The CORD – Powerhouse
Hope Transforms
Where Character, Creativity and Innovation Collide
The CORD – Powerhouse will be a 29,000 sq. ft. hub for collaboration, storytelling, performance and entrepreneurship. Designed as the Center to Create Opportunity and Realize Dreams, the Powerhouse will serve as Belmont’s creative ecosystem, connecting students across disciplines.
Features of the Facility
in the heart of campus
- Performance venue for showcasing student talent
- Recording-capable spaces extending Music Row onto Belmont’s campus
- Maker spaces for storyboarding, writing, film, audio, AR/VR, and design projects
- Dining and collaboration areas that foster community and creativity
Vision & Goal
Fundraising Goal
With a $40 million fundraising goal, the Powerhouse will anchor Belmont’s Arts & Design Corridor where students can learn together in an incubator and maker space setting that calls forth the best of their imagination to solve problems. A convening space that will stir ideas, it will serve as connective tissue bringing together students from music and entertainment, art, design and more for interdisciplinary, creative endeavors. In fact, we envision this facility to be a place that cultivates all aspects of storytelling — filmmaking, audio, animation, video, AR, VR, AI and more — and to do so via creative approaches that drive transformation.
“This isn’t just about building a facility; it’s about creating an ecosystem where the next generation of leaders from across disciplines can develop the entrepreneurial mindset and innovative spirit needed to make a real difference in our world.”
– Cordia Harrington
Founder, CROWN Bakeries; Vice Chair of Belmont’s Board of Trustees; Co-Chair,
Hope Transforms Campaign
Why it Matters
THE POWERHOUSE WILL:
- Equip students to lead across arts, entertainment, business and design
- Serve as a hub for interdisciplinary problem-solving
- Cultivate imagination that transforms industries and communities
