How did the CCC get started?
The CCC was inaugurated in May 2004 under the leadership of CWU President Jerilyn McIntyre and former Ellensburg City Mayor Ed Barry, to reduce high-risk and underage drinking at the university, in Ellensburg, and throughout Kittitas County. President McIntyre, a member of the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Presidents Leadership Group, had made a commitment to make reducing alcohol abuse a priority on her campus. Mayor Barry affirmed that reducing alcohol abuse was a priority for the city as well. Prior to creating the Campus-Community Coalition, efforts at the campus and community levels to reduce the impacts of high-risk drinking had been in place for many years, but the collaboration that occurred between the city and the university provided the impetus needed to develop a comprehensive program of environmental management strategies to change the culture of alcohol use. The Coalition is committed to changing practices, po
