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Mt. Hood Community College Hoping to Win Voter Support for Bond Measure
The school is looking to raise $125 million. The last time voters approved a bond measure for the school was 42 years ago.
Mt. Hood Community College is hoping that residents of Gresham show their support when they vote in May.
The college is proposing a $125 million bond that would cost homeowners approximately $31 per $100,000 of assessed value each year.
All the money would go to the college with money being spent on seismic upgrades, improving disabled access, rebuilding and expanding the Maywood Campus, and adding a new workforce and applied technology center on the Gresham campus.
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The last time that voters approved a bond measure for Mt. Hood Community College was 1974. Voters have rejected four measures since then.
The college, which opened in 1966, has more than 25,000 students studying in more than 120 degree and certificate programs.
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The bond needs a simple majority of voters to pass.
If it does pass, it will be the second largest bond measure approved for a community college in Oregon.
Voters in Portland approved a $374 million bond for Portland Community College in 2008.
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