Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
More than $26 million in state capital budget funding has been allocated for improvements to various college campuses in Montgomery, Miami, Warren, Preble and Greene counties.
Sinclair Community College was awarded the largest chunk, more than $13 million, including $5 million for advanced manufacturing and skilled trades training hubs. Another $4 million will pay to install fire sprinkler systems.
Cathy Petersen, a spokeswoman for Sinclair, said the college also will act as a “pass-through” for money ultimately headed to the Greater West Dayton Incubator, Aircraft Mechanic Training Center and Boys and Girls Club of Dayton, among others.
In all, local colleges will serve as pass-through agents for about $4 million in projects that will help smaller local agencies. The schools get a fee for that service, said Greg Sample, Wright State’s chief operating officer and executive vice president.
“The reason that we enjoy being a physical intermediary on these is that we can take an overhead fee off of it, and it’s beneficial to us,” Sample said.
Wright State was allocated more than $11 million for various projects, including repaving parts of the grounds, and work on their Health College initiative, which would move the entire college into one building.
