As this year comes to a close, we’d like to share about recent, exciting developments that have happened since our last construction update shared in October:
The foundation for the new building on the campus has been laid, both an important milestone for the construction team and a symbolic milestone for RYSE.
With hard hats and an attention to safety, we can now walk on a concrete foundation—the future site of the entry and hangout space, dance and yoga studio, teaching kitchen, theater, recording studio, and art studio on the first floor. Beneath our feet, the plumbing and electrical work has already been laid, as well as an elevator pit, with an elevator shaft to be built in the near future.
From this foundation, the beginning of the building frame was erected and the first of the second floor spaces began to take shape—the outdoor rooftop patio and the hallway connecting the media lab, computer lab, community conference room, and staff offices.
Each component of this new community campus required input from Richmond youth. Our youth leaders envisioned this hub for healing and empowerment, play and expression, and innovation and local entrepreneurship.
Read more below about the new spaces to come! RYSE Commons is a project rooted in love for Richmond, the possibilities in its future, and in the power of the youth who hold that future in their hands. Richmond has been RYSing, and we hope you continue to RYSE with us.
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