Sandstone to hold groundbreaking ceremony for workforce housing development project

The city of Sandstone will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a workforce housing development project at the historic Sandstone School on Aug. 9.

The ceremony will take place at 2:30 p.m. at the front lawn of the building, located at 514 Commercial Avenue North, as part of Quarry Days.

The redevelopment will create 32 units of workforce housing, and Sandstone city administrator Kathy George said the project will target tenants at 60 to 80% of the area median income.

The Sandstone History and Art Center will also relocate to the building’s auditorium in a future phase of project work.

The total cost of the project is about $17 million.