November 9, 2016
VETERAN’S DAY
Special Edition
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Cascade Transformed
C ontinued froM P age 3
to reach father and achieve their
dreams,” PCC Cascade campus
officials said. “Come tour the li-
brary, enjoy treats and giveways,
and hear inspiring stories of our
neighbors and the neighborhood.”
Other public events during
the celebration will include the
dedication of the Evelyn Crow-
ell Center for African Ameri-
can Community History – to be
installed over the coming year
in the Cascade Library; a cam-
pus-wide book drive for the
Children’s Book Bank of Oregon
where books can be donated at
the library checkout desk.
The remodeled library and its
adjacent new plaza are getting
rave reviews from students and
staff, while the two new buildings
that opened last year – Cascade
Hall and the Student Union – have
won LEED Gold certification for
green design and construction.
The projects are part of the
nearly $58 million in campus
work funded by a property tax
bond measure approved by voters
in 2008. An earlier Cascade Cam-
pus expansion in the early 2000s
added four other buildings to the
campus, providing space for a
new gymnasium, technical edu-
cation building, auditorium, and a
public services education facility.
While the prior expansion came
with the displacement of about a
dozen nearby residents and busi-
nesses and extended the campus
out a block south and three blocks
west, the latest work was accom-
plished mostly within the existing
campus footprint.
The library remodel, which
took more than a year to complete,
first required the demolition of
PCC Cascade’s 1970s-era Student
Center.
Removing the outdated build-
ing allowed space for a true front
entrance for the library in the form
of a two-story glass vestibule. It
also opened up space for the new
plaza, an outdoor space that ex-
tends a campus mall.
Amber Quinn, library supervi-
sor at Cascade, said the remodel
solved another major issue: the
absence of restrooms. Prior to the
bond work, students had to pack
up their books and other materials,
walk through a passageway and
use the facilities in Student Cen-
ter, then return to the Library and
unpack all their materials.
Hoffman Construction added
restrooms on both the first and
second floors and removed some
interior walls to open up common
spaces.
Other improvements include
new computer classroom on the
second floor; new reference and
The new Cascade Campus library at Portland Community College in north Portland provides new
services and resources to the community while inspiring students to reach father and achieve their
dreams.
circulation desks; expanded com- ing, paint and carpet; and a new and food service and dining facil-
puter bars on first and second second-floor balcony.
ities.
floors, featuring charging stations
The new Student Union is the
The new Cascade Hall houses
for laptops and mobile devices; home to the campus’ resource 14 general purpose classrooms,
additional study rooms; acoustical center as well as student clubs and plus the Center for Careers in
treatments to help quiet common government officers, a study and- Education, the Portland Teachers
areas and study rooms; new light- louge area, flexible meeting space, Program and a childcare center.