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I'm a bit confused. Only watching this out of curiosity but isn't Blinn spending a pile of a brand new campus in Bryan?
Is it not enough or am I missing something.
Could someone , without an agenda, give us a Readers Digest version of the Blinn issue.
I think the problem that people in Brazos County have with Blinn is that the school here (Brazos County) has the most students and brings in more money than all of the other campuses combined but most of the money made here goes to the main campus in Brenham and it's needed here more.
I'm glad to see TAMU building this campus here to bring more students, more educational options, more jobs and more people to this area. I don't see this as diminishing the value of the main campus at all if anything I think it will give the main campus more value.
This will not be a two-year community college; students attending this campus will be able to attend any TAMU System school. I don't think that means anyone will be accepted I just thi nk it means that if you can't get into the signature school that you really wanted to go to, here is another option where you can still live here and hopefully transfer in the future.
From what I read, this will be more that just a TAMU alternative, there will be robotics, transportation, and other programs for research based here. This will bring in outside companies who want to be near this action. Also retail and I'm sure housing will follow.
I'm totally excited about this! It looks like West Bryan will be booming much more than it already is. Already in West Bryan is the TAMU Health Science Center (Why hasn't it expanded past those two buildings?), Blinn's West Bryan Campus is clearing land, The Bio-corridor/Atlas Town Center area is building up, housing construction is up and now we have this unexpected bonus with the RELLIS Campus announcement.
I read somewhere that TAMU was trying to get Blinn involved with the RELLIS campus but why? Blinn is building its own new West Bryan campus.
Yes, I think the main Blinn campus in Brenham is panicking right now, but maybe this is what was needed in order for them to realize the value of this area. I guarantee you that this new competition will cause Blinn to up the ante here in Brazos County.