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WAKE TECH

WAKE TECH. MEETING JOB MARKET NEEDS. Wake Tech serves more than 66,000 students each year – about 1 in every 8 Wake County adults. Wake Tech’s enrollment is growing. Curriculum ( for-credit) Enrollment Fall 2007 13,098 Fall 2012 20,506 UP 56%.

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WAKE TECH

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  1. WAKE TECH MEETING JOB MARKET NEEDS

  2. Wake Tech serves more than 66,000 students each year – about 1 in every 8 Wake County adults.

  3. Wake Tech’s enrollment is growing. Curriculum (for-credit) Enrollment • Fall 2007 13,098 • Fall 2012 20,506 UP 56%

  4. Wake Tech enrollment growth driven by: • Population growth • Unemployment • High quality • Low cost

  5. Wake Tech must build capacity to serve the community’s needs. • Unemployment • Wait Lists • Skills Mis-match • Growth Projections

  6. WAKE TECH BOND REFERENDUM $200,000,000 November 6, 2012

  7. $200 million Bond Referendum The bonds will fund these projects: • Northern Wake Campus • Public Safety Education Campus • Renovations and repairs • RTP Campus

  8. I-540 Perimeter Park Paramount Parkway Lenovo Perimeter Park RTP Campus 93.91 acres NC 54 Watkins Road 1Introduction - The Site

  9. I-540 Perimeter Park Lenovo Perimeter Park NC 54 RTP Campus Watkins Road 1Introduction - Property Assemblage

  10. To RDU Airport Greenway & Perimeter Park To RTP 1Introduction - Connections Future Transit Station

  11. Guiding Principles: • Buildings fronting roads • Preserve trees and open spaces • Create open spaces • Sustainable plan • Buffer surface parking • Utilize parking structures 2 Master Plan

  12. Statistics: • 10 buildings +/- 800,000 total SF • Central energy plant • 4 parking decks • 5 phases • Over 7000 students served 2 Master Plan

  13. 2 Master Plan - 3D image View from southwest of Phase I and Watkins Road main entry

  14. 2 Master Plan - 3D image View from Northeast of Phase I parking and ‘Discovery Quadrangle’

  15. 2 Master Plan - 3D image View from south of Phases III, IV and V Classroom Buildings and Parking Decks and Central Energy Plant

  16. 3 Implementation - Phasing • 5 phases over a 20 year period • Phase I in Red along NC54

  17. RTP Campus: • Responds to Morrisville's planning requirements • Strong connections to Morrisville • Engages Research Triangle Park • Long range vision • Attractive campus 4 Summary

  18. NO tax increase is required for the building projects.

  19. Bond funding will enable Wake Tech to provide education and training to 24,000 more people each year.

  20. Bond funding will expand training in high-demand fields: • Health Care • Information Technology • Financial Services • Simulations/Mobile Apps • Entrepreneurship

  21. Bond funding will help meet job market needs: • Train more students for high-demand jobs • Attract businesses that bring jobs • Create up to 2,000 local construction jobs • Create up to 3,000 support jobs

  22. Please Vote on November 6th.bond.waketech.edu

  23. Discussion .... “Start here, Go anywhere.”

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