Right now, major construction has been occurring in the lot along Plains Boulevard, prior to the road’s intersection with Western Street. In five years, that lot will be undergoing what Rachel Flores, the executive director of the Amarillo Art Institute, calls a leveling-up. “I think for the sake of the city, it just feels like we are leveling up our community. It feels like the things that (will be) offered (there) are things that are needed,” she said. “Everything is getting this level up, truly.” In the near future, that lot will be booming with new facilities from the Amarillo Independent School District, with the AmTech Career Academy; Amarillo College, with its First Responders Academy; and a revitalized Arts in the Sunset facility. Officials from all the entities hope that their relative proximity creates potential for teamwork and cohesion as the facilities are complete.