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‘Any and all options could be considered’ for historic admin building
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ROCHESTER Rochester Community Schools will soon vacate its historic administration building at 501. W. University Drive in downtown Rochester.
RCS Superintendent Robert Shaner said the current 90,000-square-foot building is in disrepair.
“It doesn’t take one much to walk around this building and see the condition that it’s in,” Shaner said.
A rich history
The current RCS administration building consists of three individual schools that were connected over the years to form one complex. Rochester-Avon Historical Society President Tiffany Dziurman said there has been a school building on the site since 1847, when a private academy was first built on the property. It was converted to a public school in 1857, burned down in a reported arson fire in 1888 and was eventually replaced with a new school i
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Courtesy Treystar
A street-level rending of the completed Haymarket Plaza project from Edwards Street with the Main Street East building on the left and the Catalyst Development on the right.
Courtesy Treystar
Courtesy Treystar
Slowed but not stopped by the pandemic, Kalamazoo-based Treystar, Catalyst Development and the city of Kalamazoo continue to work toward the completion of Haymarket Plaza thanks to a fully funded community campaign.
The plan for the plaza was announced in late summer, the Business Journal previously reported. A portion of the placemaking project will be funded through Public Spaces Community Places, a crowdfunding organization. This collaborative program organized by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the Michigan Municipal League and Patronicity matches community-raised funds with matching grants from the MEDC to encourage strategic development projects.