Valley City  (CSi)  North Dakota National Guard, The Valley City-based 231st Brigade Maintenance Support Battalion, along with Guard and state and local officials will celebrate the ribbon cutting officially opening for operations the new facility, on Thursday June 1, 2017, at 1-p.m.

Scheduled to speak are: U.S Senator John Hoeven, North Dakota Lt. Governor, Brent Sanford, and North Dakota Adjutant General, Major General Alan Dohrmann.

The public is encouraged to attend.

The $13 million project was completed this spring after construction began in June 2015. The building provides the National Guard with a new vehicle maintenance shop and unheated enclosed vehicle storage facility to support unit maintenance operations and training.

The previous maintenance shop, which was located near the Valley City Airport, was not suitable for expansion to house the new equipment. Built in 1960, the building had only 3,230 square feet of floor space. The new building has more than 45,000 square feet.

The location is 2135 7th Street SE, Valley City.