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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 | 1:50 a.m.
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- Henderson leaders agree on science center — except where to build (9-28-2009)
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The Henderson Space and Science Center’s board of directors will meet today to discuss and possibly approve elements of a strategic plan that would allow the group to move forward with the project.
The goal is to have the center open within the next five years, said Ray Shubinski, project manager for the Henderson Space and Science Center.
Shubinski said he hopes the group will have initial strategic goals -- including a marketing plan, building partnerships with schools and organizations within the community, and creating a conceptual design for the building -- completed by June 30, which is the end of the fiscal year in Henderson.
Today’s meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of 2360 Corporate Circle in Henderson. The meeting is open to the public.
In December, the Henderson City Council voted unanimously to approve a 160-acre lot of city-owned land at U.S. 95 and Galleria Drive as the future site of the center.
The area is expected to be used as a “mixed-use” plot with the science center serving as the centerpiece. The center is estimated to cost $63 million.
In future meetings, Shubinski and the board will review more defined timelines, funding options and the physical construction of the building, he said.
The other goal of Thursday’s meeting is to define the roles of the board’s seven committees, Shubinski said.
“You’ve got to get to that point before you can move on,” he said. “Basically, they need a job description.”
The committees are program (education), communications (marketing), finance, building and site, exhibits and collections, development (capital campaigns and annual giving), and board development, which will handle the evaluating of hiring future board members.
Shubinski said the first strategic plan is considered a draft, which will change with the project as it develops.
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This is exciting. A town that is hanging on life support wants to build a Space Foolishness Museum at a time when we have multi thousands of foreclosures, people are bailing out in droves and more bad times are coming. Sure, let's hire more loafers to infest the Redevelopment Department. I don't care how much private and government money they might get, it's no time to be doing this Monorail clone.
They did such a good job with Lake Las Vegas-oh, that's right, it's bankrupt, the casino and the Ritz are closing, losing over 500 jobs. And the City is on the hook for millions. Downtown Henderson, where the City invested more money, still looks like downtown Tijuana.
This is an absolute joke project at a time when no taxpayer is laughing. It's just the public schemers in Henderson using any excuse to hang on to their jobs. Vote them out before it's too late, people. After all, it's your money.
Why you're beloved President that spoke up in Henderson the other day had KILLED THE NASA PROGRAM. Just flushed all those years of knowledge, and just handed it over to Russia. Way to go""". And now you want to spend how much cash , stop drinking the cool aid.