RIDGEFIELD — On Nov. 19, developer and design-build contractor Mortenson officially presented Clark College leaders with the key to the Advanced Manufacturing Center, the first building on the college’s Ridgefield campus.
Nearly 100 attendees including the college mascot, Oswald the Penguin, looked on as Carolyn Sizemore, market director of Mortenson, and design-build partner Kyle Womack, principal of Hennebery Eddy Architects, presented the symbolic key to college President Karin Edwards and Sabra Sand, vice president of operations. The ceremony marked the completion of construction of the Advanced Manufacturing Center at Clark College.
General education classes will be held there in the spring of 2025; five general education classrooms and one computer lab will accommodate a future capacity to serve up to 1,200 students per term. By next fall, the complex will become the hub for the college’s advanced manufacturing program, which is currently in development. When completed, the program will provide initial enrollment of 32 students in two cohorts of 16, with plans to eventually serve 48 students across three cohorts.
Located on a 10-acre property due east of the Ridgefield Junction, the 49,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center features an open manufacturing floor, collaboration zones, satellite instructional facilities, classrooms, laboratories, offices and more.
