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Dardenne Prairie delays decision to release GRG lease as Saint Charles Community College outlines campus expansion
Summary
A proposal to release a Great Rivers Greenway lease so Saint Charles Community College can expand agricultural and culinary programs prompted discussion about ownership, floodplain limits and an alternative cricket site; the board voted to postpone the decision to the next meeting.
DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. — Aldermen discussed a proposal to return a parcel now under lease from Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) so Saint Charles Community College could expand on land adjacent to its Darden Creek campus, but postponed action to the next meeting.
A municipal official opened the work session by summarizing the parcel’s history: earlier use by Barrett Academy for athletics, subsequent ownership changes and a current lease held by GRG. The official said the college has added culinary programming, plans a new roughly 15,000-square-foot classroom building south of its existing facility and seeks additional land for ag and program use.
John Wiehmann, vice president of…
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