Repairs to fix stairs, wall near MLK statue

Sam Gauntt Editor-in-Chief

AACC began repairs for the West Campus quad in Arnold in March.

The renovations, which will finish by Aug. 15, include a complete replacement of the stairs of the amphitheater and repairs for the wall surrounding the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, according to Assistant Director of Facilities

Planning and Construction Joyce Dawson.

“I don’t think you’re going to notice that it looks significantly different,” Dawson said. “It’s just going to look refreshed.”

The amphitheater on West Campus was last renovated in 2020, according to Dawson.

One entrance to the second floor of the Cade building is closed during construction.

But once the work on the stairs is complete in late June, the construction’s impact on students will be minimal, Dawson said.

First-year creative writing student Emiley Anderson said campus renovations are “important.”

“It does interfere with my, like, traveling, because I do have to go in [the Cade] building,” Anderson said. “But I know the layout, so it’s fine with me. And as long as it looks fine and it’s safe, then it’s OK.”

The college will also swap the white fences surrounding the quad with bronze re- placements that match the surrounding area, Dawson said. Cracked concrete and capstones around the quad also will be repaired.