The College of the Desert Board of Trustees will vote Thursday on a contract extension and pay raise for Superintendent/President Martha Garcia.
The move comes as votes are counted in an election that could shift COD board politics in a new direction and possibly create uncertainty around Garcia’s future at the college. Read full article here
A report released today commissioned by the Visit Greater Palm Springs and completed by consulting firm Conventions, Sports & Leisure International recommends a compromise between College of the Desert’s recently downsized plans for a Palm Springs hospitality and culinary campus and what the previous COD administration was planning to build before the pandemic. Source: The…
PALM DESERT — The ultimate 3-2 approval of the College of the Desert Palm Springs schematic design dated March 23, 2021, paled in comparison to the series of bombshells newly elected Area 4 Trustee Joel Kinnamon lobbed with a sense of calm, self-confidence and lack of theatrics. Kinnamon; Trustee Area 3 and Vice Chair Fred…
Over the past six months, the College of the Desert Board of Trustees has reviewed 38 Coachella Valley properties during closed sessions of its monthly meetings. The properties — most of which the college does not own — range in size from one-tenth of an acre to 115 acres. Some parcels are zoned for office buildings and…
The Desert Sun released an announcement on the College of the Desert which will host a virtual community forum on its plans for a Palm Springs campus Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The forum, which will be on Zoom at Bit.LY/3Q8RkVn, will also be viewable on COD’s YouTube page. Read full article here
The second in a series of four public meetings at College of the Desert covered the functions and features of proposed spaces for the Palm Springs Development Project (PSDP). COD board members and representatives from three West Valley cities, including the Mayor of Cathedral City, Rita Lamb, were able to weigh-in alongside community members. The completed…
Some of the biggest changes reflect concerns city residents had raised about traffic at the main entrance off Farrell Drive. A slightly revised final version of the schematic designs for the College of the Desert’s Palm Springs campus was presented to the project management team in Palm Desert Wednesday morning, helping push forward a project…
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