If these old walls could raise cash ...: Fresno City College officials plan to ask the public to pitch in $3m for the Old Administration Building.

From: Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) | Date: February 12, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Doug Hoagland

Feb. 12--A 30-year push to restore the Old Administration Building at Fresno City College is finally flush with millions of dollars from voter-approved bonds, but it's not enough. So college officials in March will start asking the public to pitch in an extra $3 million to restore the building's auditorium -- costs the bonds can't legally cover. Naming rights -- or "naming opportunities," as the fund drive calls them -- will go with some donatio...

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