Now that we’ve broken ground, the Aggie Square project has turned a page.
What comes next? Building the buildings. That’s underway and, honestly, totally thrilling. Fences are up and in the coming months the first two structures in the project will begin to take shape. Planning continues too: the Aggie Square team is meeting with future tenants to assess equipment needs and fine-tune the interior design to ensure the project’s labs, classrooms, and community engagement spaces all deliver on their promise.
How did we get here? What did it take for the Aggie Square team to reach the crucial threshold of breaking ground on the new UC Davis innovation campus in Sacramento?
Picture this: You enter Aggie Square’s Community Engagement Hub on the first floor of the tallest building of the project, the front door opening onto a gallery with a long table and walls filled with art from a Quarter at Aggie Square experience. Or maybe the gallery is showing off a citizen science experiment run with a local school; or images taken by a neighborhood photographer who worked with a university collaborator; or possibly paintings by a local artist who is working with a member of our faculty.
