Notes 15.1% population growth on west side of Mingus since 2010 while only 4.8% growth on east side
Yavapai Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine provided the County College District Governing Board with an overview of the investment the College has made in the Verde Valley during the Friday, January 25 Board workshop.
At the beginning of her slide presentation, she noted the most recent democratic trends in the County. According to data the Community College has collected, overall population growth in the County has been the most significant on the west side of Mingus. She told the Board that since 2010 there was 15.1 percent growth on the west side of the County and only 4.8% growth on the east side.
She did not explain how the difference in growth may impact future investments in the Verde Valley.
In the remaining portion of her presentation (see below) she outlined the College’s investment in the Valley beginning with the 2014 Southwest Wine Center. She highlighted the Wine Center and vineyard, the 2017 Sedona Center renovation, the 2020 Building L renovation and construction in 2021 of the Verde Valley Skilled Trades Center and small greenhouse.
She described creation of new classrooms for the beer brewing program and renovation of the Verde Campus Café. She also pointed to new mini-classes for eighth-grade students and other programs and efforts made as a part of the investment in the Valley.
You can see all of Dr. Rhine’s eleven-minute slide presentation (absent questions that followed) in the video below.