[bolingbaker]

Florida State inTallahassee allocated a 35-acre site for "Heritage Park". It's intended for about 15 new fraternity houses. The sororities are all already well housed. The University will build the roads and other infrastructure. Each qualified fraternity house corp will get a plot and parking places, and a long term land lease. The State owns the land, but the house corps will build and own the houses. All the houses will be built at the same time, and are scheduled to be occupied in the fall of 2003. Fraternities with the money to build their own houses will do it. They will own their houses. Fraternities without the funds can rent one of the "fraternity houses" built by the private development corporation that is developing the property. University Greek Life staff is not much involved. This project is being driven by the University President (ATO) and the alumni of the larger fraternities. Already, ATO, Lambda Chi, KA and the Pikes have raised well over $1 million each.