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Durham Tech says Orange County campus enrollment and workforce programs are expanding; requests liaison funding and second-shift sworn officer
Summary
Durham Technical Community College told commissioners it is expanding programming at the Orange County campus, seeking funding for a college liaison position and a second-shift sworn officer, and said fixed-cost increases create a modest shortfall in the manager's recommended budget.
Durham Technical Community College officials told the Orange County Board of Commissioners on May 15 that enrollment at the Orange County campus is growing and that construction of a 14,000-square-foot addition is moving toward a fall 2025 groundbreaking.
President (Durham Tech) highlighted steady growth in county participation: "We are in growth mode in Orange County," he said, noting a more than 30% increase in course-taking at the Orange County campus since the start of the pandemic.
Durham Tech said the planned 14,000-square-foot addition on the Orange County campus — now in construction documents and cleared by the Hillsborough Board of Adjustment — will add skilled trades and allied health space, expand EMS and paramedic programming, and provide…
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