Yesterday was an important day for our efforts related to expansion of the St. Cloud Civic Center. The House Bonding bill included $2 million for the project and provides for further discussion and consideration among legislative leadership in the coming days and weeks.

We’re very pleased and appreciate the leadership that members of the St. Cloud area legislative delegation demonstrated and that they were able to effectively advocate for inclusion in the House bonding bill among their colleagues. It is a major step forward for this project. We hope that discussions within the conference committee and any revision to the Governor's proposed bonding bill are favorable to our expansion efforts.

The House and the Senate will likely see their respective bonding bills later this week and a conference committee will then be established to put forth one bonding bill for the Governor's review and approval.