EERC Proposes Expansion

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - The Energy and Environmental Research

Center on the University of North Dakota campus is proposing a $14

million expansion to make room for new staff.

EERC Director Gerald Groenewold says he's adding

about one new employee each week and expects to be out of space

after March 20.

The center employs about 360 people and Groenewold has a goal of

adding another 100 in the next two years.

The proposed expansion is a three-story, 60,000-square-foot

addition that would contain office and lab space.

Groenewold says financing still is being worked out but the

money likely would mainly come from EERC revenue from contracts

with government agencies and businesses. He says the project would

not involve state or federal money.

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