Several hundred turned out Wednesday for the official groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction of the Biomedical and Health Sciences Building at WSU’s Riverpoint campus in Spokane.
Spirited onlookers packed the atrium of the Student Academic Center and students lined the stairways to catch a glimpse of the proceedings. You can check out some of the TV news coverage here and the Spokesman Review’s advance of the event here.
Workers have been moving dirt at the site for weeks.
The Legislature this year approved $35 million to begin construction, about half of what will be needed to finish the project.