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Lloyd Center, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, and the Circle of Life
By Stephen Demarest Rath “The Child is father of the Man” (William Wordsworth) During my interview with Kathryn Duff—lead architect at studio2sustain inc, and designer of the new Welcome Center, Teaching Pavilion, and improvements to the Foundation House at the Lloyd Center—she hit upon a principle that was very dear to the founder, Karen Gallup…
Read MoreBankFive Gives $30K to Dartmouth Lloyd Center for Capital Campaign Upgrades
SouthCoast TODAY on June 28, 2017 BankFive has earmarked $30,000 for the facilities renovation and expansion campaign at Dartmouth’s Lloyd Center for the Environment, according to a news release. The Lloyd Center has been providing highly regarded research-based environmental education programs for students and residents of Dartmouth, Westport and beyond for more than 30 years.…
Read MoreMassachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund Awards Lloyd Center $225,000 Capital Grant
Thank you to the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF)! The Lloyd Center for the Environment, Inc. has been approved for a $225,000 Capital grant from MassDevelopment, the Mass Cultural Council’s partner in the administration of the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF). For more information on the Center’s facilities project, please click here.
Read MoreLloyd Center’s Transforming a Legacy Capital Campaign Website
We are pleased to announce that our Transforming a Legacy Capital Campaign Website is up and ready to be viewed! Thank you to SouthCoast Internet! Click here to take a look!
Read MoreLloyd Center for the Environment and the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School Join Forces for a Unique, Living Building Challenge
The Lloyd Center is excited to announce its partnership with the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School in the construction of the Lloyd Center’s new Welcome Center, a building project with a unique challenge. The Welcome Center is designed to pursue the most stringent of green building standards, the “Living Building Challenge™ (LBC™)” certification…
Read MoreLloyd Center Aims for Lean, Green, Energy-producing Machine for New Welcome Center
By Douglas McCulloch | Apr 27, 2017 The Lloyd Center is constructing the 13th building in the world to generate more energy than it uses with the help of South Coast students. The new welcome center would follow the strictest building codes in existence — meaning not even trace amounts of specifically banned chemicals can…
Read MoreLloyd Center on mark for $3 million upgrade campaign
LCE Welcome Center by studio2sustain, inc. DARTMOUTH — Don’t be alarmed to see the new flagged off area at the Lloyd Center for the Environment. It heralds good news for fans of the 34-year-old nature center on Potomska Road — expansion. The closed area marks the footprint of a new 960-square-foot visitor center, a part…
Read MoreFund Raising Up-Date April, 2017
As of April 2017, $2.2M of the $3M Transforming A Legacy Campaign goal has been raised from the Lloyd family and leadership donors, foundations and corporations, and the MA Cultural Council Facilities Fund. The Lloyd Center is in the process of submitting additional applications to foundations, meeting with area corporation leaders and discussing its plans…
Read MoreFounder’s Vision Breaks New Ground
The founder of the Lloyd Center for the Environment, Karen Gallup Lloyd, liked to discuss the deepest subjects over a cup of coffee with cream, a blend she insisted be the “color of the Potomac.” She was fascinated with the idea of balance and was drawn to a number of interests – Asian art, Native…
Read MoreLloyd Center for the Environment: Protecting Nature Through Public Education
The Lloyd Center for the Environment has one goal: to protect nature through research, education, and outreach. It seems a simple goal, but the true scale of what this goal encompasses far surpasses the few straightforward words that you see above. In reality, the Lloyd Center for the Environment is the only organization in the…
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