Construction to begin in May on Verde Campus; claims it may spend as much as $4.9 million on project although no specific details announced; nursing and allied health facilities are obvious additions
Another renovation for Building L
Yavapai Community College announced in an interview with Verde Independent newspaper staff reporter Bill Helm that it would begin remodeling Building L on the Verde Campus in May 2019. The announcement came as a part of two stories appearing in the Friday, March 1, 2019 Edition of the Verde Independent about Building L
According to the story in the Independent, the Community College met both internal and external stakeholders including economic development directors, elected officials, and businesses and industry representatives to discuss how building L should be used. What exactly was said and by whom is a secret because all of the meetings were private and by invitation only. The news media were barred from attending and recording those meetings.
The Community College has not finalized its renovation plans. However, according to executive Dean James Perey, the renovation will allow the Community College to create and expend quality CTE programming that meets local workforce needs and prepares students for careers.
Perry told reporter Helm that by renovating current space, the Community College would be able to increase capacity for both nursing and allied health while possibly adding other programs in emergency medical services, parent medicine and home healthcare.
Perry also told Helm that it may add a manufacturing lab to the building and a lab for short-term programs that could ramp up and down as needed.
Building L is currently used for nursing, allied health, computer networking technology, film and media arts programs, science labs that support university transfer courses, healthcare services and the viticulture and analogy programs.