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Wylie donates land for Collin College campus to be built in 2020
Nanette Light
June 30, 2016
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Once a small farming community known as the onion capital of the world, the city of Wylie soon will be a college town.
For the last decade, city leaders have worked to persuade Collin College officials to open a campus in the booming suburb east of Plano.
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The college plans to build its eighth campus on roughly 43 acres donated by the city. The Wylie City Council formally approved the donation Tuesday night. In 2015, the Collin County Appraisal District valued the property at more than $1.4 million.
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College leaders plan to break ground in three years. Scheduled to open in 2020 north of Wylie High School and across the street from the city's municipal complex on Country Club Road, the three-building, 360,000-square-foot campus will be large enough to serve 7,500 students.
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The Wylie campus is the college's fourth major location and will offer core courses, along with specialty classes yet to be determined.
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Collin County's population of roughly more than 914,000 is estimated to more than double by 2040. The growth means a larger demand for higher education, Hogue said.
"For the college, we're trying to make sure we're prepared to serve a large population," district president Neil Matkin said.
The Wylie location will relieve overcrowding at the college's Spring Creek Campus in Plano. There, about 25 percent of students live in Wylie and Sachse. Matkin estimates those students, along with others in Rockwall, will enroll at the Wylie location.
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