Mars Hill
Grant goes toward
J.F. Robinson
Furniture & Appliances
A complete line of furniture and appliances
Recliners • Sofas • Love Seats • Snugglers
‘green’ Day Hall
Sleep Sofas • Leather by Lane • Ashley Wood Stoves
75 Roy Edwards Lane • Mars Hill, NC 28754 (828) 689-4323
REHABILITATION
and
CARE CENTER
Introducing Short-Term Rehab-to-Home Therapy at
Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation and Care Center!
Our facility offers a newly remodeled therapy wing,
with state-of-the-art equipment. It is designed to
improve functioning, mobility and a return to
independent living.
• Physical, Occupational and
Speech Therapies
• Post hospital care and recovery
• 24 Hour Skilled Nursing Care
• Dr Charles DePaolo,
Rehab Physician Advisor
• Private Entrance - Private Dining
Cafe Menu - Walk-in Showers
for more information
828.645.6619
24 hour referral hotline
828.808.2510
25 Reynolds Mountain Blvd.
An artist’s rendering of Day Hall as it will look on the corner of College and Main
streets in Mars Hill.
A $60,000 Green Building Initia- responsible design and construction for the college’s rapidly growing busi-
tive grant from the Kresge Founda- practices which have been developed ness major, a new college bookstore,
tion will be used toward “green by the U.S. Green Building Council. a café and student gathering spaces.
building” design and planning costs Kresge grant monies will be used to The new building will connect to
for the future Day Hall at Mars Hill offset costs attributable to sustain- Mars Hill’s historic Owen Theatre,
College. able building, planning and design the home of Mars Hill’s acclaimed
Pediatric, Adolescent,
Day Hall, a 36,000-square foot practices. theatre program and the Southern
Women’s Health, and Adult Care
multi-purpose building currently Day Hall will be located on the Appalachian Repertory Theatre.
in the planning stages, will be the edge of the Mars Hill campus. In addition to its educational
first building for which Mars Hill Designers are planning a building uses as a facility of Mars Hill Col-
will seek certification through the that will blend carefully with the lege, Day Hall will be used as a
Leadership In Energy and Efficiency historic campus and the neighboring model of sustainable construction.
...would
Design (LEED) program. LEED downtown of Mars Hill. If successful in attaining platinum
is a voluntary nationwide program The structure will provide ex- certification, Day Hall will be the
which promotes environmentally panded classroom space and facilities first building certified through the
like to
LEED program on the campus
of Mars Hill College or Madison welcome
County and one of the first such
buildings in the region.
Dr.
Mars Hill President Dan Lunsford
said, “We are deeply grateful for the
support of the Kresge Foundation as
Jennifer
we take this significant step toward
continuing in these efforts to devel-
Hall
op a greener campus and becoming
a model of wise stewardship of our
Jennifer Hall, MD
natural resources.”
The Kresge Foundation of Troy,
Michigan, is a private foundation
which has been a driving force in the call for an appointment
building of facilities for nonprofit
organizations in the United States
828-645-8525
since 1924.
201 Flat Creek Village Drive • Weaverville, NC 28787
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