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Grants help give downtown Pasco businesses a new look
The PDDA and City of Pasco also enlisted the help of Columbia Basin College to kick-start the projects. Rolando Garcia is the director of the HUD Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities program at CBC. He said the program received a grant of $600,000 over a period of three years to assist in continuing education for business owners and to develop a marketing plan to increase business traffic flow in the downtown area.
Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, December 2010
http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/2010/12/grants-help-give-downtown-pasco-businesses-a-new-look/
School officials brace for effects of state budget cuts
For community colleges like Lower Columbia College, tuition would increase by $280 in 2012 and $305 in 2013, according to the governor's proposed budget. ...
Longview Daily News, December 17, 2010
http://tdn.com/news/local/article_66ca9940-09af-11e0-b368-001cc4c03286.html
Monroe filmmakers wrapping up 'Rivertown'
Now “Rivertown,” a 90-minute film shot in Snohomish and Monroe and starring local Everett Community College actors, is in the can.
The Herald, December 21, 2010
http://heraldnet.com/article/20101221/NEWS01/712219912/1056/COMM0615
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
The Global Auction
New book challenges the idea that more postsecondary education necessarily translates into a better economic outlook -- for individuals or countries
Inside Higher Ed, December 21, 2010
EDITORIAL: Expanded GI bill a win-win for U.S.
Longview Daily News, December 21, 2010
http://tdn.com/news/opinion/article_d3bca582-0c9f-11e0-96f6-001cc4c03286.html
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