Greiner Campus on Schedule for 2018 Debut
Thaddeus Stevens is poised for the most significant expansion in its 112-year history. The College and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are on schedule to open the Greiner Campus for Advanced Manufacturing in the fall of 2018.
The college celebrated a formal groundbreaking on October 2 with nearly 100 students, faculty, staff, and other invited guests.
The $20 million expansion will benefit programs in machine tool and computer-aided manufacturing, metals fabrication and welding, and heating, ventilation, air condition and refrigeration (HVAC-R) programs.
“In a world where we constantly hear of political polarization, partisanship, and ideological silos, this project stands in stark contrast,” said Thaddeus Stevens president William Griscom. “It represents a positive example of a multi-level, bipartisan governmental, public-private partnership that required leadership, creativity, cooperation, and compromise in order to become a reality.”
The Greiner Campus will be a 60,000-square-foot facility comprising two buildings on the site of the former National Guard Armory on Chesapeake Street, a short distance from the College’s historic 32-acre main campus at the eastern edge of Lancaster City.
240,000 facilities growth since 2013.
60,000 square feet of new space in the Greiner Advanced Manufacutring
The Greiner Center is being built by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services at a cost of approximately $20 million. The College raised an additional $2.4 million through a capital campaign, including a $1 million lead grant from Greiner Industries and benefactors Frank and Sharon Greiner.
A third building that is currently home
Click here for renderings and time-lapse of Greiner Campus
Joining the dignitaries were second-, third-, and fourth-grade students from Washington Elementary School. "The facility is designed with young people in mind," Griscom said. "The facility is enclosed in glass, so the elementary and middle school students who walk by every day can see what high-tech, high-paying technical jobs look like."