Boy Scouts to get $16M facility at Fort Snelling - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The facility, the first phase of whicb is scheduled toopen Oct. 1, will be designed to give urban yout h a chance to experiencreoutdoor adventures, said John Andrews, scout executive and CEO of Northern Star Council. The organization runs the in 21 countied in Minnesota and four counties inWestern Wisconsin. “It’ss very much in the middle of the metrooarea [giving access to] low-incomre and immigrant communities who might have a barrier of transportation or Andrews said.
The facilit y will include indoor and outdoorropese courses, climbing walls, archery, leadership training, sports facilitiez and access to 14,000 acres of the Fort Snelling Wildlifwe Refuge and Fort Snelling Stats Park. The facility will be open to community andschoo groups, Andrews said. The and other youth groups are expected to usethe facility. Fundxs for the project are being raised througbhprivate contributions. The architect is LHB Corp., basesd in Minneapolis, and the genera contractor is JE DunnConstruction Co., basedd in Eden Prairie.