Georgia Highlands College (GHC) and theUniversity of West Georgia will collaborate on an educational facility in Douglasville, Ga., school and city officials reported.
Douglasville, Block and Kahan Properties and theUniversity System of Georgia (USG) signed a 10-year agreement to bring the educational facility to fruition. The building, formerly the home of Cub Foods on Stewart Parkway, is about 44,000 square feet. A $1.5 million renovation will create seven classrooms, both a wet and dry lab with a common prep area, auditorium, faculty offices, student lounge, library and conference room.
USG, which several years ago identified the area as underserved, also inked an option on a 50-acre site in Douglasville that could accommodate future expansion as enrollment increases.
“We want to establish a concentration of universities and colleges in Douglasville,” said Darren Bak, chairman of the Douglasville Development Authority, in a news release. “The future strength of the city’s economy is tied to our ability to grow businesses that are based on human capital. Higher education begins to move us in that direction and provides us with the workforce needed to support a variety of knowledge based companies.”
Georgia Highlands College is a two-year institution with more than 5,000 students at six sites in Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, Dallas and Douglasville.
The University of West Georgia is a residential, doctoral comprehensive university that offers a broad undergraduate and graduate curriculum based on a liberal arts foundation. UWG has more than 11,000 students through its College of Arts and Sciences, Richards College of Business, College of Education, and School of Nursing.
--Atlanta Business Chronicle
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