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Project: West Side Educational Site
General Use: General Instruction
Square Feet: TBD
Status: MJC/YCCD are considering various offers for sites.
Architect: TBD
Budgeted Cost: $5,037,370
Construction Start: Winter 2009
Opening: Summer 2010
Project Goal
Acquire new land to develop a learning center facility for residents in the "West Side" communities. The Westside site will provide the opportunity to offer additional classes on the west side of Stanislaus County in order to meet the higher education needs of this growing population.
Overview
The concept of a West Side Center had been in development for over 8 years. This proposal offers a concept for a facility that will house a state-of-the-art learning center and community center to serve residents of many "West Side" communities of Stanislaus and Merced counties, particularly in Newman, Patterson, Crows Landing, Westley, Grayson and Gustine. This center could be located on land owned by Modesto Junior College. The center will serve the needs of learners from throughout the west side and community residents in general who will consider this an inviting gathering place for meetings, community services and activities.
The West Side of Stanislaus County and Merced County includes approximately 35,000 individuals who could benefit from the presence of a higher education institution. The District's recent efforts to begin a West Side Center in the City of Patterson have proven successful. In the first semester of course offerings at the temporary center 270 local residents were enrolled in nine courses at the facility. All of the current offerings are evening courses. A new center, accompanied by a community center will serve as an important gathering/learning place for all residents of the west side. A physical center will highlight the importance of education and lifelong learning in an area with a very low percentage of college-going population.
Looking at long-range growth potential in the area, land acquisition (up to 40 acres) might be considered for future growth.
In fall 2003, 742 students from Patterson, Newman, Crows Landing and Gustine were enrolled at Modesto Junior College.
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