Johnson County Community College
Johnson County Community College is cooking up plans for a $10 million hospitality and culinary academy on its campus after meeting a fundraising goal.
The school raised $3.29 million from private donors to meet the ?Wysong Challenge.? Former Kansas State Sen. David Wysong and his wife, Kathy, gave the school $750,000 in 2008, kicking off a capital campaign for the facility.
The board of trustees then challenged the college?s foundation to raise 30 percent of the building?s cost. Once the foundation reached that goal, the trustees said they would consider favorably providing the last 70 percent from the college?s capital reserves and capital outlay fund.
Kate Allen, executive director of institutional advancement, said they targeted those who had connections with hospitality and culinary arts to solicit the donations. Almost 20 donated to the cause.
?Those people have all, no pun intended, stepped up to the plate,? Allen said. ?This is the first time in the college?s history that the trustees have challenged the foundation to privately raise that significant a percentage of a project.?
The $10 million facility will go on the main campus in Overland Park, but its exact location is yet to be determined. The school has selected DLR Group DLR Group Follow this company for its architectural, engineering and food service consultations for the project.
Allen said the 40,000-square-foot space will free up nine classrooms the program now occupies in the office classroom building. Cons ...
Johnson County Community College Johnson County Community College is cooking up plans for a $10 million hospitality and culinary academy on its campus after meeting a fundraising goal.
The school raised $3.29 million from private donors to meet the ?Wysong Challenge.? Former Kansas State Sen. David Wysong and his wife, Kathy, gave the school $750,000 in 2008, kicking off a capital campaign for the facility.
The board of trustees then challenged the college?s foundation to raise 30 percent of the building?s cost. Once the foundation reached that goal, the trustees said they would consider favorably providing the last 70 percent from the college?s capital reserves and capital outlay fund.
Kate Allen, executive director of institutional advancement, said they targeted those who had connections with hospitality and culinary arts to solicit the donations. Almost 20 donated to the cause.
?Those people have all, no pun intended, stepped up to the plate,? Allen said. ?This is the first time in the college?s history that the trustees have challenged the foundation to privately raise that significant a percentage of a project.?
The $10 million facility will go on the main campus in Overland Park, but its exact location is yet to be determined. The school has selected DLR Group DLR Group Follow this company for its architectural, engineering and food service consultations for the project.
Allen said the 40,000-square-foot space will free up nine classrooms the program now occupies in the office classroom building. Construction is expected to start in 2012, with classes there beginning in fall 2013.
?Those students, they are our football team,? Allen said. ?We?re giving them a facility worthy of the great work our professors and students have been producing all these years.?
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