(MT. VERNON, IL) — A new greenhouse is the next project likely to be awarded by the officials at Mt. Vernon Township High School. The project was detailed during Monday’s MVTHS Building Committee meeting. Bids are expected to be awarded in early March for a 72×30 foot greenhouse and 30×50 foot attached headhouse at an approximate cost of $300,000. The initial estimate for the greenhouse came in at $225,000, but over time the estimate has increased due to the expense of engineering, architectural, and dirt work. Naming rights was granted to Community First Bank of the Heartland after a pledge donation of $75,000. CFB announced that the facility will be named for MVTHS Agriculture Teacher John Kabat. That donation, along with the $80,440 that a fundraising campaign by the school’s FFA program has collected leaves approximately $145,000 to this point that the school district would be on the hook for. The committee also authorized a $21,300 upgrade to competition and practice pads for the school’s previously unused shot put area due to the surfaces not being on level ground. Work is expected to be complete in time for the beginning of the home track season in April. Other items discussed included the need for a 4,000 square foot metal storage facility for sports equipment and expanded irrigation for the football field.