THE BILL JOHNSON CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN FIELDSTONE FAMILY HOMES RENOVATES THE ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND INTERIOR DESIGN PROGRAM AREA
involved in the trades, and this will be a wonderful way for that to continue on for generations beyond his and ours. Thank you to DCTC for allowing us to partner with you on this project. It is deeply meaningful to our family.” “It was an honor to work with everyone at DCTC in evolving a memorial scholarship idea into this new space named for our dad, Bill Johnson,” Bryan Wolfe said. “Today was a good day for the college, our family, and all who remember good things Bill did not only in the construction industry, but in everyday life. There are hundreds of people he positively influenced and supported by doing good things.” Bryan added that Fieldstone Family Homes hopes in partnering with DCTC on this project that students find their passion to build ideas, dreams, and businesses in design, construction, or related trades. “We need people in this industry now more than ever, and humbly gift this support to keep our dad’s legacy alive,” he said. Dakota County Technical College hosted a ribbon-cutting
and Inver Hills Foundations, spoke at the event, which was
ceremony on campus in Rosemount, Minnesota, for the newly
attended by a large group of Fieldstone Family Homes family
renovated Architectural Technology and Interior Design
members, including Maureen Johnson, Bill’s widow, friends,
program area (Suite 2300). The event took place Thursday
former and current Fieldstone employees, trade partners
afternoon, September 15, 2021, and included a short program
who worked on the renovated space, business associates, and
and tour.
members of the DCTC campus community.
Fieldstone Family Homes, Inc., of Burnsville, Minnesota,
Trent Johnson, Troy Johnson and Bryan Wolfe, sons of Bill
renovated the area as a way to honor Bill Johnson, the family
Johnson and Fieldstone Family Homes owners, spoke at the
patriarch, who passed away in October 2020. The learning
event. Tadd Johnson, another son and a Fieldstone real estate
suite is now named The Bill Johnson Center for Architectural
specialist, also addressed the attendees.
Technology and Design.
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Kim Shaff wished to thank Fieldstone Family Homes for their generosity in supporting students and the college’s mission: Learn, discover, and build a better future: DCTC is dedicated to education for employment and life-long growth. “We are incredibly grateful that Bill’s sons, Trent, Troy and Bryan, chose to honor the legacy of their father, Bill Johnson, at DCTC,” Kim said. “The Fieldstone Family Homes renovation produced a beautiful and valuable learning space for students that is also an extraordinary tribute to their father. We are honored to have The Bill Johnson Center for Architectural
“We are honored to have the opportunity to recognize our
Technology and Design at DCTC and look forward to a long
Michael Berndt, DCTC and Inver Hills Community College
dad, who was a father figure to so many, in this way!” Trent
partnership with Fieldstone Family Homes, Inc., and the
President, and Kim Shaff, Executive Director of the DCTC
Johnson said. “He was always a proponent of people getting
Johnson family.”
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