{"id":1004091268,"date":"2014-02-13T07:50:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=240007"},"modified":"2020-04-13T01:48:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T09:48:50","slug":"state-funds-community-college-expansions-in-metro-nashville-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/state-funds-community-college-expansions-in-metro-nashville-2\/","title":{"rendered":"State Funds Community College Expansions in Metro Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_240008\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/02\/Columbia-State-Community-College.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-240008\" title=\"Columbia State Community College\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/02\/Columbia-State-Community-College.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Columbia State Community College new campus rendering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As part of its Drive to 55 program, the state of Tennessee will provide over $100 million in community college projects throughout the state, including $65.4 million to two Metro Nashville community colleges, announced Gov. Bill Haslam in his recent State of the State address.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia State Community College is set to receive $36.7 million in state capital investments, to fund the development of a brand new campus, which will rise on Liberty Pike in the booming Cool Springs submarket of Nashville. Columbia State has already received some state funding for its new campus: it acquired the 36-acre campus site with $6.5 million in state funding. An additional $1.7 million were also provided for architect and planning services. While the bulk of the money is being provided by the state, according to the<em><a href=\"https:\/\/franklinhomepage.com\/new-columbia-state-campus-to-break-ground-summer-2014-cms-14227#.UvsTBmKSxmd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Franklin Home Page<\/a>,<\/em> the community also has to chip in with $4 million or about 10 percent of the costs, as the development is a community college capital project. A silent fundraising is ongoing with a second one set to kick off after the summer 2014 groundbreaking of phase one.<\/p>\n<p>The initial phase of the campus will accommodate 2,200 students, 40 percent more than Columbia State\u2019s current capacity. It will consist of a student support and enrollment center, an arts and humanities building, a science, technology, engineering and mathematics facility and a tower. Future phases will include a health sciences and technology facility, wellness and student life center, economic and workforce development building, a baccalaureate and master\u2019s university center, an academic and outreach\/technology center as well as a fine arts center and theater, which will bring the student body to about 6,000 students.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville-based Bauer Askew Architecture and Birmingham, Alabama-headquartered Hoar Construction have been contracted for the project. According to the <em>Franklin Home Page<\/em>, the current Columbia State campus will be redeveloped, but details on that have yet to be released.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_240009\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/02\/Vol-State-healthc-sciences.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-240009\" title=\"Wallace South Health Sciences,  Volunteer State Community College\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/02\/Vol-State-healthc-sciences.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wallace South Health Sciences building ribon-cutting at Vol State<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN will also receive $28.7 million to construct a new classroom building. Vol State recently inaugurated a $10 million state-of-the-art health sciences building.<\/p>\n<p>The Drive to 55 program aims to boost the ranks of Tennesseans holding high-education degrees, as estimates show that in 11 years, 55 percent of the population will need a degree to be employable. Currently only 32 percent of the state\u2019s population meets that criteria.<\/p>\n<p><em>Images courtesy of Bauer Askew Architecture and Volunteer State Community College<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its Drive to 55 program, the state of Tennessee will provide over $100 million in community college projects throughout the state, including $65.4 million to two Metro Nashville community colleges, announced Gov. 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