Fleming College

Madoc ON – The hard work is finished and it’s time to celebrate. Students in the Sustainable Building Design and Construction program at Fleming College are celebrating the completion of the Madoc Community Arts Centre.Students in the program, based out of the Haliburton Campus, designed and built the arts centre in 20 weeks, over the course of the certificate program. Built with sustainable and recycled materials the facility uses no fossil fuels and emits no pollution. Solar energy, rain water collection and straw bale walls make this structure one of the most sustainable buildings in Canada.Led by renowned environmental builder and author Chris Magwood, the students spend most of their class time in the program designing and building the facility. The Community Arts Centre, built in partnership with the Municipality of Centre Hastings, is located beside the local skate park and a future splash pad. For more information on the construction of the facility, please visit www.sustainablebuilding2008.caThe Celebration of Completion will take place on Thursday, August 21 at the Community Arts Centre, 210 Durham St. (Hwy. 62) in Madoc, Ontario from 2:30 to 5 p.m. The public is welcome to tour the completed performing arts centre for the first time. Please join the students and instructors to help celebrate the completion of this remarkable building.Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campuses in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 90 full-time programs in Business and Technology, Continuing Education and Skilled Trades, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Fine Arts, Health and Wellness, and Law, Justice and Community Services. Fleming College has more than 5,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students and 50,000 alumni.     – 30 -For more information: Laura Copeland, Communications Officer, 705-749-5530 x 1370 or copeland@flemingc.on.ca