OBITUARIES Say yes to Imagine Project 2 and funding plan 4

Having attended District 200’s Community Finance Committee meeting (Jan. 17), I am still reflecting on the great work D200 has done in planning for the future for our community The years of saving and conservative spending so the district can invest in critically needed capital improvements like Project 2 (renovating century-old physical education spaces at OPRF) is a credit to the work of the D200 board.

In the words of Raymond James Public Finance Managing Director Elizabeth Hennessy, “The district is in a for tunate financial position. The district has a lot of levers it can pull to finance Project 2.” This is excellent news, as there is a clearly demonstrated need for these facilities at OPRF

The board has thoughtfully laid out a detailed schematic plan for the needed work to the school’s physical plant, and now the Community Finance Committee has been presented with dif ferent funding scenarios for Project 2. One key takeaway is that by embarking on this critically needed work now, the district can save millions of dollars in projected future cost increases. Delaying Project 2 could cost D200 as much as