James Beeby, UW-LaCrosse chancellor, said the completed Prairie Springs complex will help science students to the education they need.
Politically mired Prairie Springs again on course
LACROSSE, Wis. — The top brass at the University Wisconsin-LaCrosse broke ground for Phase 2of the $194 million Prairie Springs Science Center on campus. Completion is expected in 2029 — 11 years later than planned originally because former Governor Scott Walker played games with funding the whole project at once. The two-building Prairie Center complex will replace UW-L’s 60-year-old Cowley Science Hall. Crowley is being torn down. State Representative Jill Billings, speaking at the ground-breaking, credited Governor Tony Evers with getting the project “across the finish line.” State funding for the second building stalled in Madison for eight years.