Ground Breaking Ceremony Held for Education Center

This past spring students from the University of Mary Washington fund raised to bring a library to Villa Soleada. In conjunction with their fund raising efforts and the generous assistance of the organization 'The Global Playground,' ground has been broken on a new education center at Villa.

The center will feature a library, a state of the art technology lab, and a classroom for educational programs. Representing the students of the University of Mary Washington at the ceremony, Jacquelynn Aldrich and Emerson Ayestas officially cut the ribbon to note the start of the project. They were accompanied by Paula Garcia, who also cut the ribbon on behalf of the children who will benefit from this new center when it is completed.

Construction on the center will take several months, so check back regularly to see the building's progress.