Both sides in the battle over the future of a planned College of the Desert campus in Palm Springs traded jabs Monday, with only one thing becoming clearer: taxpayers will continue to be caught in the middle. Read full article here
At the first COD Trustees Board Meeting on January 20th at 9:30a, a review of the updated plans for the Palm Springs Campus along with the Cathedral City Roadrunners Motor Campus will take place. For the PS West Campus, the plans show one main building for student services and classrooms, while roughly half of the…
The project management team working to expedite completion of the schematic design for the College of the Desert (COD) Palm Springs campus will meet April 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The agenda for the second public meeting of the group includes a preliminary review and discussion of elements of the master site plan,…
Against the backdrop of the bustling Il Corso kitchen in Downtown Palm Springs, leaders from both Visit Greater Palm Springs (VGPS) and the city on Tuesday made their case for more robust hospitality and culinary programs than those currently being planned by officials from College of the Desert (COD). Read full article here
The Desert Sun announced both the College of the Desert Palm Springs campus and the Roadrunner Motors automotive education facility in Cathedral City are years away from opening, according to a five-year capital outlay plan delivered at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting. Read more
College of the Desert officials will provide an update on the Palm Springs campus at Thursday’s city council meeting. The project has been in the works since 2004 and almost $1 billion in taxes have been raised to fund construction. The project has faced numerous delays, prompting frustrations from city leaders and residents alike. In addition,…
PALM DESERT — The College of the Desert Board of Trustees on Thursday appointed a subcommittee of Fred Jandt and Bonnie Stefan to review allegations against Trustee Rubén Pérez as part of an ethics probe. The ethics probe is in response to written complaints against Trustee Pérez for College of the Desert’s Code of Ethics…
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