{"id":17134,"date":"2014-11-14T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=17134"},"modified":"2014-11-14T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:45:45","slug":"photo-feature-signed-beam-tops-new-village-at-alpine-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=17134","title":{"rendered":"Photo Feature: Signed beam tops new Village at Alpine Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 25\u00a0UCCS\u00a0students, faculty and staff members gathered outside the Alpine Garage to\u00a0watch a final piece of\u00a0structural steel be lifted into place at a\u00a0Village at Alpine Valley\u00a0\u00a0at a \u201ctopping off\u201d ceremony Nov. 14\u00a0near the intersection of Stanton Rd. and Mountain Lion Way.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being lifted into place, UCCS community members had a chance to write their names and inspirational quotes across the beam before it was put in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the\u00a0Village at Alpine Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The $74.5 million 515-bed expansion of UCCS student housing broke ground\u00a0\u00a0April 25.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase is scheduled to open in Aug. 2015 and will include space for 292 students, a new dining hall and additional academic programming areas. A second phase, scheduled to open in Aug. 2016, will include space for 223 more students to live. When completed, UCCS will have space for 1,640 students to live on campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0562.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17137\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0562-555x369.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0562\" width=\"555\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0562-555x369.jpg 555w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0562-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0562-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0562.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0558.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17136\" 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src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0669-555x369.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0669\" width=\"555\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0669-555x369.jpg 555w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0669-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0669-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0669.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_8194.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17141\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_8194-555x208.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8194\" width=\"555\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_8194-555x208.jpg 555w, 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