Community members of App State’s Boone campus are pictured Aug. 16, 2023, in the newly renovated Rivers Street Cafe at App State. Rivers Street Cafe and Park Place at the Pond dining facilities underwent a nearly $3.6 million renovation during summer 2023 to improve the functionality, efficiency and overall student experience at both locations. 蔡斯·雷诺兹摄
The renovation project for campus dining facilities in 中央餐厅和食堂 was one of several major construction projects completed at 澳门新濠娱乐开户 to enhance the App State Experience.
该项目支持App State 战略重点,以及大学的 目标和指标 associated with the University of North Carolina System’s strategic plan. It will primarily benefit students, with benefits for 教师 and staff and campus guests as well. The facilities’ 所有访问 dining model helps alleviate food insecurity on campus by allowing students to select a meal plan that meets their lifestyle needs. 另外, dining costs under this meal plan system are more accurately reflected in students’ estimated cost of attendance — an important metric used to determine financial aid and need-based scholarship support.
关于
本项目由。发起和支持 App州立校园餐饮, consisted of renovations of the university’s two primary dining facilities: Rivers Street Cafe in Central Dining Hall and Park Place at the Pond in Trivette Hall.
The upgrades for the facilities’ service areas are designed to improve the functionality, 效率和整体学生体验的一部分 所有访问 在两个地点提供餐饮形式. This work built upon the initial upgrades made to the facilities in summer 2022, which focused on reconfiguring the facilities’ access points for the new dining model.
工作范围包括:
- Updating food preparation and service areas to ensure a smooth flow of customers.
- Upgrading and replacing food service equipment with equipment that is more suitable for self-service.
- 更新完成.
所有访问(以前称为All You Care to Eat), 2022年秋季发射, 是无障碍的吗?, buffet-style format that fosters community building and enhances the student experience. 质量的多样性, 可持续的食物选择——包括早餐, 午餐, 晚餐和小吃都是由App State厨师准备的.
The large fountain drink station in Rivers Street Cafe was removed as part of the facility’s summer 2023 renovation, 在用餐区提供更多的空间. New drink stations were installed closer to the seating area for Rivers Street Cafe, 如今年八月所示. 16,2023,照片. 蔡斯·雷诺兹摄
A 校园餐厅 employee prepares food for one of the self-serve stations in the newly renovated Rivers Street Cafe, 位于App State的中央食堂. 蔡斯·雷诺兹摄
Pictured is the newly renovated disposal area in App State’s Rivers Street Cafe, 食客把用过的托盘放在哪里, 餐具和剩菜剩菜的处理. Signage in the area indicates what materials are recyclable and how hall visitors can support the university’s Zero Waste initiative. 蔡斯·雷诺兹摄
状态
App State secured Moseley Architects as the project’s designer, and construction for the renovation began at the end of the spring 2023 semester. 大部分工作都是在2023年夏天完成的, with finishing touches applied to Park Place and Rivers Street Cafe during mid-to-late August 2023.
公园广场于8月6日通过了州检查. 3, 2023, and reopened to the campus community the week of Aug. 7, 2023. 翻修后的里弗斯街咖啡馆于8月8日重新开业. 2023年8月16日获国家批准后. 15, 2023.
它的资金来源是什么??
App State’s Board of Trustees authorized full funding for the project — bringing the total to $3.9月8日,800万美元. 16, 2022, 会议, and the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors approved the full project funding at its Oct. 2022年,20日,会议.
Approximately $200,000 was used to fund the summer 2022 renovations, and nearly $3.600万美元用于第二修缮阶段. 这笔资金是通过 校园餐厅 收入.
谁会受益??
Those who use App State’s on-campus dining facilities — including students, 教师, staff and campus visitors — stand to benefit from this project.
Research shows an 所有访问 meal plan model limits food insecurity by allowing students the flexibility to pick a plan based on their lifestyle.
它如何支持UNC系统目标和指标?
与学生一起设计的强化校园, 教师, staff and the public in mind supports recruitment and retention of all members of the university and local communities.
目前主要项目:
An aerial view of areas receiving millennial campus designation at 澳门新濠娱乐开户. 视频由玛丽·弗里曼提供