"Wonderful Gift" From The People: Chattahoochee Tech Celebrates Campus Reopening

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Chattahoochee Technical College hosted an open house on Thursday at its Woodstock Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

More than 350 community leaders, elected officials and local residents came together to celebrate this seamless blending of the past and the future.

The Woodstock Elementary School choir sang “Woodstock in My Heart” written by City Historian Juanita Hughes, “My Country Tis’ Of Thee” and then led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chattahoochee Tech President Dr. Ron Newcomb thanked the members of the Cherokee County School Board, members of the state legislature and the community itself for helping to make all of this possible.

“This campus is a wonderful gift given by the people of Woodstock to the people of Woodstock,” Newcomb added.

Built in the 1930s, the campus sits on the former site of Woodstock Elementary School. The property was leased from the Cherokee school board in 2004, then deeded by the board to the state for use by the college in 2013.

With a budgeted cost of $5.3 million, the 46,011 gross square-foot building includes 13 classrooms, a library, Student Success Center, faculty offices, office space, restrooms and a plaza area.

Students enrolled in the Technical Specialist Certificate program can take the required core classes at this location, along with Criminal Justice, Introduction to Computers and many healthcare prerequisites.

In addition, the campus may be rented for business meetings and community conferences. Chattahoochee Tech took great care in refurbishing the former Woodstock Elementary School building to ensure the historical integrity of the site was maintained while upgrading the facilities to educate a 21st century workforce.

Generations of families toured the halls of the new Woodstock Campus and reminisced about their time there as students and teachers.

While the building has a very proud past, it has a very bright future ahead of it. During her remarks, Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Gretchen Corbin noted the members of the Woodstock Elementary School choir were the class of 2023 and that there will be a place for them at the Woodstock Campus in 2024.

“We celebrate a building today and we provide a future opportunity to our students,” said Corbin.

The campus is located at 8371 Main Street in Woodstock. The application deadline for Spring semester is Friday, Dec. 11.

For more information, visit www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu or call 770-528-4545.

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Photo: Chattahoochee Technical College Board of Directors, administration, and community members gather for the College’s Woodstock Campus ribbon cutting. Pictured, from left, are Mark Goddard, Manager Commercial Marketing, Cobb EMC – CTC Board of Trustees; Jason Anavitarte, Public Affairs, Kaiser Permanente – CTC Board of Trustees; Gordon F. O’Neill, President, O’Neill Communications, Inc. – CTC Board of Trustees; David Simmons, CTC Vice President of Facilities; Stevan Crew, President, Crew & Associates – CTC Board of Directors; Dr. Ron Newcomb, CTC President; Debbie Underkoffler, President, North Georgia Staffing – CTC Board of Directors; Jeff Rusbridge, Chairman, Cherokee Chamber of Commerce, Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.; Mark Haney, President, WellStar Paulding Hospital – CTC Board of Directors; Jeff Brown, Vice President of Operations, New South Construction, Inc.; Steve Holcomb, President & CEO, United Community Bank – CTC Board of Directors; Mark Goodman, Customer Service Manager, GasSouth – CTC Board of Trustees; Jennifer Nelson, CTC Vice President of External Affairs; Don Barbour, Regional Director, External Affairs, AT&T – Chairman, CTC Board of Trustees; Pam Carnes, President & CEO, Cherokee Chamber of Commerce – CTC Board of Directors; John Cornelius, Jr., Area Manager of Customer Service, Georgia Power – CTC Board of Directors. Credit: Chattahoochee Technical College