacant since Owens moved to its present location on Findlay's north side in August.
May 8, 200619 yr From the 5/7/06 Toledo Blade: University of Findlay plans $7.2M in projects FINDLAY — The University of Findlay said it will spend about $7.2 million on construction projects on campus during the next fiscal year. At a two-day meeting last week, trustees approved the projects as part of the board’s annual budget meeting. The projects include a $3 million renovation of the former Owens Community College property which it agreed to purchase for $4.1 million last month. UF plans to utilize the 60,000-square-foot classroom building that has been vacant since Owens moved from its campus adjacent to UF to a new location on Bright Road. Other projects include a $2.2 million addition at the Mazza Museum of International Art from Children’s Picture Books, which is being funded through contributions, and the construction of an arena at the western equestrian farm for $500,000. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060507/NEWS21/60507002/-1/NEWS
July 31, 200618 yr From the 7/30/06 Toledo Blade: U. of Findlay to increase campus housing spaces FINDLAY — With an increased enrollment and a higher number of students who want to live on campus, the University of Findlay said it will add more than 100 housing units on campus. David Emsweller, the school’s vice president for student services, said UF expects to start the fall semester with about 1,350 students living on campus compared with about 1,200 last year. The university is converting the second floor of Myers residence hall, which previously housed offices, as well as 14 university-owned houses that also were offices, to accommodate the additional students. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060730/NEWS21/60730009/-1/NEWS
August 18, 200618 yr From the 8/16/06 Findlay Courier: University on the move By JOY BROWN STAFF WRITER The piles of empty boxes in various rooms, the geometric-patterned gray carpet with nary a speck of dirt, and fresh coats of orange paint were sure signs that the University of Findlay was on the move Tuesday -- an expansive move to the north where another college used to be located. Dubbed "Moving Day" by administrators, UF on Tuesday invited members of the media to take a peek inside what had previously been the old Owens Community College campus at the corner of Cory and Davis streets. UF paid $4.1 million for the 62,000-square-foot building in April along with about seven acres of surrounding land, a half-acre of parking, two homes on Davis Street and two on Cory Street which Owens had used for a child care center, faculty and maintenance offices. FULL ARTICLE: http://www.thecourier.com/Issues/2006/Aug/ar_news_081606.asp#story5
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