Sandburg Trustees approve updated campus master plan

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An updated Campus Master Plan was approved last week by the Trustees of Carl Sandburg College.

The plan, presented by the school’s architect and engineering firm, Farnsworth Group, is intended to serve as a roadmap for improvements and developments on Sandburg’s campus in the coming years

The update will ensure the best utilization of funds available to the community college, including Illinois capital improvement bills, protection/health and safety resources, and contributions from the Carl Sandburg College Foundation.

The plan now lists and prioritizes projects that range from short-term goals, those to be completed in the next five years, to those that need to be addressed 10-plus years from now, serving as a roadmap for improvements and developments.

“The Campus Master Plan provides the College some direction for the immediate future and also allows us to envision the ways in which Sandburg can continue to grow to support our district,” Sandburg President Dr. Seamus Reilly said in a news release.

Some of the long-term goals identified in the plan were the improvement of student life on campus, focusing on agricultural and technical career training, an emphasis on health and science careers to meet current demand and equivalent growth, strengthening the campus’ connection to the outdoors, attention to performing arts, and expanded and improved athletic facilities.

The plans also included the construction of a new health and science facility to replace the three pods that makeup Building A, which was built in 1969 as part of the original campus.

The new facility would serve as the flagship, modern facility that would house in-demand programs that would help attract students to the school and improve enrollment.

The last new construction on Sandburg’s campus was the addition of Building H, which houses the College’s mortuary science program in 2006.

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