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CLINCH VALLEY COLLEGE ACQUISITION OF TOWNHOUSES
FOR STUDENT HOUSING
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION

Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia has recently acquired an apartment building and 2.24 acres of land located across the road from the campus. The ten-unit apartment complex includes 8,708 square feet and will be used to house 36 students. The building was constructed in 1978 and is in good repair. Clinch Valley requested and received approval for this acquisition during the 1987 General Assembly Session.

Clinch Valley College student housing is a self-supporting auxiliary enterprise, acting in direct support of the educational mission of the college. Clinch Valley has three goals in providing student housing. One is to furnish students with a variety of housing arrangements at reasonable cost. Another is to provide an environment in which each student may achieve the maximum realization of his or her potential, intellectually, socially and physically. The third is to have the ability to move the students from temporary housing, which may be either small rooms on campus or substandard housing in the town of Wise. The population of Wise is only 3,800 and any off-campus housing is very limited. Many of the students cannot commute because of the mountainous terrain and the long distances to surrounding communities. Therefore, housing must be provided for the majority of the student body. At present, the College has beds for less than half of the FTE student population. The acquisition of this apartment complex will enable Clinch Valley to better accommodate this critical need for student housing.