Mayo Clinic Rochester to break ground for Opus Imaging Research Building

Monday, March 20, 2006

March 20, 2006

MEDIA ADVISORY Mayo Clinic Rochester to break ground for Opus Imaging Research Building

WHAT: Mayo Clinic will break ground for a new building to house advanced imaging research. Mayo received a gift of $7 million from The Opus Group to support construction of the facility. The Opus Group is a national, privately held commercial real estate development and management company based in suburban Minneapolis.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 22, 11 to 11:30 a.m. program and official groundbreaking. Interviews with Mayo leaders and with benefactors Mark and Gerald Rauenhorst from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

WHERE: The event will be held on the construction site at Fourth Street and Fourth Avenue S.W., Rochester, Minn.; media escorts will be at the entrance of the reception tent at the site.

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