JACKSON — JBHM Architects, Flagstar Construction Company and members of Park Place Baptist Church in Brandon, Miss. celebrated a groundbreaking Thursday on a new educational facility for the church.

The facility will be located on the Park Place Baptist Church Campus at 5701 Highway 80 East in Pearl, Miss. The design includes a 32,298 square foot, two-story school with an assembly and fellowship area, as well as a library, computer lab, science lab, activities room and additional Sunday School classrooms. This project will also include a new canopy system, which connects the education facility to the existing church.

"We're excited to help make the vision of the building committee and members of Park Place Baptist Church come to fruition," said Richard McNeel, AIA, IIDA, NCARB, partner of JBHM Architects. "We always enjoy designing new facilities for students to learn and thrive in."

-- Metro Business Chronical, October 2007