About $1.3 million is proposed to go toward laying the groundwork for a technology-centered high school in the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood, a proposed $1 billion project that aims to revitalize the 107-acre Chrysler site. In the spring, the city and Kenosha Unified officials confirmed they were in talks to incorporate LakeView Technology Academy into the proposed site. Antaramian said discussions continue.
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LakeView Academy relocation?
Similarly, Tanya Ruder, spokeswoman for Kenosha Unified, said the district, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance and Gateway Technical College “continue to explore opportunities to secure a new home for LakeView Technology Academy.” The academy is currently located at 9449 88th Ave. in Pleasant Prairie.
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“The current site has served the school incredibly well and it’s time to identify a new location with potential to accommodate future growth,” said Ruder. The KIN site, is one opportunity. She said, however, that “work remains to ensure the financial feasibility of constructing a new facility.”
About $1.25 million is proposed to go toward a K-8 Library program in Uptown to teach reading skills to youth in the neighborhood, as well as those in Lincoln, Columbus, McKinley, Wilson and Roosevelt — central city districts that surround the proposed innovation neighborhood.
Another $2.5 million is earmarked for the design and construction costs for the first multi-tenant incubator/accelerator building for the innovation neighborhood project.
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