El Centro College announces major downtown campus expansion

While several companies are moving out of downtown, El Centro College is looking to expand.Downtown campus growth plansSchool officials say they are placing a heavy focus on academic and student life with this expansion. Plans for the new walkable campus include building a new welcome center, modern classrooms, better common areas, a daycare, and an early college high school.As crews work to design the new campus, they are prioritizing locations near transit hubs to make it easier for students to commute to school or internships. The expanded campus will connect the West End DART station to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and will be situated in the Austin Street corridor."This is a defining moment for Dallas College," said Justin H. Lonon, chancellor of Dallas College. "Through this investment, Dallas College will expand opportunity, strengthen workforce alignment and reimagine how education connects to the economic future of Dallas and North Texas. We are reimagining what