WHQR: Building Bonds for Community College (2008-09-01)

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Building Bonds for Community College

Catherine M. Welch (2008-09-01)

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Cape Fear Community College President Eric McKeithan

WILMINGTON, NC (whqr) - New Hanover County Commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday night on whether to put $164 million in bonds for Cape Fear Community College up to voters in November.

Cape Fear Community College wants to use the money to build three buildings: one for life sciences; another for advanced technologies; and a third for general classroom space.

The extra space will be used to train nurses and medical technicians and to train employees for any new technical jobs that come to the region.

Two of the buildings would go up on the college's downtown campus and the other on the north campus out in the county. Cape Fear Community College president Eric McKeithan says it's the least expensive plan for expansion.

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