SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The University of Rhode Island has broken ground on a new center for LGBT students.
URI President David Dooley was joined by Gov. Lincoln Chafee and other officials at the groundbreaking Wednesday. The $2.1 million, 4,300-square-foot center will be built on the site of the vacant Ruggles House, which is being torn down.
The school says the free-standing center will be a safe and affirming place for members of the LGBTQ community and is designed to give the community a strong identity.
Dooley says the center’s construction is to “acknowledge and celebrate the diversity that’s part of our community now and will be in the future.”
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It’s expected to be completed in spring of 2015.
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