With $1.2 million raised and a private donor match promise of $1.8 million, Collegedale Commons is set to break ground early next month.
Phase 1 of the Common’s three total phases will include basic site work for all eight acres of the property and getting the planned farmer’s market area up and running.
“He [the private donor] would really like to see it up and running this year,” Collegedale Tomorrow Foundation Director David Barto during a community meeting in East Hamilton last week.
Barto spoke at the meeting to stress the city of Collegedale and his foundation’s desire to span beyond the boarders of the municipality.
“We are not building this to be Collegedale-centric,” he said. “We want this to really be a community hub that everyone can enjoy.”