On Tuesday, December 12, a host of guests gathered at KSI’s Milford Skill Development Center on North Rehoboth Blvd., Milford to celebrate the renovation recently completed on the Life Enrichment Program area.

This first phase of KSI’s renovation was largely funded by a Community Reinvestment Grant from the State of Delaware. The new area boasts lower ceilings with acoustical tiles for better sound control, upgraded computer systems, more efficient HVAC utilities for comfort with a four-unit air system equipped with fresh air intakes to ensure healthy circulation, mid-room retractable partitions will create separate learning spaces to avoid distractions during life skills lessons and a new exterior ramp making emergency exits more manageable. The agency goal is to renovate all other programming areas at an estimated cost of $3.3 million.

Photo Caption: Gathered on December 12 for KSI’s Milford Skill Development Center renovation of its Life Enrichment Program area were, pictured left to right Milford Mayor Archie Campbell; State Rep. Daniel Short; State Senator David Wilson; KSI Director of Community Relations Alicia Hollis; KSI Board of Directors Members William Strickland and Secretary Dr. Bobbi Barends; State Reps. Charles Postles and Jesse Vanderwende; KSI CEO Heath B. Chasanov; KSI Vice President of Operations Linda Pearson; KSI Vice President of Finance and Technology Jim Greenwell; KSI Board Members Dr. Thomas Kelly, Frederick A. Duffy, Patricia Rodriguez, Vice Chair Jesse Spampinato, Treasurer Keith Kahn and Charles Hammond; State Rep. Ronald Gray; and KSI Assistant Vice President of Operations Kristin Elliott.