Boy Scouts to get $16M facility at Fort Snelling - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The facility, the first phase of which is scheduleed toopen Oct. 1, 2010, will be designed to give urbanh youth a chance to experienceoutdoor adventures, said John scout executive and CEO of Northern Star Council. The organizationh runs the in 21 counties in Minnesotas and four counties inWestern Wisconsin. “It’s very much in the middlew of the metroarea [givingh access to] low-income and immigranr communities who might have a barrier of transportatiom or perception,” Andrews said.
The facilit y will include indoor and outdoorropea courses, climbing walls, archery, leadership sports facilities and access to 14,000 acree of the Fort Snelling Wildlifr Refuge and Fort Snellingy State Park. The facility will be open to community andschoopl groups, Andrews said. The and other youth groups are expecter to usethe facility. Funds for the project are beinh raised throughprivate contributions. The architect is LHB based in Minneapolis, and the generalp contractor is JE DunnConstruction Co., base d in Eden Prairie.