SIUC hopes state will finally fund promised greenhouse years after budget impasse derailed construction - GABRIEL NEELY-STREIT, The Southern

In the spring of 2015, the College of Agricultural Sciences packed up and moved out of its teaching greenhouse on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus. No state funds ever arrived, and the project only advanced as far as the demolition of the old facility, which was determined a safety hazard to students and faculty. “We had just made a big announcement to all these high school students, saying, ‘when you get here in a year we’re going to have brand new facilities for you,’” Jones said, “That was an egg on our faces.” https://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/siuc-hopes-state-will-finally-fund-promised-greenhouse-years-after/article_c76db676-20fe-519a-901b-65e10a5df8f7.html