Governor Announces Funding for Improvements at ISU

Governor J.B. Pritzker has announced $62 million in funding to create an integrated fine arts complex at Illinois State University, through a combination of renovation, demolition and new construction. Funding to restart the project comes from the Rebuild Illinois capital plan.

The project includes major renovations to decades-old facilities, demolition of the Centennial West building, and multiple building additions within the fine arts complex for music, theater, dance, visual arts and classroom space totaling 67,000 square feet. 

The governor said the capital plan also includes $90 million for a multi-phased rehabilitation of Milner Library, as well as $40 million for general repairs and renewal projects.