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District seeks state grant plus $5M Intermountain Health gift to build Weber Catalyst Center
Summary
Superintendent Gina Butters told the board the district will apply for a $65 million state Catalyst Campus grant (HB447) and intends to use an existing $5 million Intermountain Health gift as seed money for a proposed Weber Catalyst Center — a 40,000‑square‑foot career and technical education hub estimated at about $20 million.
Superintendent Gina Butters said the district will apply for a competitive state grant created by HB447 that sets aside $65 million for the Catalyst Campus model and that the district already has a $5 million donation from Intermountain Health to pair with the state request.
"We're calling it the Weber Catalyst Center...the grant should become available on August 1," Butters said, and presented an early cost and timeline estimate: about a 40,000 square foot, two‑story facility and a rough capital estimate near $20 million. She told the board that grant awards typically require districts to spend…
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