What was once an eyesore is now the shining star on the hill at Fort Lewis College the Skyhawks’ weight room was way behind its peers and rivals with local high schools having better spaces and equipment Coaches steered recruits away from the weight room and some teams couldn’t work out together with the lack of space thanks to years of planning by FLC and support from the Durango community the Skyhawks have flown to the top of Division II and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with the opening of the $6 million CommonSpirit Sports Performance Center is 10,000 square feet and has 24 weight racks a 250-square-foot fuel station and a turf area “We evaluated the landscape in DII with our project team and this facility sets us apart,” FLC Director of Athletics Travis Whipple said “It will continue to take us to the top while we recruit and retain high-caliber student-athletes who are focused on their performance in the classroom combined with our best-in-class support services will continue to enhance the student-athlete experience for years to come.” FLC assistant athletic director-sports performance/wellness has felt the transformation in about every way He now has a beautiful office inside the sports performance center with a glass wall overlooking the weight room This allows him to keep an eye on his student-athletes while scheduling workouts and creating workout plans in his office The planning and talk about the sports performance center goes back about five years The ball really got rolling about 2½ years ago when CommonSpirit put forth a generous donation Alpine Bank and several other local businesses followed with funding Then the design phase happened for about a year or a year and a half architects and Whipple brought the vision to life Senior women’s lacrosse player Diamond Velasco said Munro did a good job keeping the student-athletes informed of the progress on the sports performance center with reminders and videos She and her teammates would try to take a peek at the progress of the center Velasco and Munro said some student-athletes got to test the equipment and use the space a few weeks before the grand opening on April 11 She and her lacrosse teammates felt some FOMO – fear of missing out – when they saw other athletes posting videos of themselves using the new facility while the women’s lacrosse team was on the road it feels like a dream come true,” Munro said they’ve been told ever since they were recruited that we were looking into getting something like this performance center and they always had it in the back of their minds that it was coming … What the student athletes are finding is now that we have a space like this it’s more than just a place to do your squats and bench; it’s a place to feel comfortable … with the resources they need to have a solid performance career in their sport The sports performance center can be divided into four sections A few smaller teams can work out in each section or a bigger team can have the entire team in the sports performance center Student-athletes won’t have to run across the room during a workout session; instead they can do most of their workouts at their section Munro and the rest of the FLC athletic staff knew cardio equipment would be essential to the space With winter weather in Durango for six months out of the year Munro said training with sprinting and speed workouts year-round is essential to preventing injuries treadmills and rowers are essential for when the weather is bad Munro thinks some of the technological advancements at the new sports center are unheard-of at the Division II level The student-athletes and teams use an app called TeamBuildr which is a program-design software where all student-athletes get a profile get individualized programs and can track their progress throughout their career “That allows them to pull up their name and see exactly what they need to do in here but also go home for winter break or summer break and still get those workouts and be able to have full access to them,” Munro said “Or if an injured individual can’t do something there’s a little button that says opt out and then they can opt out of that exercise and they can put in the notes what they did instead They can also message me on that app so that they have full access to get a hold of me if they have any questions.” Munro and the athletic training staff at FLC can also post educational content on TeamBuildr FLC will also use Output Sports’ devices that track an athlete’s velocity on any movement It can be put on a barbell and an athlete can do a squat The device will then show how fast they moved in that squat “It’s an assessment tool that we’re going to use very heavily with our athletic trainers,” Munro said “We will pick the three most common injury areas for that sport We’ll do an assessment to track maybe their mobility or their stability or their balance because you can put it on your wrist and it’ll show an exact angle of measurement in an external rotation … We’re going to do this with all freshmen as they come in We have those numbers so if they get injured now we can retest and we can make sure we get them back to where they need to be before we put them back on the court The new area has energized the current student-athletes the NCAA mandates that schools can’t do structured workout sessions with their student-athletes A weight room can be opened for optional workouts the old weight room would get five to 10 visitors a day for optional workouts Munro said 75 to 100 student-athletes have been showing up for optional workouts per day but the sports performance center has opened his eyes One of the biggest reasons the student-athletes are excited for the sports performance center is because of how poor the old weight room was it was five times smaller than the sports performance center There were half racks from the 1980s that were starting to fall apart no turf and only one set of dumbbells for every number Teams could barely fit into the old space and some had to split up the time student-athletes could use the old weight room became limited because so many sessions had to be scheduled since the space was so small Munro would haul around what he called a “fuel wagon” with a few snacks because of the partnership with Coca-Cola Durango the fuel station has things like Core Power Protein Shakes Velasco said student-athletes didn’t want to go into the old space because the hours were so limited and it was very dirty because of how many people were using the small space She said student-athletes now feel intrinsically motivated to go into the sports performance center FLC football head coach Johnny Cox said the old weight room was what he used when he starred for the Skyhawks’ football team in the 1990s The new sports performance center allows Cox to continue the upward trajectory of the program the program had only about 60 kids; now that number is close to 120 FLC football has signed one of its biggest recruiting classes in years The sports performance center is a big part of that Cox would rarely show recruits the old weight room and if he did Now it’s the first thing he shows recruits Munro said he tries to meet with most of the recruits and their eyes have widened and they’re amazed by the sports performance center ‘This is top-notch; this is unbelievable,’” Cox said once they got the demonstration and I saw how many more movements can be trained we’re going to have a better football team because you can isolate it and strengthen it in all different ways.” FLC has all the tools for a student-athlete to be great Whipple said it’s a one-stop shop for athletes and it helps the athletic department and college with its focus on its mission of graduating champions while serving the campus community members of the Student Life Center will use the facility “We’ve built the staff and now we have the facility,” Munro said “I’m a firm believer that this is one of the best Division II sports performance centers in the nation now Choose from several print and digital subscription packages Sign up for our daily email newsletter or to receive breaking news delivered to your inbox: The email "' + userEmail + '" could not be added Please try again or email Shane at shane@durangoherald.com for assistance We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. By using our site, you consent to our policies Ohio (WSYX) — Was it a case of racial profiling or simply a misunderstanding between neighbors An interaction between neighbors in Lewis Center that was caught on home surveillance video has gone viral after being posted online It's sparking plenty of debate about race and if a small moment caught on camera can give a real picture about someone's character I didn't ask for the woman to show up at my house and I was put in a life or death situation," said DaMichael Jenkins "It was a massive misunderstanding is really what it was I was just really trying to protect my kids," said Michelle Bishop The back-and-forth caught on home security video back in November is now leading to a firestorm of debate on race here in Central Ohio and across the country DaMichael Jenkins was pulling into the driveway of his Lewis Center home Michelle Bishop was out for a jog with her kids when she peppered Jenkins with those questions The incident is raising questions about racial profiling "I practice every day to prepare me for moments like this that can be life or death," Jenkins told ABC 6 Bishop also shared her side of the story with ABC 6 She indicated that race had nothing to do with her questions or reaction She told ABC 6 that she spotted a vehicle and a man she didn't know in the neighborhood I went to the closest house that hand lights on went in and I actually identified thinking that the man was a young white man," said Bishop After Jenkins posted the interaction online viewed by millions of people across the country A quick search will find countless online debates regarding race that are centered on this case Jenkins detailed the potential danger he believes this encounter could have led to "I was in fear for my life because we know what happens when things like this happen We've seen it happen over and over," Jenkins told ABC 6 Bishop told ABC 6 that the entire situation was simply a misunderstanding She told ABC 6 that she had apologized to the Jenkins family in person and online she's been targeted and has even received death threats She insists this situation had nothing to do with race that night it was nothing other than me protecting my kids and I would do it over again to protect my kids It was a massive misunderstanding and I hate that I made him feel the way that he felt and I would love to reconcile things with them as my neighbors," said Bishop Jenkins hopes this situation can be a learning experience for Bishop and others to teach people in the world and to inspire people in the world to become the best version of themselves," Jenkins told ABC 6 Delaware County is cooling down now almost two and a half years after hot chicken joined its dining scene The Ohio-founded fast-causal restaurant chain that serves Nashville-style hot chicken closed a location permanently Sunday Hot Chicken Takeover, with six locations in Columbus, closed a Lewis Center location shortly after a location in the Cleveland area closed The once-local chain first began operating as a small pop-up chicken window in Olde Towne East by founder Joe DeLoss was previously a Smashburger and the first to open under Untamed Brands' ownership Dive in: Craveworthy Brands, the new owner of Hot Chicken Takeover, has plans for a 'fresh' concept abayo@dispatch.com When the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury opened 30 years ago it was hailed as a state-of-the-art facility with the Globe claiming the building boasted “the only high school track of its kind in the country.” An untold number of runners have pounded across its surface over the intervening years and it remains the statewide anchor of the high school indoor track scene an estimated 300,000 people visit the Reggie in some capacity the vast majority of them during indoor track season “We’re doing everything we can to maintain it and take care of it as best we can but it needs a complete overhaul,” said Michael Turner executive director of business development and marketing for the Reggie The center costs between $3.5 million and $4 million to run annually It’s operating at an annual average deficit of about $2 million which is covered by Roxbury Community College’s state appropriation (The site is managed by the college.) Officials at the Reggie hope the center’s separate state appropriation is increased so that it no longer operates in the red As the center now celebrates its 30th anniversary administrators are hoping to reintroduce the center to the communities it serves RCC’s vice president of institutional advancement and the college’s foundation put it bluntly: The 123,000-square-foot building is a testament to the notion that Roxbury historically the heart of Black Boston and a neighborhood that has suffered from systemic racism and disinvestment over the decades It was a world-class facility when it opened and people like McDonald-Brown want to return it to that status “This for us is a springboard to bring it back to that place,” she said of the anniversary But she and Turner are forthright about the work that needs to be done and the state is allotting $22 million for center renovations will fund $15.3 million worth of improvements in coming months Turner expects big upgrades to happen over the next two years: a new roof Central to the Reggie’s mission, said Turner and McDonald-Brown, is reducing the life expectancy gap between Roxbury, where more than 80 percent of residents are people of color More exercise and healthy programs can help cut into the public health crisis, which reflects structural racism But the center’s construction and opening was also imbued with the spirit of its namesake: a basketball legend for both the Celtics and the Northeastern Huskies who was also known locally for his philanthropic work which included giving away turkeys to those in need at Thanksgiving Lewis died of cardiac arrest in 1993 at age 27 then-governor William Weld said: “Generations of young athletes will use this facility to make their own dreams come true The name Reggie Lewis will keep them attuned that the real immortals have more than talent and strength The ones that we remember forever have the biggest hearts.” It is the home to high school indoor track and field in the state it’s the home to Roxbury Community College Athletics and it also serves as host to myriad programming from senior aerobics to AAU basketball to volleyball camps to youth golf lessons to dance classes to political rallies it was the site of a mass vaccination distribution center Both Turner and McDonald-Brown want residents to think of the facility as much more than a track But in recent years, much of the friction regarding the facility has focused on how the center balances those various identities. Despite the droves who come to the center each year Turner considers the facility to be underutilized That’s because the bulk of the 300,000 people who use the facility — about 250,000 — walk through the doors during indoor track season which runs roughly from late November to late March there are on average two track meets every weekday afternoon not to mention invitationals on the weekends And in recent years, there has been controversy. City councilors raised concerns about use of the track pushing for more time for city high school indoor runners who were forced to practice in school hallways instead of on the track and questioning how much time is allotted for high school students from the suburbs But Turner said recently that the allotted time for city high school students to use the track for practice has not changed in 30 years It is a state facility, funded with state money. And as a state facility, it has obligations to host track meets from high schools throughout Massachusetts, according to the state legislation that enabled the creation of the center But no one uses the facility more than Boston Public Schools He chalked up the recent political friction to “lack of understanding and communication.” “We do everything in our power to make sure they have access,” he said of serving the city’s public school students Officials behind the Reggie agree that the center can do a better job of promoting itself Too many residents see school buses parked outside the building from well-heeled suburbs and assume that is what the facility is all about “We can do a much better job with storytelling,” McDonald-Brown said Concurrently with the center’s planned facelift the Reggie is amid a push to offer more programming which officials hope will bring in more residents Those behind the Reggie hope to raise more than $5 million in the coming years to achieve that A partnership with the Boston Athletic Association the organization that puts on the Marathon allowing the center to hire more fitness instructors which has increased the number of fitness sessions it can offer from three a week for seniors to more than 20 a week for all ages in recent months “We want this to be the place that you go to,” McDonald-Brown said Jeremiah Manion of the Globe staff contributed to this report Danny McDonald can be reached at daniel.mcdonald@globe.com. 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Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information The ULI Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate is pleased to announce its two newest board members: Esther An and Collete English Dixon The ULI Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate leads the real estate industry in creating places and buildings where people and the environment thrive In collaboration with ULI members and partners and helps foster solutions for sustainable The Center pursues these goals via cutting-edge research The ULI Lewis Center Advisory Board provides strategic leadership and insights that inform the Center’s priorities and is chaired by Brian Swett Esther An has brandished innovative techniques and creative business practices that are helping the international construction and real estate industry to curb its impact on the environment As Chief Sustainability Officer of City Developments Limited (CDL) and enthusiasm to act as an ardent advocate of the environmental and governance principles (ESG) underlying sustainable development she is helping her company use its base in Singapore to set global benchmarks for green construction and sustainability and to ensure that the company’s value-creation model integrates the six so-called capitals—financial and natural capital—used by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and Esther has been very engaged in the ULI Greenprint APAC community She is also active on the ULI APAC Net Zero Product Council and the ULI Singapore Sustainability Council “To win the global race to zero,” Esther says which represents nearly 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions It’s my honor to support the good work of the Lewis Center to rally ULI members to embrace sustainability not only to mitigate their climate-related risks but to capture opportunities for sustained growth.” Collete English Dixon is the Executive Director of Roosevelt University School of Real Estate and has more than 30 years of experience in investment management with a focus on commercial real estate investing Prior to her current role at Roosevelt University she was Executive Director-Transactions for PGIM Real Collete’s experience also includes commercial property development and asset management Collete manages all aspects of the university’s undergraduate real estate degrees—major and minor—as well as the MSRE/MBA-RE degree and graduate certificate programs She is the first African American woman leader of a higher-education real estate program in the U.S and a member of the administrative team for the Heller College of Business Collete serves in multiple leadership roles with ULI and other organizations including serving as a ULI Global Governing Trustee and a former member of the Americas Executive Committee “I am so excited to be a part of the Lewis Center team bringing knowledge and insight to ULI’s members on the matters of sustainability “The work of the Lewis Center continues to grow in urgency and impact ©2025 Urban Land Institute. 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Legal Notices you’ll stay informed on the most important topics shaping the world of real estate with unlimited access to the award-winning Urban Land magazine BOSTON (October 24,2024) The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (RLTAC) at Roxbury Community College and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced a groundbreaking multi-year partnership advancing athletic programming and opportunities at the Roxbury athletic facility combined with fundraising potential provided by the B.A.A “The B.A.A.’s mission focuses on the promotion of healthy lifestyles through sport and there’s no better way to support this than partnering with the RLTAC which has been a valuable athletic hub for the Boston community since 1995,” said Jack Fleming we are focused on providing everyone – no matter their experience level or age – a chance to participate and take part in athletics at the RLTAC These funds are aimed at enhancing The Reggie’s schedule of activities and opportunities across a variety of sports.”   The RLTAC annually hosts more than 100 events and features year-round programming for athletes across many sports Along with the financial contribution of $700,000 the RLTAC will also receive invitational entries into the Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America with which athletes can raise valuable funds for the facility’s programs The announcement marked the official start of The RLTAC’s 30th anniversary fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $5M to support the institution I am confident that we share the same values “I look forward to working alongside all of you to increase programming at the Reggie providing all Boston residents with access to quality It’s through partnerships like this one that we make real sustainable change.” Several events will be held to mark the anniversary throughout the year an event featuring athletes from the community was held within The Reggie at RCC’s field house Guests and members of the media enjoyed observing the Boston Knights volleyball team in training The Reggie’s Sensational Seniors exercise program a bootcamp presented by Sculpted by Stacey and The Healthy Crane  State Representative Chynah Tyler; Stephen Chan Mayor Michelle Wu’s Senior Advisor for Partnerships; and Sheriff Steve Tompkins Chair of RCC Board of Trustees were also on hand to celebrate two Boston athletic institutions coming together The B.A.A. is a non-profit organization committed to a world where all people can access and benefit from running and an active lifestyle. The next mass-participatory event on the B.A.A. calendar is the 2024 Boston Half presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund on Sunday More than 9,000 athletes are set to take part in the 13.1-mile race Athletes' Village features free monthly challenges and a community to connect with fellow runners It is also your central location for B.A.A The Lewis Center for Gifted Learning at Valley Christian Schools in Youngstown will close at the end of the 2024/25 school year Lewis Center Director Rachel Gonatas tells 21 News while the school will be closing at the end of the current school year Gonatas says the Lewis Center will become a program on Valley Christian's central campus rather than its own separate building 21 News has reached out to Valley Christian Schools President Mike Pecchia for more information and we're waiting to hear back (PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Lewis Center for the Arts will present Katrina's Cabaret— A Blood Dazzler Production an end-of-semester sharing of work by students and faculty in the spring Princeton Atelier course "Blood Dazzler: Collaboration and Catastrophe," co-taught by award-winning artists Patricia Smith and Davalois Fearon This developmental presentation of a new work-in-progress is a multidisciplinary performance of poetry and visual art exploring Hurricane Katrina on the 20th anniversary of this devastating category 5 storm The event takes place in the Hearst Dance Theater at Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus The event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the surrounding gulf coast region in August 2005 Causing enormous destruction and significant loss of life Katrina is the costliest hurricane to ever hit the United States the storm was responsible for 1,833 fatalities and approximately $108 billion in damage professor of creative writing at Princeton a collection of poems about Hurricane Katrina tracks the storm and its heartbreaking aftermath evoking the horror that unfolded in New Orleans and giving voice to the dying families held captive on rooftops and in the Superdome Smith has been working on a performance piece based on the poetry collection An earlier iteration of the project sold out a two-week run at the Harlem Stage under the direction of Paloma McGregor in collaboration with Patricia McGregor the artists designed the course to bring the collaborative creation and development of this new work into conversation with students Students in the course researched the hurricane and its ongoing impact They then worked with the faculty to create performance works using poetry and visual art to bring expression to what they had learned The two faculty members will continue to work on this collaborative project The April 25 developmental staging of this work-in-progress is intended to generate energy and ideas leading to a more comprehensive production in the fall offering Princeton audiences the opportunity to see the evolution of a new multidisciplinary work Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week prior to the event date Smith is the winner of the 2021 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize an award for lifetime achievement from the Poetry Foundation she is the author of eight books of poetry a collection of dramatic monologues accompanied by 19th-century photos of African Americans; Incendiary Art winner of the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Award for Poetry and finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize; Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets; and three collaborations with award-winning visual artists—Gotta Go with Chicago photographer Michael Abramson and the books Crowns and Death in the Desert with Sandro Miller Smith’s other books include the poetry volumes Teahouse of the Almighty and Life According to Motown; the children's book Janna and the Kings; and the history Africans in America a companion book to the award-winning PBS series Tin House and in the anthologies Best American Poetry and Best American Essays Smith has collaborated with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra the Sage String Quartet and singer Meshell Ndegeocello produced by Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott was performed in residency at the Trinidad Theater Workshop She has also toured and performed with the blues band Bop Thunderous a National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient and a four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam the most successful poet in the competition’s history Smith received the Fuller Award from the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame for her outstanding lifetime contribution to literature as well as a Furious Flower Lifetime Achievement Award known for using her art to address complex social issues such as water rights and white supremacy Fearon’s immigrant experience deeply influences her unique movement vocabulary and dance-making approach Her career includes 12 years with the Stephen Petronio Company including a 2017 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for her performance in the skeleton architecture a women and gender non-conforming Black improvisation-based collective Fearon's work has been presented nationally and internationally including at New York City venues such as the Joyce Theatre she has completed commissions for the Harlem Stage Her awards include Mosaic Network and Fund (2022) DanceNYC's Dance Advancement Fund Award (2020-22) She has received residency support from Brooklyn Arts Exchange (2024) and continuous support from the Bronx Council on the Arts since 2014 Fearon has been featured in The New York Times and most recently in the book A Year of Black Joy by Jamia Wilson The Princeton Atelier celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024 It was founded by Princeton Professor Emerita Toni Morrison and is directed by Paul Muldoon Clark ’21 Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Creative Writing This unique academic program brings together professional artists to create new work in the context of a semester-long course a choreographer might join with an electrical engineer a company of theater artists might engage with environmental scientists or a poet might connect with a videographer Princeton students have an unrivaled opportunity to be directly involved in these collaborations Visit the Lewis Center website to learn more about the Princeton Atelier and special events presented by the Lewis Center each year and the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) celebrated a historic collaboration on Oct 24 that included programming money and the ability to fundraise for the Reggie Lewis Center via the Boston Marathon Pictured from left: Stephen Chan from the City of Boston; Reggie Center Board Chair Sheriff Steven Tompkins; Reggie Center Director Michael Turner; BAA President Jack Fleming; Roxbury Community College President Dr A flurry of wins for the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury over the last month includes newly announced state and private investments – one of them a historic new partnership with the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) – as the facility approaches its 30th anniversary next year and the BAA announced a groundbreaking collaboration that could bring in $1.3 million for the facility over three years Healey and legislators have included $22 million for the Reggie in their capital plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030 essentially making help for the facility a priority in the state’s funding outlays during those years local legislators said they were confident the measure had enough support to get into an upcoming capital spending bill Roxbury Community College (RCC) and the Reggie kicked off a $5 million fundraising campaign that will run through 2025 The Reggie and BAA collaboration includes a $700,000 grant for programming over the next three years and permission to fundraise via the Boston Marathon as well – an initiative that could hike the overall support to $1.3 million “There’s no better way we can live out our mission than by putting on good events and channeling that back into the community,” said BAA Director Jack Fleming of the announcement on Oct This partnership is a first of its kind for the BAA but we believe this is the kind of community support through grass-roots activities that we will be doing more of…It is a journey of fitness that we believe in.” Jonathan Jefferson announced the fundraising effort the money from which will supplement the BAA and state commitments to refurbish the basketball courts and the track “We are kicking off the celebration of Reggie 30 and we are announcing the fundraising campaign … to support this esteemed institution,” he said we are at least $1.3 million closer to that $5 million goal.” Finding the funding necessary for maintenance and upgrades has been a nagging issue for the facility as it looked toward 30 years in business but optimism is high that the center will be in tip-top shape by its 30th birthday “The first thing that will help is we need to replace the roof and the HVAC system,” Turner said “They have to be replaced and that’s $12 million right off the bat From that we’re going to talk to them and see how we can spend the remaining $10 million To replace everything that we need in this facility and the fieldhouse is $6.2 million.” Russell Holmes and Chynah Tyler were instrumental in getting state money secured in the capital budget “We still need the governor to actually do it,” said Holmes when we can get private money secured like with the BAA collaboration that helps me to advocate for public money at the State House.” he already has plans for the BAA programming money that would benefit BPS students and the surrounding communities with a youth fitness program “That’s one of the things we’re continuing to develop and launch at the end of track season,” he said “We’re looking to finalize development of that by April That’s going to be opened to the community and anybody that can get here to take part in it.” Download this week's Reporter print issue or subscribe today to "Dorchester's Hometown Weekly Newspaper!" Just $50 for 52 Issues in the continental US Download this week's Reporter print issue or subscribe today to "Dorchester's Hometown Weekly Newspaper!" Just $60 for 52 Issues in the continental US Get comfortable at the Reggie Lewis Center. the Roxbury venue will host the MIAA Indoor Track & Field divisional state championships over the next five days. Division 1 kicks off the festivities Wednesday followed by Division 2 on Thursday Division 4 (Saturday) and Division 5 (Sunday) Wellesley is the defending Division 2 girls team champion, while Holliston raised the girls team trophy in Division 4 last year. Don't miss these 22 athletes as they aim for divisional championships: The junior is at the front of the pack in the Division 2 600 (1:37.19) The Michigan commit has the top mark in the Division 2 long jump (17-11.25) and is the No Two-sport star: Burnham scores winner as Wellesley girls soccer wins first state championship in 20 years She holds the top seed in two Division 1 events Edozien is the favorite in the 55 hurdles at 8.03 seconds and the long jump at 18 feet He's the man to beat in the Division 2 two-mile with a 9:26.94 seed time the senior is the top seed in the Division 2 mile (4:27.81) The former cross country state champion is the Division 4 1,000 top seed (3:02.21) by less than a second and holds the top mark in the mile (5:10.77) 2 seed in the Division 1 1,000 in 2:55.37 and has the No He has the top shot put seed in Division 5 at 57 feet It ranks second in the state across all divisions 'This kid is different': Ari Levine building a legacy of more than shot put at Hopedale He is tied for the top seed in the Division 2 boys high jump with Hopkinton's Logan Sullivan at 6-foot-8 3 seed in the Division 5 two-mile (11:21.03) Off the track efforts: Marlborough Girl Scout spearheads solar-powered fridge project for public access 2 seed in the Division 2 55-meter hurdles at 7.69 seconds just .02 seconds behind the top preliminary mark 1 seed in the Division 4 girls 300 (41.56) and is tied for the No 3 seed in the Division 1 1,000 at 2:34.66 and the two-mile (9:29.14) Never stop going: After cut from basketball team, Lincoln-Sudbury's Sholk among state's fastest runners HopkintonHe is tied for the top seed in the Division 2 boys high jump with Algonquin's Miles Lipka at 6-foot-8 Setting the bar: Monitoring Type 1 diabetes has become 'second nature' for Hopkinton jumper Logan Sullivan she's the top seed in the Division 1 mile (5:10.61) and No 3 seed in the Division 4 55 hurdles (8.95) 2024) – Grand Canyon University has received a five-year Lewis Center for Student Success at the Colangelo College of Business (CCOB) The center will prepare CCOB students for employment opportunities through personal development a speaker series featuring successful Christian leaders and expand career connection programs for students The center will also create and operate video and podcast productions that cover timely business trends “We are blessed to have the Lewis family join the Grand Canyon University community and support our students in their formative years,” said GCU President Brian Mueller “Tom and Jan’s values reflect GCU’s mission to help our students find their purpose Lewis Center for Student Success will also be an asset for our students on their journey of discovery as they learn more about their role in their future careers.” “We’ve always been impressed with Grand Canyon University’s high-quality academics campus culture and passion to serve,” said Tom Lewis which is best known for building over 5,000 homes in metro Phoenix from 1991 through 2016 “Developing successful people and successful leaders starts when you give students the ability to find their strengths This program will help GCU students reach their potential and lead lives of success Part of the gift will also fund a full-time career counselor in GCU’s Career Services Center The university’s approach to workforce development is to create educational opportunities that meet the needs of students and industry leaders The career services component of this partnership will help provide business students better pathways to employment “We believe we’ll see strong results from this new partnership with the T.W Lewis Foundation because of our shared beliefs that go beyond the classroom,” said Business college Dean John Kaites “Our students are known for their integrity servant leadership and ability to work in a collaborative environment That comes from teaching a Christian worldview.” Hall of Fame inductee and CEO of Performance Food Group George Holm served as the first guest speaker of the T.W Lewis Speaker Series at the Colangelo College of Business earlier this fall Holm shared insight on leading a Fortune 100 company with character More speakers are scheduled for the 2024-25 academic year Lewis Foundation was formed in 2000 by Tom and Jan Lewis to provide leadership and financial support to dozens of nonprofits that help children and families in need The foundation also supports Christian education several local civic and cultural groups and national nonprofits that help to strengthen America Freshman Nasir Camille competed with Snowden International at the 2025 Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Freshman- Sophomore Championship At left is Camille with his coach Nasir Rivera Nasir Camille trained with the Boston Lions Track Club and the former Lion quickly became the king of the jungle in his class the 14-year-old freshman from Jamaica Plain competed with Snowden International at the 2025 Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Freshman-Sophomore Championship-Small Schools held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center He made quite the first impression when he won the Boy’s 300m and set a meet record with a personal record 36.18 a performance that made him the fastest freshman in Massachusetts and the third fastest in the nation in the 300m event The meet “kind of shows you people in your class and potentially who you’ll be running within the next two to three years,” said Camille’s high school coach He called me the night before the meet and told me he was going to beat the meet record.” knows that part of her son’s success is thanks to Rivera and Boston Lions coach Tomorrow Peeples-Taylor “I have to give credit where credit is due,” said McLean he met Coach Tomorrow at a community event Camille became a Lion and started training with Peeples-Taylor when it was time for him to compete at the high school level this year many expect Camille to pile up the accolades “He has been running in these meets with seniors and juniors and has been placing top six,” said McLean “He’s just going to keep growing and by the time he’s a senior he’s going to be number one all around.” The crazy thing is although he probably couldn’t see what I saw for him I knew this was a possibility for him and this is why I trained and pushed so hard because this is exactly what I wanted for him,” said Peeples-Taylor “I knew within the four years of high school that he would be able to accomplish some goals but to break records in ninth grade Ignatius will play for its sixth straight boys soccer state championship on Sunday.Jonathan X .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland.comASHLAND Ohio — When Wednesday night‘s Division I boys state soccer semifinal went into overtime Ignatius Wildcats had one thing on their mind so we were just pushing and pushing and pushing “At practice we always go hard till the end and it reflects in overtime of the game We got to go as hard as we can because PK’s you never know what’s going to happen so take care of it in regular time.” The score was tied 1-1 and the Wildcats had plenty of chances to end it Ignatius chances the Braves' counterattack nearly snapped the Wildcats' state title streak With 2:56 left in overtime Sammy Trivisonno beat Olentangy goalkeeper Alex Kerestan to let St Ignatius play for its sixth straight state championship “You’ve got to be really good to get to this stage And there were moments in the game where I thought we looked good and there were moments in the game where I thought they looked good,” St it’s hard to deal with the pressure and everything that’s involved with it And I’m really proud of these guys that they found a way Wednesday’s matchup was the first time Olentangy (15-3-2) has had a boys soccer team advance to the state semifinals The Braves made it to this point with wins over crosstown rival Olentangy Orange and Dublin Jerome one of just two in-state teams to beat the Wildcats since 2018 Ignatius (13-4-2) is in the midst of a run of dominance on the soccer pitch that Ohio has never seen The Wildcats have won 13 state soccer titles since claiming their first in 2004 “I feel like part of it is just the culture at our school,” Marty McLaughlin said “We want to win and we do what it takes to win The Wildcats will battle for a sixth consecutive title Charles at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus The two sides traded possession and scoring opportunities early when Olentangy had a corner kick about 23 minutes into the first half The Braves found the back of the net on the corner Trivisonno had a shot from the right side of the goal that went just high The Wildcats quickly regained possession and Marty McLaughlin fired a shot from almost 30 yards out that flew right past the keeper into the left side of the goal to put St “It was perfect honestly,” Marty McLaughlin said The score stayed 1-0 until there were 30 minutes to go and Olentangy got a free kick Sawyer Wilbanks floated the ball into a dangerous spot and Wildcats goalkeeper Josh Speelman went to defend it He didn’t get there in time and Lucas Brinkman tied the game with a header A few minutes later Wilbanks had a great look at goal and nearly put the Braves up 2-1 the Wildcats pressed for the rest of the second half trying to break the tie they had a hard time even getting a shot off the Olentangy defense made plays time and time again on several Wildcat set pieces they were really hard to get behind,” Mike McLaughlin said We challenge the guys when they get the ball just to be patient and look for the next pass they just want to hit the home run every time.” The clock hit triple zero with the score still tied Ignatius played in the Braves' half of the field at the end of the second half and in overtime But a Braves clear turned into a scoring opportunity and Wilbanks nearly put the game away with just under four minutes left The tables turned right away as the Wildcats countered With 2:56 left Trivisonno put one past Kerestan to send the Wildcats back to the state championship eventually one had to go in and that was the one,” Trivisonno said “Everybody expects so much from us and we‘ve got to come out and capitalize every year Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices This story has been updated with additional information A pair of Indiana companies has broken ground on the second major central Ohio development of new single-family homes built for rent The development firm Buckingham Companies and the homebuilder Onyx+East plan to build 120 detached rental homes at Lewis Center and North roads in Orange Township Buckingham's news follows the Stillwell Jerome development of 230 rental homes launched two years ago by the Columbus developer Coastal Ridge in Jerome Village in Union County Buckingham's homes will include two to four bedrooms All will feature attached two-car garages and outdoor spaces Rents have not been announced for the homes The development follows Buckingham and Onyx+East's first build-to-rent project A model home in Mural Lewis Center will be available this fall with the first homes available for rent in December “The growing build-to-rent space represents the perfect blend of rental-home convenience and single-family home ownership,” said Buckingham Senior Vice President of Investments Justin Brown in a news release The Mural Lewis Center and Stillwell Jerome developments mark a shift in the booming rental home business toward new higher-end rental homes in affluent suburbs with well-regarded school districts The developments follow a surge in central Ohio in investors buying single-family homes to rent out, along with a rise in attached patio-home style rental homes According to Point2Homes 1,426 new rental homes are "in the pipeline" in the Columbus market the 16th highest in the nation and roughly half of all new rental homes currently underway in Ohio Most are attached rental homes by companies such as Redwood and Wilcox Communities Is the Target boycott working? Artist Robert B. Stull has died at 58 City reaches out to entrepreneurs of color to apply for liquor licenses A 4.2-mile running event and a 2.1-mile walking event will occur at Franklin Park entitled the “Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center’s Road Race to Promote Health and Athletic Excellence.” Proceeds from this fundraising event will go to facility enhancements and programming at The Reggie The festivities will continue at the William Devine Golf Course in July with a tournament fundraiser for the Center and healing forum to focus on and prioritize physical There will be thought-provoking panel discussions a “Wellness Row,” featuring community health resources and screenings and a “Day of Play” with basketball tournaments The celebrations will culminate on Saturday when the center will bring together community leaders supporters and partners to honor The Reggie’s 30-year enduring legacy and its impact on generations of local athletes and families The evening will feature great food from local BIPOC-owned restaurants The 30th anniversary of the opening of the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center has seen several impressive records broken on the 200-meter indoor Mondo Super X track including Brockton High School student Lucas Andrade’s recent record of 7.22 seconds in the 55-meter indoor hurdles event more than 41 records have been broken at the facility the 1994 Roxbury Community College basketball team won the National Junior College Athletic Association championship in the basketball facility Celtic Reggie Lewis The Reggie welcomed many celebrated people and administered 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots Boston Indoor Games and USA Indoor Track and Field Championships multiple times Roxbury Community College has operated the facility for multiple city and state track events the center has increased its programming schedule to include a variety of local fitness classes that revolve around wellness and connection The RLTAC has recently partnered with the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) whose motto is “Promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports.” A full slate of classes from cardio and endurance to strength and conditioning will cater to the seasoned veteran and the novice fitness buff Seniors are welcome to participate and have daily courses just for them This world-class complex was named after NBA star Reggie Lewis He was the fifth man on the famed Dunbar High School basketball team where he played alongside NBA greats Reggie Williams Lewis came to Boston to attend Northeastern University where he holds the Huskies’ all-time scoring record of 2,708 points His Northeastern teams won the ECAC North four years in a row and played in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament missing the Sweet 16 in 1983-4 by a Virginia Commonwealth buzzer-beater He was a first-round draft pick by the Boston Celtics in 1987 and joined the team as a hometown hero He averaged almost 18 points a game and was a defensive stalwart and an NBA All-Star Reggie tragically died of heart failure while working out at Brandeis University on July 27 “Our family carries the memory of Reggie in our hearts every single day,” said his mother “Not a day goes by that my children and I fail to reflect on Reggie and what he meant to our family We talk about him every day to keep his memory alive.” The saga of Reggie Lewis continues to fill the memories of many good people in Boston You can still find murals painted on buildings around the city honoring the fallen captain of the Boston Celtics the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts officially opened the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Crossing Roxbury Community College is planning for the next 30 years and beyond Every person who wishes to honor Reggie Lewis’s legacy should visit the place and the building that carries his name This gifted professional basketball player passed from this life tragically but his legacy lives on in a tremendous and unique facility in the heart of Roxbury that continues to hold world class events Location: Shattuck Picnic Grove (Start and finish) Iowa (KMTV) — The Lewis Central theater department is collaborating with it's neighbors across the street It’s opening night for Into the Woods at Lewis Central High School but this musical comes with a little bit of a different twist I’m Southwest Iowa Neighborhood Reporter Katrina Markel and I'm here because Lewis Central students are collaborating with their neighbors across the road at Iowa school for the deaf Performer: “She sits by the hour maintaining her hair...” actually and I’m so proud of every single one of you guys...” Encouragement from Lewis Central theater teacher Alan Strait “You guys have to realize that you get to do theater,” he said “The program that I ran just before I came here just got cut They don’t get theater next year; you guys get that.” Strait said he’s always wanted to partner on a production with Iowa School for the Deaf let’s get them involved and say that these stories are truly for everyone and not just a few,” he said The Lewis Central performers are shadowed on stage by sign language interpreters from ISD “We were going to have interpreters on the side interpreting the show and when they came into rehearsal one day they were like we need to do shadow interpreting,’ and I’m like ‘Okay The kids from ISD weren’t available for interviews but I asked LC senior “The interpreters are super cool,” Hutchison said “There’s not like really a difference between them and us,” she said Into the Woods runs through Sunday at the Lewis Central performing arts center Student cast members of "To Dream About Wings" (left to right) (PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater and Music Theater at Princeton University presents To Dream About Wings a new play by Princeton senior Stephenie Chen The play explores dreams of many forms: from dreams of flight The production is directed by senior Wasif Sami 2025 in the Wallace Theater at the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton campus To Dream About Wings follows two teenagers: Anna who dreams of stability and a love that lasts forever But as his flying machine—his ornithopter—starts becoming a reality she is faced with the fact that he must leave her The play explores family dynamics in Asian American and immigrant households how we live with grief both individually and together and whether religion can do anything about the predicament of loss The production contains depictions of falling from heights Free and open to the public, tickets can be reserved through University Ticketing. The Wallace Theater is fully accessible with an assistive listening system. The February 21 performance will be open captioned. Guests in need of other access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week prior to the event date Chen’s and Sami’s work on the project represents their independent work toward a minor in the Program in Theater and Music Theater Students earning a minor take the course “Introduction to Theater Making,” four other theater and provide non-performing support for one or two other Program productions They have the option to propose a senior project in spring of their junior year or producing a production; the Program’s season is primarily shaped by the interests and proposals of the students in the Program Students’ senior projects are advised by the faculty with support from the professional staff in music Any student can pursue the minor; no application or audition is required and students with no prior experience are welcome Chen started writing To Dream About Wings in fall of her junior year in the course Introductory Playwriting taught by award-winning playwright Nathan Davis She was inspired by the children’s book series Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne She initially began with imagining Leonardo DaVinci’s aspirations to fly which evolved into a meditation on aspiration The story centers on two Asian American families The play continued to evolve in the rehearsal room in collaboration with Sami the Program in Theater’s fall production of a new play by senior Le’Naya Wilkerson Chen is a computer science major who grew up in Hong Kong and Beijing She discovered theater late into her Princeton career through a playwriting class taught by playwright Nathan Davis (who is her advisor on this project) and says she immediately fell in love with the medium She is heavily influenced by playwrights Sarah Ruhl and magical realists across different forms of media written and directed by Kenza Benazzouz ’24 a choreopoem which explored different ways grief She adds that the process or work on that production has influenced her interest in community and movement-based theater Chen currently serves as a coach for Trenton Youth Theater a co-curricular program for students from Trenton Central High School and Trenton Ninth Grade Academy Chen was a recipient of the Tiger Baron Summer Award this past year which provided her with funding to explore manifestations of awe Chen works in the domain of computational neuroscience and is researching risk sensitivity in populations with and without neuropsychiatric disorders she hopes that her next project will be an exploration into how social realities constructed by capitalism and the omnipresence of film and television has affected individual psyches she hopes to continue writing and storytelling through theater and film specifically probing where technology and the arts intersect as well as creating and partaking in spaces rich with community Sami is an anthropology major from Hillsborough and is a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow in anthropology through which he studies with Professor of Dance and Lewis Center Chair Judith Hamera as his mentor He is also pursuing minors in theater and gender and sexuality studies and an adaptation of Medea by Wendy Wasserstein and Christopher Durang He also directed and co-produced the play Theresa’s Breasts by Amber Palmer Fields Center in October 2023 as an independent production secured funding from Princeton’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and hosted talkbacks after each performance He notes the process was an experience of queer inquiry Sami has supported work at McCarter Theatre on the Here There Are Blueberries national tour; Clubbed Thumb a new play development company in New York City; the National Asian American Theater Company;  Soho Rep theater company in New York; the Kennedy Center in Washington; and on the musical How to Dance in Ohio which had a Broadway run during the 2023-24 season Sami has worked with Trenton Youth Theater serving as the year-long student fellow as a first-year student and most recently as the student director of the group’s anniversary showcase performance at Richardson Auditorium He is a recipient of a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship to study Urdu in Madison Dale ’53 Summer Award to conduct research in Bangalore India; and an Alex Adam Award from the Lewis Center to engage with queer theater and community in New York City and Bangalore last summer Sami is an improvisational dancer and solo performance artist and last May marked his first solo performance in New York City which was presented at Grace Exhibition Space in the Lower East Side he notes that he hopes to move to New York City to continue creating theater and performance student members of the production team include Elena Milliken as set designer Irene Kim as assistant costume designer working under staff costume designer E and Sophia Vernon as stage manager with Melody Cui and Vivian Huang as assistant stage managers Faculty project mentor is playwright Lloyd Suh with faculty members Nathan Davis as writing advisor Visit the Lewis Center website to learn more about this event Iowa (KMTV) — Lewis Central Superintendent Brent Hoesing is known for his creative snow day announcements On Tuesday he released a parody of Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club Hoesing teased the kids about missing so many snow days they'd have to do year-round school but Hoesing said they will have to make up the missed day at the end of the school year but I just can't ignore the crazy weather headed our way..." Lewis Central Superintendent of Schools Dr Brent Hoesing has a unique way of announcing a snow day I'm Southwest Iowa Neighborhood Reporter Katrina Markel Hoesing about why he chooses to do these musical announcements "I just do them because when I walk into a school the kids will typically recognize me from the videos," he said It's just one tactic he uses to help students see him as approachable It all started when he was superintendent in Missouri Valley the first time he had to cancel school Hoesing's wife suggested he do something fun he recorded a parody of “Let it Go" from Frozen and sent it out as a voicemail "And the next thing you know I pushed 'send' to everybody in the district,” Hoesing said everybody got a voicemail of me singing the song and I thought someone put the song on social media and it went viral He thinks he's done 20 or 25 song parodies by now He'll parody songs in just about any genre "I just basically pick songs I can easily switch the lyrics to because it's not like I'm some kind of lyrical genius I just basically put a lot of snow day terms into it." singing: "The boys and girls can all sleep in tomorrow to be safe..." He says it's not easy to cancel school knowing it's inconvenient for some families or that some kids might not even get a warm meal at home I guess by putting out a little video hopefully even if I can make a couple people chuckle that guy's not a very good singer but at least it's a funny video,'" he said the driest major metropolitan area in the U.S. exemplifies the challenges of urban water management in arid regions deputy general manager of resources for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) the local water provider for the greater Clark County area which serves about 2.3 million residents and 41 million annual visitors The Strip’s reputation for excess masks the stark reality Vegas faces: a struggle for water in the desert “We have to remember that we live in the Mojave Desert,” Pellegrino said in an opening presentation at the 2024 Lewis Center Sustainability Forum at the ULI Fall Meeting located three miles from the Strip at the Springs Preserve where 180 acres (72.8 hectares) of flora and fauna native to the Mojave Desert thrive in both natural and restored habitats “Our city is branded in this very provocative way: Anything can happen here that is not what living in Southern Nevada looks like.” senior director of urban resilience at ULI; Jacob Atalla vice president of sustainability at KB Home; Greg Dorolek principal partner at Wenk Associates; and Karen Mahrous senior vice president and head of ESG at Clarion Partners senior director of urban resilience at ULI stressed that water scarcity is a global problem “America is using most of its groundwater,” she said and we’re seeing other studies showing that this is also an international [issue].” Water scarcity is making the resource more expensive for real estate owners and builders the price of water rights (entitlements to use water from a specific source typically regulated by state laws) and water rates (charged by water utilities for the delivery of water to consumers) have risen faster than inflation “Public officials at all levels of government increasingly recognize freshwater scarcity as a threat to their communities and are enacting drought-related policies to address water stress,” Eppig said “Many of these policies affect land use and real estate [which] will impact real estate markets and [reduce] affordability.” developers can mitigate the risks posed by water shortages and rising prices by investing in water efficiency and conservation measures “at the site scale.” A later panel on water-wise development offered some site-scale case studies discussed innovative stormwater management practices emphasizing the use of natural landscapes to manage water efficiently He highlighted the transformation of industrial sites into sustainable thriving communities through the integration of stormwater treatment systems detailed initiatives like retrofitting properties with low-flow fixtures and implementing water monitoring systems which have led to significant water savings and financial benefits Tenants in Class A offices prefer buildings with water-saving elements and expect transparency when it comes to sustainability data “You assume your buildings are well managed .but until you install the [right] technology [you don’t have] full visibility,” she said vice president of sustainability at KB Home said homebuyers have been quick to embrace low-flow fixtures and other water-saving elements at the firm’s residential developments “We’ve never had an issue with a homeowner saying I don’t like the fixtures or the front lawn,” Atalla said “We’re saving them money and also giving them resilience at the same time.” Federal water policy fireside chat: Lindsay Brugger general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District The majority of Clark County’s potable water comes from the Colorado River Basin it hit the lowest level since filling in 1937 “The Colorado River is the hardest-working river in the United States,” Entsminger said upon the river [and its] five million acres of irrigated agriculture.” The Las Vegas Valley is a particularly heavy user It gets even less rain than neighboring desert areas Entsminger underscored the critical role of demand-side management “There is a small amount of water that can be realized on the supply side of the equation but it’s almost all demand side for us,” he said Nothing grows in the Valley without receiving water from SNWA “Without irrigation from the potable water system “There is no landscaping [outside] homes.” The SNWA has implemented progressive regulations to conserve potable water so there’s enough for its growing population SNWA implemented a ban on ornamental grass that serves no functional or recreational purpose and called a moratorium on the installation of evaporative cooling in new commercial and industrial buildings in the Las Vegas Valley (Existing grass must be removed by 2027.) In 2022 the authority limited water use in residential swimming pools Anything the SNWA banned in new development it paired with an incentive program “that exists for our existing built community to use if they want to make a water-wise and sustainable choice,” Pellegrino said home to the sustainability-designed building where he sat as “an active operational part of [SNWA’s] facilities.” “This isn’t just a museum and a place to demonstrate sustainability in the desert,” Entsminger said “It is also an active operational part of our facilities There are about 40 million gallons of storage onsite There’s a pump station on site that bushes water uphill.” There are signs the authority’s efforts are paying off Southern Nevada has added about 750,000 new people since 2002 while its use of Colorado River water has gone down more than 40% during that time “Reducing our overall water consumption by more than 40 percent doesn’t magically just happen,” said Entsminger He stressed the critical role of the real estate industry in supporting initiatives like limiting pool sizes and removing nonfunctional turf which are essential for adapting to a warmer Commissioner Touton said those efforts to ensure that communities can adapt to the challenges posed by water scarcity and climate change would not be possible without collaboration across state lines and sectors She highlighted the critical role of federal partnerships in managing water resources across the Western U.S “We’ll have record conservation in 2024 of 1.6 million acre-feet through Nevada calling this reduction “a proof of concept that demonstrates [desert] communities can still thrive despite significant water use reductions,” Camille emphasized the importance of sustainable solutions and the need for every level of partnership to ensure that communities can adapt to the challenges posed by water scarcity and climate change Entsminger praised the Springs Preserve as part of the conservation effort the former Las Vegas “water czar,” emphasized in a sobering keynote speech the urgent need for cooperation among states to avoid legal disputes as hydrology changes rapidly due to climate change the former Las Vegas “water czar” as lead negotiator for the state of Nevada and past head of the SNWA emphasized in a sobering keynote speech the urgent need for cooperation among states to avoid legal disputes as hydrology changes rapidly due to climate change “The biggest mistake this river community can make is to end up in court because climate change will overwhelm it,” she said which is a huge part of the storage system on the Colorado River The enemy has been not the change but the rate of change.” our adaptations to climate change are not occurring as quickly as the clock is ticking “All change has been incremental on this river,” she said. “Change only comes when it is absolutely necessary. To take a quote from Winston Churchill but not until exploring all the alternatives.’” Learn more about ULI’s Water Wise Initiative here (PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts has announced the selection of five Mary Mackall Gwinn Hodder Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year This year's recipients include sculptor Carlos Agredano “The Lewis Center is thrilled to welcome this impressive and diverse cohort of Hodder Fellows and to express our enduring gratitude to Mrs Hodder for making their time with us possible,” said Lewis Center Chair Judith Hamera in making the announcement “These inventive and rigorous artists challenge our perceptions of foundational issues from the seeming solidities and histories of urban infrastructures and personal beliefs to the ephemeralities of belonging and connection and collaborations they will bring to us in their fellowship period.” or other kinds of artists or humanists who demonstrate “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts.” Artists from anywhere in the world may apply in the early fall each year for the following academic year Past Hodder Fellows have included novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Carlos Agredano lives and works in Los Angeles He describes his work as utilizing ready-made and process-based sculptures to materialize issues of race and inequity particularly within the context of American urban planning in Southeast Los Angeles He notes his research outlines how two discriminatory practices—racially restrictive covenants and redlining—influenced the construction of Los Angeles’ public freeway system in the 20th century Agredano’s most recent exhibitions include: Por El Rio organized by Clockshop at the Los Angeles State Historic Park; Scupper and Strong Winds Ahead at François Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles; Smog Check at Human Resources Gallery in Los Angeles; CO PM2.5 and PM10 at the New Wight Gallery at UCLA; and In Practice: You may go but this will bring you back at the Sculpture Center in New York City in History and Literature from Harvard University and his M.F.A Agredano plans to work with Princeton’s High Meadows Environmental Institute to expand his research methods about hyper-local air pollution Building on Robert Smithson’s concept of the “non-site”—a type of land artwork that indexed specific locations across New Jersey—Agredano aims to create a new land artwork that addresses the absent social and political contexts of the “non-site” in America Satoshi Haga is a performing and visual artist from Fukushima who began his artistic career in the 1980s in New York City he reflects on the impact of nuclear power on humanity and the lasting effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident disaster He is a director of binbinFactory in New York City collaborating with Rie Fukuzawa since 2010 where they merge Eastern and Western cultures through their dance and theater performances Their work has been featured in numerous venues and festivals Haga and Fukuzawa are recipients of a number of residency programs and grants including an Eva Dean Dance residency supported by a Mertz Gilmore Dance Research Grant a Seanse Art Center Residency at Volda University in Norway a SU-CASA residency through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and a LMCC Arts Center Residency at Governors Island Haga notes that his time as a Hodder Fellow will center the development and groundwork for his new project Ayana Mathis is a novelist and essayist based in New York City She describes her fiction and nonfiction as explorations of the same subject: the lived social and historical experience of poor Black women and families She is the author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Knopf which was the inaugural winner of McSweeney’s Gabe Hudson Prize The Unsettled was also a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Foundation's Legacy Award and was named a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of 2023 and a best of 2023 by The New Yorker and Oprah Daily and was long listed for the Dublin Literary Award Mathis’ essays and criticism have been published in The New York Times and The Atlantic from The Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is pursuing her Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary She teaches at Hunter College in the M.F.A Mathis shared she will work on a memoir-in-essays entitled My Brief Salvation a collection of critical and personal essays about iterations of belief in literature and the writer's own formative years in Philadelphia in the turbulent 1980s Described by The New York Times as “a composer to watch” with music that is “entirely fresh and personal,” Shin notes he is drawn to understanding how his music folds into the broader conversations around human connection In its citation for the Charles Ives Fellowship the American Academy of Arts and Letters observed that Shin “has already established an individual voice,” singling out Hyo a work commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Shin reflects on his family’s immigration story from South Korea exploring themes of genealogy and life’s impermanence against the backdrop of anti-Asian sentiment during the COVID-19 outbreak The Academy praised the work for “a sophisticated wide range of beautiful orchestral sounds that unfold within a strong narrative,” calling it “honest Shin shares that he will create his second work for the vocal band Roomful of Teeth in collaboration with the modern music collective Wild Up was recorded on Roomful of Teeth’s 2024 Grammy Award-winning album Catherine Yu is a Chicago-based writer of plays and opera librettos Her plays include In Spite of My Ambivalence which was a 2024 Venturous Playwright Fellowship nominee; In Love and Friendship which received a 2023 Second Round selection by the Austin Film Festival; Le Jeté a 2019 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semifinalist; The Day is Long to End produced in 2018 at the University of Florida; and The Sun Experiment which received a Fringe NYC Overall Excellence in Playwriting Award and was named among Time Out New York’s Top Ten Nightlife and Music Events of the Week in August 2014 New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Her opera librettos have been commissioned by Atlanta Opera and Strange Trace She is a resident playwright with Chicago Dramatists Yu’s time as a Hodder Fellow will focus on the writing of a play about an Asian American immigrant family told through a Japanese narrative structure and other events at the Lewis Center for the Arts most of which are free and open to the public Visit the Lewis Center website to learn more about the Hodder Fellows and Sasha Villefranche (left to right) as the three Witches and Alex Conboy as Woman in rehearsal for the musical Macbeth in Stride (PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater and Music Theater at Princeton University presents Macbeth in Stride a musical by Obie Award-winning theater artist Whitney White that employs rock and R&B to investigate some of the most familiar narratives of Shakespeare's "Scottish play." The production is directed by Princeton senior Layla Williams 2025 at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center (91 University Place) in Princeton audiences have forgotten to treat them as narratives at all The show asks: What’s the story that framed you before you were even you And what happens when the one thing we think she desires is power At times inhabiting Lady Macbeth’s perspective and power in a high-energy and interactive concert-style performance with audience interaction Joined by the Witches as singing collaborators the work explores what it means to try to change a story whose end is already predetermined and has been lived a thousand times before The musical has its roots in work by White while in Brown University/Trinity Rep’s M.F.A the show has been presented at Yale Repertory Theatre and in late April at Brooklyn Academy of Music White notes that Macbeth in Stride is the first of a five-part series commissioned by American Repertory Theatre excavating the women from Shakespeare’s canon Princeton senior Layla Williams proposed directing Macbeth in Stride as her independent project toward a minor in the Program in Theater and Music Theater in addition to her major in African American studies with the option to propose a senior project in spring of their junior year; the Program’s season is primarily shaped by the interests and proposals of the students in the Program Williams’ goals for the project are to examine how to subvert the narrative structure of the American musical that traditionally has silenced Black women how elements of magical realism allow audiences to reimagine Blackness within theater is majoring in African American studies and pursuing minors in theater and creative writing with a focus on screenwriting Her academic work has led to directing Macbeth in Stride as a culminating project she researched Black musical theater and Black theater institutions She notes that courses like “Theatrical Design Studio” and “Theater Making Studio” have been vital influences in the way she approaches the rehearsal process as a theatermaker and collaborator and courses like “Black Performance Theory” and “Casting History Theory and Practice” have served as foundational theoretical frames for approaching her work as a director and a scholar Williams has served all four years at the University on the board of Princeton University Players the only student-run musical theater group on campus It was with this group that she directed her first show in her sophomore year The student cast includes Alex Conboy as Woman Kariesh Thony and Amira Adarkwah as the Witches Faculty member Aaron Landsman is co-producing the show with faculty member Solon Snider Away as music director conducting the live band The student production team includes Sahaf Chowdhury as set designer and Myrah Charles and Precious Opaola as assistant stage managers with Adarkwah as rehearsal assistant stage manager Professional members of the production team include Miriam Patterson as costume designer and Nathan Leigh as sound designer and Yoshi Tanokura with Itohan Edoloyi as a lighting advisor on technical rehearsals