The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced today that it has purchased a commercial building and relocated the conference's office to Norfolk, Virginia.
"This is an exciting achievement in the history of our conference," said MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas. "As a part of our long range and strategic plan to own our own building was one of my main goals as Commissioner. I am elated that this goal has finally come to fruition."
The conference's new headquarters is located on 2730 Ellsmere Avenue in Norfolk. It is an 8,500 square feet single story office building located three minutes from the Norfolk International Airport.
This marks the fourth move in the conference's history but the first time the MEAC has purchased its own building. The conference office was previously based in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the Armada Hoffler Building for five years. Prior to that move, the MEAC called Greensboro, North Carolina home for over 23 years. The conference was founded in Durham, North Carolina in 1970.
About the MEAC
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) entered its 41st year of operation heading into the 2010-11 academic school year. The Division I conference sponsors fifteen men's and women's sports.
The MEAC is made up of 13 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Savannah State University, and South Carolina State University.
For more information on the MEAC, log on to www.MEACsports.com.