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Article: FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY SELECTS ARCHITECTURE FIRM FOR NEW OPTOMETRY FACILITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- March 6, 2009
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BIG RAPIDS, Mich., March 2 --Ferris State University issued the following press release:
Ferris State University has selected Neumann/Smith Architecture of Southfield, Mich., to design and build the new facility for the Michigan College of Optometry/Center for Collaborative Health Education, for which construction is slated to begin in May 2009.
After years of lobbying efforts by Ferris and the Michigan Optometric Association, the state of Michigan has committed the funds for the new facility, which has a total projected cost of $26.9 million, with the state of Michigan providing 75 percent of that cost, or $20,175,000. Ferris is responsible for raising the remaining 25 percent, or ...