SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS) has made a large financial contribution to assist Lincoln Land Community College expand its aviation maintenance program facilities at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield. LRS’s contribution of $850,000 will be invested in the construction of new and larger classrooms, a computer lab and administrative office facilities adjacent to the existing facility. The facility’s expansion will include a modern learning environment by replacing the existing modular classroom and office unit situated inside of the hangar, which consumes large amounts of shop floor space. The shop floor space will then be converted to new areas for additional hands-on practical exercises and technical instruction on various training
In honor and recognition of LRS’s significant financial contribution, the newly expanded facility will be named the “Levi, Ray and Shoup, Inc. Aviation Center at Lincoln Land Community College.”