Carleton Place Helps Fund Perth Campus
The councillors of Carleton Place are so determined to provide the town a local post-secondary education that they are willing to put their own money to fund it. The town concurred on January 26 that it will donate $10,000 in 5 years to Algonquin College’s expansion of its campus in Perth. In the last days of January, representatives from the college came to the Town of Carleton Place looking for financial support for its expansion project.
MP Scott Reid and Jim Watson last year announced that they will contribute to the project under the Knowledge Infrastructure Program.
The estimated cost of the project is $10 million. $4.8 million of which will be from the provincial government, and $4.2 million will be from the federal government. Algonquin College is now processing the remaining $1 million.
Situated at Craig Street in Perth, A new edifice is being constructed on a 12 acre property where the existing building is located. According to statistics, Algonquin College has 13 students from Carleton Place out of its 250 students. 4 staff members are also from Carleton Place.
In order to raise the $1 million, the college’s representatives are soliciting from municipalities whom they feel would benefit greatly from having the campus nearby. They hope that each town would contribute $10,000.
Carleton Place Mayor Paul Dulmage contributed an additional $10,000 from his own pocket on top of the town’s contribution. He believes that education is any community’s foundation.
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