New D.C. Digs to Promote Peace Worldwide
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) is pressing ahead with its ambitious plans to build a new headquarters at the corner of 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue, NW — just north of the Lincoln Memorial and close to the State Department — which is also meant to stand as a striking symbol of the U.S. government’s commitment to building a more peaceful world.
Construction of the state-of-the art, five-story facility, which broke ground in June, is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2010. Designed to highlight the challenges of contemporary international conflicts, the headquarters will consist of a training center for professional conflict managers, conference and office space, as well as a massive Public Education Center expected to host more than 500,000 visitors each year.
Congress has appropriated $100 million toward the project, and USIP is looking to raise another $80 to $85 million in private funding.
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