Today, on behalf of Southwestern College, and with full support and a resolution from our Board of Trustees, I signed an agreement with Ed Nagel and the Santa Fe Community School, to purchase the 4.39 acres of land just north of our current campus (across the little road on the other side of the Day of the Dead/adobe wall.)
Our current campus is roughly 2,5 acres, to give you a comparative view. The deal is not carved in stone yet, as we now have to do a bit of discovery, get a survey plat done, check out the water situation with a hydrologist, check out the utilities situation with the city, and so on.
The property purchase allows us to either 1) grow the campus eventually, 2) possibly subdivide the property and use part of it for our campus and sell the other part, 3) Sell the entire lot, but at a profit and to someone who will be using it for compatible purposes, and not for some purpose that is either disruptive or out of synch with our philosophy, 4) Something else….
Anyway it goes, it is a good move for the College, and all the Board members thought so as well, and voted to give me the power to enter into this agreement.
We will know within a month or so whether all systems are go, but for now, we wanted to share with you that we are thinking ahead, planning ahead, and building a sustainable future for Quimby/Southwestern College…
I also want to commend Vice President Katherine Ninos for concocting a payment plan that is VERY favorable to the College, and which the sellers found acceptable.
Warmly,
Dr. James Michael Nolan
President, Southwestern College
2 Comments for Historic Day for Quimby/Southwestern College…
Thanks so much, Lisa….we feel similarly, and it is a good thing…There is always some “not knowing” lurking around these kinds of decisions, but we are moving onward and trusting the universe !!
Jim Nolan
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Jim Nolan is in his 6th year as president of Southwestern College. He has worked for a dozen universities or colleges, both online and on the ground. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, and attended graduate school in English/Irish Literature. He reads a lot of books, takes a lot of photos, plays guitar, got married in India in 2010, and has a wire haired fox terrier named Barney. He is the opposite of a guru, whatever that is called.
Congratulations, Jim and Katherine! This is wonderful news for SWC. I was around many years ago for the purchase of the building and land on which the college has flourished. Today, as I drove into work, I was thinking that Southwestern College is an excellent model for continuing to face in the direction that you want to go and this is a perfect example. Good for you guys and a big thank you to Ed Nagel, who has put so much good energy into the whole educational scene in Santa Fe.