Hello neighbors, a quick post before work. Did you see the article in the newspaper about the green campus that College of the Desert will build by us? The development will be the catalyst for the rebirth of this area. Projected opening is 2014. Think of the potential! Palermo is the place to be.
Highlights of the article, titled, "COD sees chance to make green going green. Energy self-sufficiency, retail opportunities
could ease sting of school cuts"
- COD recently unveiled plans for its west valley campus in Palm Springs, envisioned as a cutting-edge enclave of energy self-sufficient buildings, a green business incubator offering training and jobs for students and a small solar farm generating extra income as well as electricity.
- Valley leaders are clearly focused on the Palm Springs campus and the role it could play in drawing green tech firms to the region.
- The Palm Springs mayor sees the campus as a boon for retail in his city, with students coming from Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City, as well as Beaumont and Banning further down Interstate 10.
- COD first committed to developing the satellite campuses as part of a $346.5 million bond measure voters passed in 2004. The COD chose Palm Springs over Desert Hot Springs as the site in 2007, after a fierce competition between the two cities.
- Features of the 119-acre campus include:
- Officials want to make the campus a zero-waste, net-zero energy use and carbon-neutral facility.
- The campus programs would focus on hospitality and tourism, media and the arts, health and green tech, and may include four-year degrees.
- “We are at advanced stages of negotiations with a private university that would see them on the campus providing the upper-division courses of a program which we don't provide."
8 comments:
Cool. Palermo is a great investment, much better than other PS locations because of the plans to build nice, new projects here. I can see my home price going up and up and up. But we can't allow Palermo to get a bad rap and bad rep because of any mismanagement. THE TIME IS NOW.
I second that
College of the Desert will transform this neighbor.
Yes, I agree this will be a good addition and send up Palermo's stock. Already we have many medical professionals who have moved in and adding the educational community will be another bonus. Maintenance is so important as we all struggle to make it through this rough patch, as Sal say, so we can reap the benefit down the road. Just common sense. Does anyone know abut other proposed development for this area?
We all need to hang on and get this place in ship-shape. Is a clean sweep in order?.
The newspaper has the COD location wrong. It's north on Indian Canyon right at the edge of town on the west side of the street.
Can't wait for the building to start. More retail will follow. We need a grocery store up this way. The best is yet to come!!!!
I, myself, would like to someday work at the COD, once I retire from my current position. That was one of the main reasons I decided to buy at Palermo, to begin with...It's nice to see that the college building project might actually begin to take shape real soon. Hopefully, our patience will pay off in the near future!
By the way---thanks for the addition of this blog. I love it!!!
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