The Eastern community will have its last chance to hear the master plan for Eastern’s campus Wednesday.

Gary Reed, director of Facilities Planning and Management, said this final presentation will give the community a chance to look at what Eastern has planned for the future.

“The idea and the philosophy behind presenting the master plan is to share our vision of where the campus is growing and going with the community,” Reed said.

Stephen Shrake, associate director of Design and Construction within Facilities Planning and Management, said he believes it is important for the community to be present at the event.

“It gives the campus and community their last chance to make comments to the master plan,” Shrake said.

The master plan is a framework of what Eastern will be doing over the next 10 to 15 years, Reed said. It is revisited and reviewed every five years to keep it current.

It is driven by the academic side of campus and is a road map so that the buildings will be ready for the academic side of campus, Shrake said.

Some of the main things in the master plan includes replacement of the science buildings and the over-crowding in Coleman Hall, Shrake said.

Each step in the master plan will be put into action as funding becomes available, Reed said.

The two speakers at the presentation will be Brandon Lipman and Jeff Conroy, from Loebl, Schlossman and Hackle Designs of Chicago.

The presentation will be at 1:30 p.m. in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King, Jr. University Union, with a duplicate presentation at the Charleston Public Library at 6 p.m.

Samantha McDaniel can be reached

at 581-7942 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu