The Lab's Jim Krupnick details the Lab's search for a second campus.

The first of six public meetings was held July 13 for the Lab’s proposed second campus. The first meeting was held in Alameda for the Alameda Point project. A standing-room only crowd filled an art deco theater on the former Navy base. Associate Lab Director for Biosciences and JBEI director Jay Keasling presented a scientific primer of the lab while Chief Operating Officer Jim Krupnick detailed the specifics of the Lab’s search for a second campus.The proposed second campus is an effort to consolidate the Lab’s off-site biosciences programs, provide room for future growth and to provide the Lab long-term cost savings. A final decision on a preferred site is scheduled for late November.

Lab representatives listen to presentations at the first public meeting to discuss the proposed second campus.

The next public meeting will be held this Thursday, July 21, in Richmond. Also this Thursday, interested lab staff are invited to a presentation by the Richmond Field Station development team at 12:30 in Building 15, Room 253. Go here for more information on Berkeley Lab’s proposed second campus, including the full public meeting schedule.

A video of the Alameda meeting can be viewed here.

A standing room only crowd turns out for the first public meeting.