After a lengthy delay spent trying to fill a more than $1 million funding gap, Ridgway’s Space to Create project has reached a key financial deadline, clearing the way for construction to begin.

The Minneapolis-based nonprofit Artspace, the project’s developer, had previously planned to break ground in March, but has not yet started. “We’re looking forward to hopefully being able to be underway in short order,” Property Development Director Andrew Michaelson said.

“I believe we’re go...