{"id":44244,"date":"2017-08-17T15:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=44244"},"modified":"2017-09-06T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:22:53","slug":"acc-kicks-off-historical-groundbreaking-at-rio-grande-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/08\/17\/acc-kicks-off-historical-groundbreaking-at-rio-grande-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC kicks off historical groundbreaking at Rio Grande Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 years after the Rio Grande Campus first opened its doors, Austin Community College broke ground Thursday, August 10, on state-of-the-art renovations and historical preservation to the main building.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_44258\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44258\" class=\"wp-image-44258 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/35679104843_958111a6bd_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/35679104843_958111a6bd_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/35679104843_958111a6bd_z-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/35679104843_958111a6bd_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-44258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett observes campus renderings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re preserving the history and the respect this campus has in our community as an institution for learning. At the same time, we\u2019re bringing it into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century,\u201d Dr. Richard Rhodes, ACC president\/CEO, told the approximately 250 guests. \u201cWe\u2019re creating a vibrant atmosphere for students to learn and excel in new ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to reopen 2019, Rio Grande Campus will be a home campus to ACC\u2019s Deaf community, offering expanded programs and services. The campus also will feature a three-story ACCelerator, advanced classrooms, and innovative labs.<\/p>\n<p>Rio Grande Campus first served as a junior high school at the Austin Independent School District, then as the Austin ISD High School before becoming an ACC campus in 1975. The renovations will honor its rich history and will preserve the historic campus fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_44256\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44256\" class=\"wp-image-44256 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/36487452275_aac9e4dff8_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/36487452275_aac9e4dff8_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/36487452275_aac9e4dff8_z-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/08\/36487452275_aac9e4dff8_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-44256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo presents City of Austin proclamation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good that this great and historical facility will have new life breathed into it,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett who was a student at the campus when it was Austin High School. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to how we can build on the great foundation that\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The groundbreaking included a proclamation from Austin Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo, declaring August 10, 2017, as ACC Rio Grande Campus Groundbreaking Day. In addition to Doggett, speakers included Austin ISD Associate Superintendent Craig Shapiro, ACC Board Chair Dr. Barbara Mink, and ACC student Ciara Paredes.<\/p>\n<p>The Rio Grande Campus is one of several ongoing voter-approved capital improvement projects. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/bond\/rio-grande-campus-updates\/\">austincc.edu\/vision<\/a> for more information about the campus and construction updates.<\/p>\n<p>See photos of the event below.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accdistrict\/sets\/72157687342792556\" title=\"Rio Grande Campus Renovation Groundbreaking by Austin Community College, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4396\/35652423104_8f43ee63b5.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='RGC Renovation Groundbreaking'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 years after the Rio Grande Campus first opened its doors, Austin Community College broke ground Thursday, August 10, on state-of-the-art renovations and historical preservation to the main building. \u201cWe\u2019re preserving the history &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/08\/17\/acc-kicks-off-historical-groundbreaking-at-rio-grande-campus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":44249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11,17],"tags":[775,338,97,1449],"class_list":["post-44244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-campus-updates","category-news-and-announcements","tag-groundbreaking","tag-renovation","tag-rio-grande-campus","tag-rio-grande-campus-renovation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}