Knox County Mayor's Office

County to Open Beck Center Addition

 

Who: 
Mayor Mike Ragsdale
Avon W. Rollins, CEO, Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Congressman John Duncan, Jr.
Representative Joe Armstrong
Commissioner Tank Strickland & County Commissioners
Mayor Bill Haslam

What: Ribbon cutting and grand opening of the new 5,000 square foot archive and exhibit hall

When:
Friday, April 30, 2010
11:00 a.m. – ribbon cutting

Where: Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Avenue
865.524.8461

BACKGROUND: Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and Commissioner Thomas “Tank” Strickland have been strong proponents for this expansion of the Dandridge Avenue facility. The expansion will provide more space for the exhibition of the cultural artifacts and art for which the Center is known. The new space and renovations will allow Center staff to control the museum environment, lighting and air in order to better protect the Center’s exhibits and multimillion-dollar archives collection containing roughly 30,000 items related to black history. The groundbreaking took place in June, 2009.

Project Team: Architect: McCarty Holsaple McCarty, Inc.
Contractor: J.A. Fielden Co. Inc.

Budget: $1,059,120

 

Posted on 4-21-2010