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By Kevin Haas
<\/strong>Rock River Current<\/a><\/strong>
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ROCKFORD \u2014\u00a0Rock Valley College<\/a>\u00a0is purchasing a cluster of buildings and parking lots in\u00a0downtown<\/a>\u00a0as it looks to expand its presence and create easier access for residents on the west side.<\/p>

The latest building it plans to acquire is at 311 S. Winnebago St., the home of A-1 Joe\u2019s Transmission Repair. That property could be used for future automotive and mechanic classes. Trustees on Wednesday approved plans to buy the property for $330,000.<\/p>

A month earlier the board agreed to pay $350,000 to buy\u00a0720 Chestnut St.<\/a>, 705 Green St. and parking lots at 318, 314 and 308 S. Rockton Ave. from Winnebago County. It also agreed to buy the Land Mark Printing building at 327 S. Winnebago St., which is next to the transmission shop, for $250,500.<\/p>

\u201cIt gives us an opportunity to serve more students and make it more convenient for students to come and take advantage of the classes that are being held,\u201d said Bob Trojan, a college trustee. \u201cIt\u2019s been one of our goals to have a downtown presence, and I think we\u2019re moving in the right direction with these purchases.\u201d<\/p>

The buildings are a few blocks from a main\u00a0Rockford Mass Transit District<\/a>\u00a0bus hub, and it helps fulfill part of the college\u2019s mission to improve access and equity, said\u00a0RVC President Howard Spearman<\/a>.<\/p>

\u201cWe were really thinking about how do we become accessible to the community that\u2019s underrepresented, underemployed in the Rockford area,\u201d Spearman said. \u201cSo now we\u2019re simply giving a neighborhood \u2014 a people \u2014 an opportunity to be successful, and allowing Rock Valley College to be that avenue for them.\u201d<\/p>

Spearman hopes that Rock Valley can spur contagious success with its west-side presence by creating a ripple effect from homes to neighborhoods and the region as a whole.<\/p>

\u201cI think it has the potential to have a long-term, lasting effect that will be positive,\u201d Spearman said. \u201cIt will not just be great for the community, I truly think it will be great for our region.\u201d<\/p>

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The college is still developing plans for the properties. It needs to secure architects, finalize redevelopment plans and decide on a potential curriculum. Board Chairwoman Gloria Cardenas Cudia said potential programs include automotive classes, collision repair, diesel mechanic, electric vehicle programs, adult education, human services, early childhood education, truck driver training and training for police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians.<\/p>

\u201cThis is going to help not only with the public, but it\u2019s also going to help the companies that are looking for these trained, skilled individuals for them to do business,\u201d Cudia said.<\/p>

The college hasn\u2019t committed to a timeline for opening the new downtown satellite campus.<\/p>

\u201cWe are hoping \u2014 I guess we\u2019re keeping our fingers crossed \u2014 that we\u2019ll be able to do something by the fall of \u201925,\u201d Cudia said.<\/p>

It would move out of the\u00a0Iconic Energy building<\/a>, the former\u00a0Rockford Register Star<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a099 E. State St.<\/a>, once its new properties are up and running. It signed a 10-year lease in 2015 to operate out of the second-floor space of that building. Previously, the college had a limited downtown presence inside the Stewart Square and\u00a0SupplyCore buildings<\/a>.<\/p>

Rock Valley serves all of Winnebago and Boone counties and parts of Stephenson, DeKalb, McHenry and Ogle counties. It has\u00a0seven locations<\/a>\u00a0now: it\u2019s main campus at 3301 N. Mulford Road, the Advanced Technology Center at 1400 Big Thunder Blvd. in Belvidere, the Stenstrom Center at 4151 Samuelson Road, the\u00a0Aviation Career Education Center<\/a>\u00a0at 6045 Cessna Drive, the Center for Learning and Retirement at 3350 Bell School Road, the Refugee and Immigrant Services at 303 N. Main St. and the downtown campus at 99 E. State St.<\/p>

\u201cNow we have a true diversity of locations, and that\u2019s great, which means we have various access points in our region,\u201d Spearman said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ll be adding something that I believe people could really feel confident about and have pride in our community.\u201d<\/p>

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Winnebago St., the home of…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2346,"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/2346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rockfordaquarium.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}