Published: Monday, 10/6/2014 - Updated: 2 minutes ago

BY NATALIE TRUSSO CAFARELLO BLADE STAFF WRITER

After a seven-month renovation, the National Center for Nature Photography has opened with three exhibits.

On Sunday, Secor Metropark in Sylvania Township hosted a community celebration for the newly remodeled building, constructed in the 1950s. The gallery that features award-winning nature photography was enlarged and brightened, as some walls were knocked down and more windows were constructed, letting in natural light.

The upgrades added 1,000 square feet to the two-story building, bringing total gallery space to 3,000 square feet. The refreshed look transformed office space into display and programming areas, placing operational duties upstairs.

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Visitors got a first look at childrens books author and photographer David FitzSimmons Curious Critters: Larger than Life!, which detailed animal and insect portraits.

Art Weber, director of the Metroparks photography center, produced Ohios Sand Country: We Call It The Oak Openings, a traveling collection of 25 photographs highlighting the unique plants and animals within the Oak Openings Region of Lucas County.

We are hoping to bring the exhibit to libraries, nature centers throughout Ohio to spread education of the Oak Openings Region beyond our backyard, Metroparks spokesman Scott Carpenter said.

Secor Metropark is one of the bookends for the Oak Openings Corridor, an ongoing project to create a continuous greenway connecting the Metroparks with local and state parks that makeup the rare ecosystem, he said. The other bookend is the Metroparks Oak Openings Preserve in Swanton.

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The agency's board of directors Wednesday approved contracting with Struxture Architects of Waterloo to design plans for the first phase of remodeling the facility at 3712 Cedar Heights Drive. Work stations will be updated for employees, which AEA 267 spokeswoman Beth Strike said will improve workflow.

"We have folks who just logistically aren't in the right place together to make their work conducive," she said. The remodeling is "something that's been needed for a very long time."

Construction costs are estimated at $783,300, or $950,000 when fees and contingencies are added. The board "approved up to $1 million of an expenditure for that," said Strike.

The board is expected to award a construction contract for the work at its February meeting. The first phase would be completed in the fall of 2015.

The board also approved an agreement with the Cedar Falls Community Schools to operate River Hills School, which serves students with significant cognitive disabilities. The agreement establishes a consortium of school districts that send students to River Hills to administer instructional programs. Superintendents of those more than 20 districts sit on a consortium board, including the Waterloo and Cedar Falls schools.

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