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' i i-./- i. ??V>. For the past eighteen months, MCA’s Board, staff and Building Committee have worked with Mr. Dayton to develop a program and plans for a new building. The initial design concept resulted in a building plan in excess of 32,000 sq. ft. with some special features that proved too costly upon a preliminary analysis and estimate by M. A. Mortenson Company. The design concept has been revised, and the building size has been reduced to just over 30,000 sq. ft. in order to bring estimated costs in line with the building budget and our campaign goal. Our Campaign Committee has been successful in its efforts to meet our campaign plan and timetable. We are working with Andrew Currie, of Currie, Femer, Scarpetta & DeVries, as our campaign consultant. Mr. Currie conducted a feasibility study in June 1998. On Saint Patrick’s Day in 1955, a young Minnetonka Center for the Arts (then Wayzata Center) faced its first crossroads. A fire at the Wayzata City Hall, the second floor of which housed the fledgling Art Center, destroyed the Center’s facilities. Undaunted, community volunteers found another temporary home at Wayzata High School the next day, and not a single class or program was missed. Today, MCA faces a similar challenge: it must build a new home to continue its programs without interruption, to continue expanding its programs and outreach in response to a growing and diverse interest in the visual arts, and to set the stage for another fifty years of service to the community. ^ "A