Lower Columbia College plans for $42M trade skill building

Lower Columbia College is moving forward on its efforts to build a $42 million, multistory vocational skill center in the heart of its Longview campus.

LCC President Chris Bailey said the idea for the project came up in 2014 as school leaders focused on newer facilities and amenities that could appeal to the student base.

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What they decided on was the Center for Vocational & Transitional Studies, which will house machining and computer labs, mechanical classrooms, welding booths, fabrication labs and several tool rooms.