About the proposed projects
This bond renewal is an investment in our community's future that would prepare our students for success with modern learning spaces and innovative in-demand programs; improve community access to our college and enhance partner and community connections and preserve; and maintain our assets by updating, maintaining and repairing aging facilities.
Bond project themes
The bond would positively impact our community and students in three ways:
- Prepare students for success in modern learning spaces
These projects would expand student opportunities by funding the construction of a Natural Resources Center of Excellence for horticulture, farming, welding, and wildland fire, partnering with the Clackamas OSU Extension Service, as well as modernizing existing classrooms to meet the needs of education today. - Enhance partner and community connections
We would strengthen our community connections and access by creating workforce partnerships at our Wilsonville campus; improving athletic fields and walking trails on campus for community use; and creating lifelong STEM learning opportunities for younger students with a new space simulation center. - Preserve and maintain assets
By providing funding, the college would preserve and maintain our assets to make needed renovations and large-scale repairs, including increasing accessibility for people with disabilities, addressing safety hazards, improving security and upgrades to building systems, which would make them more reliable and energy-efficient.
Specific project descriptions
Natural Resources Center of Excellence
Constructing a Natural Resources Center of Excellence for horticulture, farming, and wildland fire would prepare students to enter the workplace or university for a bachelor’s degree. The project would include a partnership space as well as an expansion of the welding center. This would include space for multidisciplinary programs with state-of-the-art teaching and safety equipment.
Improving access to STEM opportunities
Partnering with K-12 districts to create a first-of-its-kind Oregon immersive space simulator center to provide hands-on learning experiences to kids in middle school through high school to learn about science, technology, engineering and math.
Updating and fixing aging infrastructure
Updating, maintaining and repairing aging facilities, including deferred major maintenance projects, campus services facilities improvements and technology upgrades to our aging computer labs and networks. Energy efficiency upgrades, along with replacing outdated and inefficient central heating and cooling plant, would create savings for the college. These projects would also increase accessibility for people with disabilities, remove access barriers as well as increase safety and security.
Building community partnerships
Expansion of workforce partnership space on the Wilsonville campus that would enhance current career and technical education programs and strengthen connections between education and industry. By fostering partnerships with local businesses, we could align our programs with the needs of the workforce, preparing students for success in high-demand fields.
Securing the safety of students and staff
Safety and security improvements to our three campuses through increased cameras and interior door access controls.
Modernizing learning spaces
Renovating and modernizing learning spaces in older buildings to meet today’s hybrid and distant learning needs would allow the college to serve students and future employers from across Clackamas County both urban and rural.
Improving athletic fields and walking trail
Improving CCC’s athletic fields including track and field renovations with grandstands for sporting events and outdoor graduation, a synthetic soccer field with lighting, and completing the Douglas Loop walking trail on the Oregon City campus.
Planting seeds for student success
The bond measure would be an investment in our future and make our local tax dollars stretch further by being eligible for up to $16 million in match funding from the state, federal grants as well as partnership opportunities.
BOND CONTACT
Lori Hall
Public Information Officer
Clackamas Community College
19600 Molalla Ave., Oregon City, OR 97045