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Anthony Godfrey:
We started in September on construction. When will we be ready to open?

Scott:
We plan on turning over the middle of August.

Ross Menlove:
We reach kids across the entire District and across the state, but this new location is going to be one central location for us. We're super excited to have one place where kids can come. Kids are going to be doing science experiments and doing creative projects. Just haven't been done before. Making things, designing, being able to be creative, be innovative.

Anthony Godfrey:
Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. It is an exciting new addition to Jordan School District, using a cost-efficient approach to provide a growing number of essential and specialized educational services to families in a centralized location. On this episode of the Supercast, find out what Jordan School District is doing with the former Walmart space across from Elk Ridge Middle School off of 9800 South in South Jordan. It is a space that's being transformed into the Jordan Learning Center, or JLC, and excitement is growing for students, teachers, staff, and the programs which will soon call the remodeled space home.

Anthony Godfrey:
We're here touring through, taking a look at the construction that's underway to create the Jordan Learning Center here. We're with Scott and Ian. Introduce yourselves and let's talk a little bit about this building.

Scott:
Yeah, like he said, my name's Scott. I'm with Engage Contracting. I'm the project manager on the Jordan Learning Center. We're excited to push this thing through to the end.

Ian Roberts:
I am Ian Roberts with Jordan School District, the Capital Outlay Manager. As it's been said, this was a Walmart building at one point and it's made quite a transformation into what it is today, just a little under 41,000 square feet. We'll house our Child Development Center, our Jordan Education Foundation, and our virtual schools.

Anthony Godfrey:
The Jordan Credit Center is going to be tucked in this corner where we're speaking from right now. So these are programs that have had multiple locations, changing locations, locations that weren't large enough to accommodate their needs. I'm really excited about this central location across the street from a school. Just so happens that a crosswalk is going in and the light is going in so there will be easy access to Elk Ridge Middle School when we need a gym and those sorts of services. I have to tell you, I am amazed at how much larger the building feels now that there are walls in here. I know that sounds strange, but you have made incredible use of this space with MHTN as the architects designing this. We've worked closely with them, but you and your team have done such a great job. Tell me about this project.

Scott:
Yeah, so we started it. It was about September of 2024. It was just boots on the ground. The project was already designed. So we came in, bid the project and got started right away. I think one of the most exciting parts is just seeing all the new designs. K through 12 construction was new to Engage Contracting specifically. We've done higher education. We've done work at Weber State. But th