Breaking Ground

St. Anne's-Belfield School is quickly approaching the ground-breaking phase on its 105,000 square foot Pre-school through 8th grade Learning Village. After receiving full approval from the Board of Trustees and the Albemarle Economic Development Authority, the school recently secured $30 million in bond financing to be used for construction costs. Underwritten by SunTrust Bank, this financial endorsement of our long-term vision is a testament to the school's fiscal strength.

With funds secured and final approvals granted, construction on the Village is slated to begin in January 2009. The school's most ambitious building project in its nearly 100-year history, this Village is scheduled to be completed in time for the start of classes in the fall of 2010.

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This blog is designed to keep you posted on construction progress relating to the St. Anne's-Belfield School's new Pre-School - 8th Grade Learning Village, which will be located at the school's lower campus.

Below, you'll find a brief timeline of the project's progress thus far. Check back soon for updates, and we'll be adding a real time web cam in the near future. You can see the construction progress for yourself!

Project Timeline:

2003 Spring - Board of Trustees adopts new strategic plan, which calls for increasing size of the endowment and improving & expanding facilities.

2004 Spring - Bowie-Gridley Architects complete campus master plan.

2006 July - David Lourie begins his tenure as Head of School. November - Board of Trustees approves the Campaign for Our Next Century, the largest fund-raising effort in our school’s history.

2007 September - Board approves Vision Statement, including plans for tripling our endowment, constructing a new Learning Village on the lower campus, and creating a Center for the Arts & Sciences on the upper campus.

2008 August - Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approves special use application to build Learning Village. October - Preliminary site work andHead’s House deconstruction completed. November - Architectural Review Board approves Learning Village project and English Construction awarded construction contract. December - Bond financing secured to fund the construction of the new Learning Village.