Gateway Community and Technical College's proposed Urban Campus in Covington has been chosen as a key priority for the Northern Kentucky Region by the Northern Kentucky Consensus Committee.
The Northern Kentucky Consensus Committee was founded in 1989 at the request of the Northern Kentucky Consensus Legislative Caucus. The committee's purpose is to create a "priority list" of capital projects requiring state funding and support that provide substantial regional benefit and set the table for private investment.
The committee consists of more than 70 representatives from business, government, non-profit and other community organizations in eight Northern Kentucky counties. Projects are studied, vetted and voted on by the committee. Not all projects make the list.
"The general premise for including projects on the priority list is that each project should address a clear community need and provide substantial regional benefits to more than one community," said Committee Chairman Gary Beatrice of Beatrice Benefits in Fort Mitchell. "The request for funding the listed projects sends a strong message to Frankfort that Northern Kentucky is united in its project needs."
The $52.8 million project encompasses the design and building of a major new campus in the urban core. Gateway's commitment to build a new comprehensive Urban Campus in Covington to serve the region's urban core is consistent with the Vision 2015 plan and the Gateway/Kentucky Community and Technical College System mission to increase access to affordable postsecondary education and training where citizens live and work.
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