CUAC resolute to resurrect 1913 Post Office building

The historic 1913 Post Office building at Fifth and Jeffers finally and officially goes to the Creativity Unlimited Arts Council (CUAC). It’s indeed a great achievement and the historic moment occurred when the Board of Directors of CUAC presented a check of $10,000 to North Platte Mayor Marc Kaschke. According to the observers, the entire decision is healthy and it seems that the building will get a good facelift as a result.

What is the specialty of the 1913 Post Office building? Well, the 1913 building is a 19,000-square-feet structure that once provided housing for federal offices, the post office, North Platte College and the administrative offices of Mid-Plains Community College. The building, as has been learnt, is par for the course of the city and for that reason, extensive plans regarding the renovation of the building are nothing new. The CUAC, completed the first round of fundraising almost a year ago, and became able to raise $250,000 (if not more) in cash and pledges. This success in raising money stimulated CUAC to carry out environmental study of the building and the surrounding area in a great way before taking possession. However, in spite of meticulous investigations, no fault could be identified.

All these indicate how CUAC is determined to renovate the building and accomplish the objective. This standpoint has been advocated by the comments of Jim Whitaker, former mayor and chairman of the Building Committee of CUAC. He said, “Everyone has been very positive about saving the 1913 Post Office building. We have lost so many old buildings in North Platte, and now we have a chance to save one. The community was really behind us when we needed to raise $250,000 in a hurry, and our donors have been very patient when it looked like not much was happening. Now that we’re finally taking possession of the building, we hope things begin to happen more quickly.”

We, too, expect a great success for CUAC.