Chronicle Excerpt
After the groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 8, 2021, nobody anticipated nearly three years of delays preventing construction of the United Learning Center, a new 12,800-square-foot educational facility in downtown Centralia.
“It’s been a long time coming,” United Learning Center Project Manager Todd Chaput said during the April 23 Centralia City Council meeting.
When completed, the United Learning Center will be located on the northwest corner of North Pearl and Maple streets in an area that is currently a city parking lot.
“We haven’t had to tow anybody, but that will start next week. So if you park over there, be warned, next week is when they will start mobilizing on May 1,” Chaput added.
The United Learning Center is a joint project to build a new educational facility involving the City of Centralia, the United Way of Lewis County, the Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County, Cascade Community Health, Discover! Children’s Museum and the Bezos Academy.