Why is the College Considering a Bond?

It has been 50 years since the college has had a bond approved by voters. In that time the community has grown, a college education has changed dramatically, and our facilities have aged.

UPGRADE AGING AND UNSAFE FACILITIES:
Upgrade aging and unsafe facilities to ensure our community always has access to affordable higher education. Fix outdated buildings built in 1970 to make major repairs like HVAC, plumbing, electrical, exterior siding, and address safety issues.

PREPARE STUDENTS
Prepare students for great jobs by meeting growing demand for skilled, trained workers here in our community. Offer modern tools and cross-disciplinary training.

BUILD A CAMPUS FOR ALL
Build stronger campus resources for our whole community by restoring athletic spaces and making community pool improvements, ensuring ADA access across facilities, renovating technology for urban and rural learners, and creating year-round spaces for community to host events.

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Placing a Bond on the Ballot

  • Community Colleges in Oregon do not receive money from the State to fund major capital construction projects. Colleges can borrow funding from banks to pay for the construction, expansion and renovation of grounds and buildings but often are very limited in what they can borrow.
  • Bonds are a way of funding large scale capital construction projects through assessment of property in the college district.
  • A community college will develop a list of proposed project and total project cost and make a request of voters to fund these projects.
  • Voters must approve these funds, and projects through a bond election on the ballot.
  • MHCC hasn't had a bond since 1970, that's 50 years!
  • MHCC is looking to put a bond measure on the May 2025 ballot.
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