Unt-Mckinney?

[bdan2002]

McKinney working to attract University of North Texas to city

McKinney city officials recently stepped up discussions with senior administrators at the University of North Texas (UNT) to establish a campus in that city. They offered to give the former Collin County Courthouse to UNT along with as much as $10 million to renovate the facility if college officials agree to establish a campus in McKinney, said a former president of UNT.

McKinney city officials bought the old county courthouse in 2006 and planned to renovate it into a municipal center. Those plans were dropped when estimates for the needed renovations and demolition indicated it would cost twice as much to renovate the old courthouse as to build a new facility, said Councilwoman Geralyn Kever (pictured). City officials are waiting for a response on whether college officials will decide to renovate the old courthouse into a campus before ordering its demolition, Kever said.

University officials already have eliminated one structure from consideration and most likely will decide a new building is best for a campus in McKinney, she said. And city staff plans to continue discussion of other possible sites for a UNT campus.

[emmitt01]

Whose pet project would that become? Does LJ have time to siphon funds and attention to two satellite campuses? So many important things to consider.

[NT03]

_{This has actually been talked about for a few years , it all got started by Mandy. She thought the city name was McKinley and wanted to cement her name in UNT history}

[Marty]

already posted:

http://www.gomeangreen.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53024

[KingDL1]

McKinney is a much better place to have a Satellite school then the current location in South Dallas. I guess the more we have the better our system becomes.

[eulessismore]

McKinney is a much better place to have a Satellite school then the current location in South Dallas. I guess the more we have the better our system becomes.

Wasn't it looking at buildings for this proposed campus that caused Lee Jackson to get mad(der) at Gretchen Bataille? To me, it just sounded like, "Hey, could y'all send someone from UNT over to look at these buildings and see what you thing about them for classrooms"? Gretchen and staff, "Sure, why not"?

Pegasus News re City of McKinney and Bataille "resignation"

Edited June 27, 2010 by eulessismore