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I , . The ground breaking The ground breaking ceremony for the new facility was held on Monday, March 22nd at 4:00 p.m. Dick Swanson, Chair of the Cable Commission, served as the Master of Ceremony. Harley Wells, Vice Chair, talked about the history of the Commission and I talked about the future of the Media Center. Mayor pro tiem of Blaine, Russ Herbst, welcomed us to our new location and members of the Metro North Chamber of Commerce were there to lend their support. Norm Handy, the principal of Blaine High School also attended the event. Let's get this building underway! . Construction Once the process of actually putting the building together started it seemed to move very quickly. One day it was a field covered with trees, the next it had a very large building on it. The construction actually started at the end of March and wrapped up the second week of September. We monitored progress on the building via our website. Each week photos and narrative regarding the project were updated. Old photos were archived so folks could see the changes being made. . Data/Phone network There were a few projects that didn't come under the purview of Gen^Con. Two of those projects included the phone and data networks. Rose worked very hard at coordinating these projects. She met with countless contractors, designed the systems, and supervised the installation of the infrastructure. The result? A VOIP phone system and state of the art fiber data network that provides us limitless growth potential. Our data network is truly one of the shining jewels of this entire project. With it, we can transfer data from anywhere in the building to our servers. This will allow us to edit or program the channels from our desks. People will also be able to save programs directly to a server, skipping the need for videotape altogether. 18