When will implementation of the West Campus Residential Initiative begin? How long will it take to complete?
A West Campus Council comprising faculty and staff members and students is well under way in developing program and implementation plans. A sequential schedule of construction of new residential houses and a new community recreation center, coordinated with demolition of the Class Halls and Noyes Community Center has been proposed. A number of Cornell and City of Ithaca approvals are needed before these construction projects can proceed. An optimistic projection is that construction of the first residence house could begin in March 2003 and be completed in August 2004. Subsequent facilities will unfold through 2010.
