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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.
The Amarillo City Council recently passed two measures toward the progress of two entities on Plains Boulevard, furthering that part of town as a potential education epicenter.
First, the council passed a resolution supporting the establishment of Amarillo College’s First Responders Academy. This helped start the process of getting federal funds to help with the project through District 13 Congressman Ronny Jackson.
According to previous Globe-News reports, entities are eligible to request federal Community Project Funding from current members of Congress. Organizations that are either a governmental entity or a 501c3 nonprofit, have to meet certain criteria to be eligible for funding for the upcoming fiscal year which include, in Jackson’s case, being based in District 13 and having an impact on its constituents.