Prince George's Community College seeks $19.9 million in FY26 capital plan, Marlborough Hall funding continues

Prince George's Community College presented its fiscal year 2026 capital improvement program to the County Council Committee of the Whole on May 6, asking for $19,900,000 in proposed CIP funding.

Adriano Rivera, director of the Education and Workforce Development Committee, said, “The proposed budget totals $19,900,000 of which $2,000,000 will go toward college improvements,” and that FY26 funding would replace the rooftop heating and air conditioning system at Novak Field House. Rivera said the bulk of the request—$17.9 million—was allocated to Marlborough Hall to finalize construction.

The request comes as Marlborough Hall enters its fifth and final year of construction. “We simply want to thank you for your sustained funding towards the Marlborough Hall project, which is in year 5 of 5, and it is our privilege and pleasure, hopefully, to open that facility this summer,” Dr. Williams, president of Prince George's Community College, told council members.

Councilmember Fisher praised the president's leadership and asked about the college's facility at University Town Center. Dr. Williams said the University Town Center location is a short-term lease with about two years remaining and that the college had renegotiated a shorter term while conducting a three-campus study of future campus distribution. “We’re there for about two more years,” he said, adding that the college aims to plant full degree and workforce programs—business, general studies and ESL—at that site while pursuing longer-term ownership once a South Campus and other permanent locations are established.

Council members pressed the college to coordinate its real estate strategy with county partners. Dr. Williams said the county has already approved four projects for the college and that the college will submit an updated 10-year master plan this fall, a state-required document, to show sequencing across planned projects and support economic-development alignment.

No formal council action or vote on the college CIP was recorded during the work session. The college delegation said the funding requested for FY26 is intended to complete Marlborough Hall and address aging infrastructure across a 65-year-old campus.

Looking ahead, Dr. Williams and committee staff said they will provide the council the master plan and continue coordination with county economic-development entities as the college moves from leased spaces toward permanent campus ownership.