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ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (AP) — South Louisiana Community College plans to build its new Evangeline campus on property donated with the help of the city of St. Martinville.
The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/1rjoS2v) the site, near the intersection of La. 31 and Moore Avenue, awaits approval by the college's management board.
The college had issued requests for proposals for at least nine acres of donated property in St. Martin Parish to build the 36,000-square-foot, $9.2 million building to house academic and workforce training programs.
The building replaces the college's existing campus on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in St. Martinville. The college had planned to build its new campus across the street from property donated by the St. Martin Parish School Board. However, that site would have landlocked the college.
"The citizens of St. Martinville and the surrounding area deserve the opportunity to have access to academic and workforce training programs that will prepare them for tomorrow's workforce," SLCC Chancellor Natalie Harder said in a news release. "We know this new campus will lead to positive outcomes for the people of St. Martinville."
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