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Conceptual Rendering of Academic Building

FCC New West Fresno Center

Architect: PBK Architects
Contractor: Harris Construction, Inc.
Location: 600 E. Church Avenue, Fresno, CA 93706
Webcam: Live view of construction site

Project Description & Updates

A clear need for a new college center in the West Fresno area was evident. The project will construct facilities for the Automotive Technology and Automotive Collision Programs from both FCC and CTC; in addition to constructing an academic building facility for general education classrooms and student services. This campus will provide the West Fresno community with a complete college center offering diverse educational opportunities, from career technology courses to transferable college credits.

Through donation and purchases, land was acquired in June 2018, and SIM-PBK was selected as the project architect. Division of the State Architect has approved the plans for the new campus. The Board of Trustees approved a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) in February 2020 to encourage the use of local labor and SCCCD graduates. 

The new campus will be an open campus with a park-like setting including bicycle and pedestrian paths to facilitate engagement with the outdoors and green space as well as biking and walking to work, school, and home. This park setting will also include an urban forest and bio-retention system to promote ground water recharge. A central feature of the campus will be the central plaza and water feature. The water feature will include an integrated art piece.   

To promote sustained engagement with the community, the district partnered with the Fresno Arts Council to publish a Request for Proposal to qualified artists with a connection to Fresno. The artwork had to celebrate the cultural diversity and unique sense of place of West Fresno. Submissions were evaluated by a community leadership committee. The selected artist, Teresa Flores, has been engaging the local community at neighborhood events to gather stories, history and ideas about West Fresno to help inform the painted tile vignettes that will be featured in the water feature artwork. A kickoff event was held at BBQ Bob’s which included a recording booth to record community member stories and hopes. From there Teresa held workshops with students at Rutherford B. Gaston Middle School and talked with community members at the 93706 Market. Input was also gathered at the September 24th TCC Community Engagement Event at the Maxie L. Parkins Community Center and on November 4th at the FCC Art Space Gallery.  

Opening Information

The Academic Building opened for classes in August 2023. Two open houses were held welcoming the community. The West Fresno Center Advanced Technology Center will open for classes on January 8, 2024, except for the auto-collision programs. The design of the automotive paint booths, prep stations and aluminum repair stations is with the Division of the State Architect for review. Once approved and manufactured, they will be installed in the building and the auto-collision programs will transfer to the West Fresno Center.

A formal ribbon cutting is scheduled for January 25, 2024 from 10AM to 12PM. You are encouraged to RSVP.

Enrolling in Classes at the West Fresno Center

Want to take classes at the West Fresno Center? New students will need to apply and new and returning students can contact a FCC counselor for support. Questions on enrollment should call 559-442-8226. In-person and zoom appointments are available.

Project Planning Meetings

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: May 17th, 2019
Purpose of Meeting: Custodial & Maintenance Meeting
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Date Posted: 6/28/19

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: January 24th, 2019
Purpose of Meeting: Community Meeting
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Date Posted: 6/28/19

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: November 9th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: TCC Grant
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Date Posted: 06/28/2019

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: October 12th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Allied Health Meeting
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Date Posted: 02/04/2019

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: September 28nd 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Open Forum Meeting
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Date Posted: 10/03/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: September 14th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Allied Health, Science Labs, & Student Services
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Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: September 13th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Community Visioning (Red Dot/Green Dot)
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Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: September 12 th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: CTC-AutoT ER/EP
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Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: September 7th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Allied Health & Student Services
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Date Posted: 10/19/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: September 5th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: City of Fresno Pre-Development
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Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: September 4 th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: City of Fresno & MLK 2500 Development Coordination
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Date Posted: 10/12/2018

Project: Draft West Fresno Plan Layouts
There are two options with two floors each.

Attachments: Option #1

Attachments: Option #2

Date Posted: 10/04/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: August 30th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Faculty Red dot/Green Dot
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Date Posted: 10/12/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: August 22nd  2018
Purpose of Meeting: Project Update
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Date Posted: 09/25/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: July 26th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Project Update
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Date Posted: 08/24/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: July 22nd 2018
Purpose of Meeting: General Education & Non Instructional Spaces
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Date Posted: 10/19/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: July 12th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Proposed Plan
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Date Posted: 07/27/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: June 22nd 2018
Purpose of Meeting: West Fresno Campus
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Date Posted: 09/25/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: June 15th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Programming Meeting Agenda
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Date Posted: 08/24/2018

Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: May 21st 2018
Purpose of Meeting: SCCCD West Fresno Campus
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Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: May 4th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Programming Meeting
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Project: West Fresno Campus
Date: April 18th 2018
Purpose of Meeting: Kick-Off Meeting
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Date Posted: 08/24/2018