CC-Pampa Center to break ground

A groundbreaking ceremony for a new Workforce Center at Clarendon College Pampa Center will be held Thursday, October 15, at 1:30 p.m.

This new center is phase one in a three-phase overall plan and will include two buildings totaling approximately 23,000 square feet. The center will be situated southwest of the M.K. Brown Academic Center on part of the 55 acres recently purchased by the college.

One building will house cosmetology, nail technician, and vocational nursing courses. The second will house facilities for welding, heating and air conditioning, and wind energy classes.

Phases two and three of the college’s plan will add more classrooms, a library, a student center, dorms, and a cafeteria.

“We are excited about the expansion of the Pampa Center,” College President Dr. William Auvenshine said. “Making education available at your home town is very critical and especially in today’s economy where it’s so expensive to go off to a university, we’re bringing education where the people are.”

“This new center will be a testament to the dedication of the staff, the Board of Regents, and the students of the Panhandle both current and future,” Raymond Jaramillo, Vice President of the Clarendon College Pampa Center, said. “These students deserve the best facility that we can provide, and it is our goal to be able to provide the facilities necessary for success.”

Construction on the new buildings will start immediately, and they are scheduled to be open for the spring 2011 semester.

The Clarendon College Pampa Center is located at 1601 Kentucky St. in Pampa.