WARREN CAMPUS

WARREN CAMPUS

Funding possibilities

Several elected officials and members of EGCC held a press conference at and toured the Atrium Building in downtown Warren, which is being considered as a likely site for a central campus. Four potential funding sources:

A request for $1 million through Ohio’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program to improve the Atrium Building’s energy efficiency. A response is expected this month.

The college and city of Warren are in partnership for submitting a grant application to the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council, which is a consortium of governments that, among other things, negotiates with energy suppliers. The city is expected to receive about $340,000 in grant money, a portion of which could be used to improve energy efficiency of the Atrium Building.

The city has agreed to serve as a partner to EGCC to apply for funds to support information technology wiring, equipment and computer labs in the building.

A partnership with Trumbull County commissioners could provide supplemental funding, in part because they have benefited from an energy aggregation rebate program. Source: EGCC