Businesses pitch in to help build new facility for Children’s Home

LONGMONT — Volunteers from around Boulder County broke ground last fall on an ambitious philanthropy project that is nearly complete: a 6,000-square-foot administration building for the Mountain States Children’s Home (MSCH) just north of Longmont on U S Highway 287.

“Pratt would estimate the value of this project to be approximately $450,000 to $500,000,´ said Russ Wright, a production scheduler for Pratt Management Companies of Longmont. “That’s assuming an $80 per square foot construction rate at 6,000 square feet.”

The new facility has approximately six offices, a large meeting space and storage area. The cost of construction to MSCH will be zippo.

“We…