A New Chapter Begins

摘要

IT SEEMS LIKE SO LONG AGO, but also just like yesterday that we were trying to figure out a way to build a new home for our School. A need was developed in the early 1990s, but funding became the big hurdle. Private support was essential, but securingthese funds could not start until prospective donors saw that it was a real vision, and not just a "pipe dream." The breakthrough came with 10 million dollar of federal funding received in 1998, followed by 7 million dollar allocated in an Alabama Agricultural Bond issue. With about 75 percent of the needed funding secured, private support built to the 5 million dolla needed to allow the design and construction to begin.