Andee Rudloff, of Bowling Green, Director of Education and Outreach at SKyPAC speaks to a youth advisory committee Tuesday at SKyPAC.

The trailers currently housing the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center’s offices sometimes can seem more like Grand Central Terminal.

Phones are constantly ringing, the copier machine hums. On a recent day, area teens filed in for a youth advisory committee meeting. Other visitors stop in to buy tickets, while some want tours of the SKyPAC facility.

The organization’s growth is apparent in the square footage now filled by employees. When Dawn McGriff, director of advancement, arrived in June, there were seven employees. Today, 18 are packed into the same amount of space, with two more employees on the way.

Simply getting into the conference room requires weaving through a few desks. Even inside the conference room, a few employees are working behind partitions.

A challenge, sure. But it’s a sign of progress for the fledgling 1,800-seat performing arts center. A decade in the making, the opening curtain is now just months from rising.

The next big step for SKyPAC is moving its administrative offices into the main, still-under-construction building, beginning sometime in January. The goal is to be fully in place by Feb. 1.

“It looks pretty positive,” McGriff said. “We have to pick up our files and move across the street, and I will be so delighted to do that.”

The last several months have been marked by a series of announcements and news conferences aimed toward building momentum for SKyPAC’s opening night March 10.

Officials are keeping an eye on the parking garage being erected near Bowling Green Ballpark across the street, which is expected to be completed days – if not hours – before the doors open.

“I think if anybody has a concern, it’s about the amount of rain holding up the garage,” McGriff said.

Inside the SKyPAC facility, noticeable progress has been made on the construction of the building since tours began in July. Seats in the auditorium are installed, although they’re still covered in plastic. Many of the furnishings, including tin paneling and light fixtures, are installed in the auditorium. Onstage, dozens of wires hang, waiting for lights to be affixed to them. Backstage, dressing rooms and administrative offices are taking shape.

The work never stops, and there’s still plenty more to be done.

“We have to create a playbill,” McGriff said. “That sounds like a fairly easy thing, but we’re working on creating an inaugural, commemorative catalog.”

Employees also continue a development campaign, as the staff is always on the lookout for donations. A number of staff members, including McGriff, aren’t from Bowling Green, but she says they’re integrating themselves into the new environment.

“Bowling Green has been extremely welcoming,” McGriff said.