Jun 1st 2010, 00:00

 The excitement is building. . . If you haven’t been to TBT in the past month you are in for a BIG surprise! The building looks much bigger in person than it did on paper. Above and below this article you can see photos of our steel structure in progress (as of May 26). We are really going up now! Everyday there are more changes, and it is totally fascinating to watch as they put together this big erector set! It will look different every single day. It took a lot of time for all of the“underground work” to be finished before we could go up.

It is now looking that we will not be having our “grand opening” until October. The finished project should be some time in September. We have lost almost three weeks due to the rain we had this winter. All of the subs are scheduled in so there will be no “waiting” for the next one to arrive. The elevator parts should be in next week. We are on schedule now.

We are still short on our funds to finish and we are hoping that those of you who have not stepped up yet will do so now.There is definitely no turning back. In the next week or so we will be sending out letters to you all so everyone knows the amount pledged and the amount if any that is still owed. It will help us a lot to get more of the pledge dollars in so we don’t have to pay extra interest on borrowed money. We are also asking for those who have dedicated classrooms or other areas to please let us know how you want your name on the plaques and also how you will want your names on the Honor Wall presentations. Thanks to you all again for your patience and understanding of the inconvenience we are now experiencing with our parking and current class space. Only a few more months to go!