By: Parker Lemke
Measures enacted to combat the Great Recession have revitalized a historic University of Minnesota laboratory born out of a Great Depression-era stimulus program.
Constructed with federal backing under a New Deal public works program in 1938, the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory has officially wrapped up its four-year, $16 million renovation. A $7.1 million National Science Foundation grant covered almost half of the upgrade as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.