Three state senators want a new Chicago State University campus built on the West Side, and have lined up $40 million in state funding to get the project started.
There’s no firm timeline yet or even a location for the school, Sen. Rickey Hendon (D-5) says, though he envisions it could open within the next two years.
“I think there’s a demand because some of the young people from this area can’t make it to (CSU’s campus on) 95th without a lot of hardship,” Hendon says. “So I see the university drawing from not just the West Side, but Oak Park, the near north, the western suburbs. I believe it has great potential.”
The funding for the project was news to officials at CSU’s existing campus, at East 95th Street and South King Drive.
“The has been in the works for a while, but no one was aware that it had progressed to that point,” says CSU spokeswoman Patricia Arnold.
The $40 million for a new CSU campus is part of more than $500 million worth of pork projects that are part of a capital spending bill the state legislature sent to Gov. Pat Quinn this week. Hendon, along with senators. Don Harmon (D-39) and Kimerly Lightford (D-4), pushed to have the CSU money included, Hendon says.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Senator wants West Side CSU campus open in two years
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