A Message from Stan Smith, Board President

Dear Members,

It was a sunny and clear day in Rockport when Ty Husak took his drone in the air to record video and images of current progress at the construction site, found in the video below:

Here is where we are today: 

• Building 2 - The Rockport Conference Center (The ROCC) is now completely dried in. Except for painting of the exterior, work continues primarily inside. The color selected for the exterior is Free Reign, a warm grey color with silver luminosity. Painters are also busy coating and painting the deck, and plumbers are busy finishing the bathrooms. Once that is complete, installation of acoustical sound clouds and LED lighting will commence.

• Building 1 – The Rockport Center for the Arts’ 2-story building is well under way. Workers are busy finishing the installation of Hardie ® board. Inside, the bathrooms are finished and emphasis is being placed on air conditioning the space so the elevator can be installed.

• National Cabling Services of Houston is also on site performing work to install structured cabling and audio visual components in the classrooms, and integrating the WiFi.

• New furniture, fixtures and equipment ordered in the month of March, are in the process of being manufactured for delivery and installation mid-September.

• Last quarter we ordered new equipment for the ceramic studio and kitchen equipment for the staff break room and the culinary arts and catering kitchen in The ROCC.

A block away from the construction site work on a 56-space surface parking lot for our many events has been completed.  You can see the parking lot in minute 2:35 of the drone video in my column.

On Monday, the board approved a hand rail package for the 1.2 acre campus.  Landscaping work in the sculpture garden will commence very soon.

In Rockport, dreams that we had 7 years ago are becoming a reality, thanks to your patronage and support.

Happy summer!

Stan Smith