Kopernik STEM Park Receives Funding

Plans for the Kopernik Science Park in Vestal are rocketing forward with the award of $200,000 in state economic development funding for the project.

The Junior League of Binghamton says the park is being constructed at the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center on Underwood Road with groundbreaking planned for spring. The facility is slated to be complete in 2018.

The planning for the science-technology-engineering and math, or STEM-focused park began in the spring of last year.

The Junior League raised $100,000 through contributions from local donors including the Dr. G. Clifford and Florence B. Decker Foundation, State Farm and Visions FCU.

The state money brings the total to $300,000, which puts the secured funding at the halfway mark.  The park is budgeted at $600,000.