SUNY Potsdam broke ground Friday for what it describes as "a new, state-of-the-art greenhouse." The school marked the beginning of construction for the new Wagner Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Research Greenhouse in a ceremony. Students, faculty, staff and members of the Potsdam College Foundation board of trustees were on-hand.
The lead donors, Robert Wagner and his wife Wendy, were in attendance. "Today is a wonderful day for my wife and I to present this gift to the college. Today, we break ground to start the construction process for a 2,400-square-foot greenhouse that will be connected to the south side of Stowell Hall, with a completion date of April 2016," Wagner said. "I'm told that there is a pretty big birthday party that's going to happen in 2016. As luck would have it, the new greenhouse will be dedicated on Potsdam's 200th anniversary."