Potential Development School for Students with Autism is breaking ground to new heights to begin the installation of an elevator which will enable them to expand services through the renovation of the buildings second floor. This project will allow PD to double the student enrollment through the addition of 8 classrooms to the high school. Pictured: left to right, John Jamieson, PD Board Member; Michael Fagan, Olsavsky Jaminet Architects; Crissi Jenkins, Youngstown Foundation/Hine Memorial Fund; Paul Garchar, PD Executive Director; Angela Crawford, Olsavsky Jaminet Architects & PD Board President; Ted Downie, President Alex Downie & Sons Co. & PD Board Member; and Sue Stricklin, Simon Roofing VP Marketing & PD Board Member. Last year two agency fundraiser, Mahoning Valley Pizza Cook-Off and Mahoning Valley Sports Trivia Championship, raised over $120,000 towards the cost of the elevator. The remaining $236,000 needed for the project was generously donated by the Hine Memorial Fund, J. Ford Crandall Foundation, Walter & Caroline Watson Foundation, Berlin Fund and countless other foundations, service clubs, private donations and fundraisers. For more information visit www.potentialdevelopment.org.