Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 23 No. 16 Friday, April 20, 2012
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Downtown campus committee: Group presents vision for future development. MARKET NEWS STAFF
The vision has been revealed. The Downtown Community Campus Committee announced its hopes and plans for a campus downtown during the annual general meeting of Downtown Salmon Arm Tuesday night. One of the big questions the public has asked is where? Committee chair Bill Laird put an end to speculation when he said the committee would like to build on the former JL Jackson school site. He emphasized that the land has not been purchased, but it’s the location the committee has set its sights on. “The dream is four or five acres on the southwest corner,” Laird said. He noted that the site is about 12 acres, including the Downtown Activity Centre, and the committee would not want to disturb the centre as it provides valuable services. The current college campus is about five acres, but doesn’t have the ability to go up or out. The preliminary vision for the new campus would be to build two to three storeys high, Laird said. Another aspect of the plan would be a performing arts centre. “It is our opinion, a wise
place to put the theatre would be on this site,” Laird said. “The college could use it part of the time. In this day and age, we don’t think it’s wise to build a singleuse building anymore. We are very enthusiastic about a new performing arts theatre in the community, but again feel these uses can complement each other.” Laird also pointed to the possibility of a pedestrian underpass near Wing’s Restaurant that would go under the Trans-Canada Highway and connect the campus to the rest of downtown. In addition to Laird’s comments, Margaret Hardy, DCC co-ordinator, spoke about hopes for college programming. Noting the growing emphasis on food security and sustainability, Hardy pointed out that the average age of a farmer is 57 years old. “So education for agriculture is key, of the absolute and utmost importance if we’re going to be able to continue to eat,” she said. “We are going to be proposing that Okanagan College has agriculture as its flagship program.” Helping to achieve that vision, she said, is an interest from the University of the Fraser Valley, which has a significant agriculture program, in partnering with Okanagan College to pro-
#(Above) Bill Laird
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shows an aerial view of the former JL Jackson site, top right corner, as he holds up an overlay of rough plans for a new Okanagan College Campus. (Right) A closer look at the diagram, depicting the committee’s vision for the site. vide agricultural courses here. Another exciting plan, she says, is to create a building with a ‘green’ roof and wall, that would provide a living classroom for students. Emphasized Laird regarding the whole college plan: “We need to see this vision, talk about it, support it and we will achieve it.”
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