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Architectural rendering of JPR Studio and Oregon Center for the Arts complex (West elevation facing Mountain Ave. on SOU Ashland campus)After over 46 years operating from the same cramped, outdated facility located in the basement of Central Hall on the Southern Oregon University campus, JPR is getting a new home. As part of the renovation and expansion of SOU's theatre and performing arts building, The Oregon Center for the Arts, a new state-of-the-art JPR studio facility is being constructed with completion scheduled for March, 2018.This project will create better space from which to produce the JPR programming our listeners rely on each day. But it will also create new opportunities for JPR to engage the community in our mission with a new live performance studio capable of accommodating a small live audience, an expanded newsroom and new spaces for both SOU students and community volunteers to work.Learn more about this exciting project at the links below.Make a contribution to this project by CLICKING HERE or download, print and mail our pledge form HERE.

JPR Studio Project | Timeline & Funding Update

TVA Architects
JPR Studio, OCA East elevation

PROJECT TIMELINE:

  • October, 2016: Design work completed
  • November, ,2016: Construction bidding and selection of general contractor
  • February, 2017: Construction begins
  • March, 2018: Construction completed
  • May, 2018: Move completed

FUNDING OVERVIEW:

  • $2,700,000: Total Project Budget
  • $1,200,000: Dedicated funds raised for project -- Thanks to the JPR Foundation, the Collyer Hitchcock Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, the Gordon Elwood Foundation, the Carrico Family Foundation and the generous friends of JPR
  • $1,500,000: Southern Oregon University capital financing -- Approved by Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission

Paul Westhelle oversees management of JPR's service to the community.  He came to JPR in 1990 as Associate Director of Broadcasting for Marketing and Development after holding jobs in non-profit management and fundraising for a national health agency. He's a graduate of San Jose State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communications.