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Center Receives Unity Foundation Grant
The University of Maine’s Hutchinson
Center has received a $200,000 Unity Foundation challenge grant
to support its planned expansion.
UMaine announced in August a campaign
to raise $2 million in private funds to help create a 15,000
square foot addition at the Belfast center. The new wing will
house additional classroom space, science labs and other
facilities critical to the center’s future as UMaine’s primary
educational and outreach connection with mid-coast Maine.
The Hutchinson Center’s private
fundraising effort is part of Campaign Maine, the University’s
six-year, $150 million comprehensive campaign.
A campaign volunteer committee led by
Judy Stein and retired Hutchinson Center Director James
Patterson has been working on private fundraising for several
months. The Hutchinson Center project’s total price is $4
million, with the balance coming from a bond to be repaid
through future revenue generated through the center’s expanded
activities.
The Unity Foundation requires UMaine to match the $200,000 by
raising the same amount from other sources. The late Bert
Clifford established the foundation in 2000 to help nonprofit
organizations fulfill their missions to arts/culture,
recreation, community/economic development, education, the
environment and youth.
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