Representatives of the Harry M. Cornell Arts & Entertainment Complex, Connect2Culture, and Spiva Center for the Arts, alongside approximately 125 community members, gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of The Cornell Complex on February 1, 2021. After remarks from project leaders, attendees stood socially distanced outlining a spray-painted footprint of the soon-to-be Complex. Pompoms waved, a drone flew overhead, and all counted down in anticipation of this long-awaited milestone. Thank you to all who came! Relive the special moment with our official groundbreaking ceremony video below.
Enjoy photos from this monumental day:
In addition to the groundbreaking, a new matching gift challenge for new donors was announced. Several anonymous donors have joined forced to provide a dollar-for-dollar match up to a maximum amount of $150,000. Click here to learn more (deadline for commitments is June 20, 2021).
To date, a total of 277 individuals, businesses, foundations, and community organizations have committed $16,367,545 – over 93% of the expanded $17.5 million goal.