A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held, led by Ames Mayor Ann Campbell, to unveil the new community space in the heart of Iowa State’s greek community: DZ Triangle.

DZ Triangle is located on the corner of Sunset Drive and Pearson Avenue in the greek community neighborhood.

Back in 2009, the Iowa State Daily wrote an article on the triangle-shaped grass area in front of Delta Zeta called the DZ Triangle. It is a community space that is centralized in the greek community and a popular site for neighborhood events.

Greek students were the first to propose reconstructing the area in response to vandalism on the land.

The unveiling of the reconstruction is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. on April 7, 2013.

Mayor Campbell will lead the event along with speakers representing the project contributors.

The site has been landscaped and spruced up multiple times, but after each attempt the site was vandalized.

“There have been many attempts to make improvements, to dress it up a bit,” said Jeff Benson, a planner in the department of planning and housing for the city of Ames.

Benson was involved with the initial planning of the reconstruction, however, the job has been taken over by student organizations.

The money to build this site has been funded by not only the greek community, but also other ISU-affiliated organizations and the City of Ames. The Government of the Student Body’s biggest contribution to the project was funding. They provided $10,000 for the reconstruction.

The cost of the triangle project came to a total of $32,383.44.

“They got a Neighborhood Improvement grant for it; I think it was about $5,000, nothing more,” said Benson. The greek community is considered a neighborhood in Ames.

The grant was approved in March 2011. The rebuilding started one month later and finished this year.

The new community plaza features a brick patio, limestone seating, crushed brick path and a planting area. A canvas canopy will also be included to give the triangle a shaded area.

“The greek community and students grabbed ahold of it and really made a huge improvement to the land,” Benson said.

The Student Society of Landscape Architects were the sole designers for the greek triangle project.

Spencer Hughes, GSB president-elect, said there were a lot of students, including GSB members, who worked on the construction for the project.

“I think that reconstruction they did is aesthetically pleasing and it now serves as a great location for community gatherings,” said Anna Witt, junior in industrial engineering and president of Delta Delta Delta sorority.