UNL plans to build research facility on state fair land

Published Monday August 18, 2008
BY KHRISTOPHER J. BROOKSWORLD-HERALD BUREAU

LINCOLN - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman says there are plans to build a $50 million federal research facility on the 251-acre State Fair Park land once the fair moves to Grand Island.

Perlman said today that plans call for a dozen or so federal researchers to be housed in the facility along with eight to 10 UNL faculty researchers who would focus on exploring alternative fuel sources such as corn, switchgrass and other plants.

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