For Immediate Release
	CONTACT: Tom Watson (608) 250-6180

State Bar to break ground on new headquarters: Ceremony is sequel to canceled event

Madison, July 1, 1998 - The State Bar of Wisconsin will re-launch construction tomorrow of its new headquarters on Madison's northeast side after the original ceremony was canceled two weeks ago because of rain. The groundbreaking ceremony, affectionately nicknamed "The Big Dig - the Sequel," will be at 2:00 p.m. at the new building site, located at the American Center Office Park near the intersection of Highway 151 and I-90/94.

Keynote speakers at the ceremony will include Attorney General James Doyle, Lt. Governor Scott McCallum, Madison Mayor Sue Bauman, State Bar President Susan Steingass and Past State Bar Presidents Steve Sorenson and Gerald O'Brien.

The new headquarters were designed by HSR Architects of Madison and will be built by Bauer and Raether Builders, Inc. The new facility will be approximately 40,000 square feet, twice the size of the current State Bar building. It is expected to cost approximately $4.6 million. The State Bar will move to the new headquarters in July of 1999. The current facility was built in 1957 and has been expanded and remodeled several times.

For more information, contact Tom Watson at (608) 250-6180.

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