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Linn-Benton Community College got its start in 1966 when a group of
local businessmen and women petitioned the state of Oregon to hold
an election to establish a community college district. Discussions
had gone on for some time about a community college to serve the
residents of Linn and Benton Counties, but the state of Oregon, in
its legislation to establish community colleges in 1959, planned
that community colleges in Salem and Eugene would meet this need.
So the creation of a community college district located in Linn and
Benton Counties was a grass roots effort that succeeded due to the
determination of many local citizens who donated hours, and years,
of their lives to make it happen. Linn-Benton Community College
celebrated its fortieth anniversary in fall 2007 having served some
six hundred thousand students. Considering the changes that have
taken place in the local economy in the last forty years, it is
difficult to imagine what the citizens of Linn and Benton Counties
would have done without their community college. This is the story
of how those early supporters accomplished this feat, the
opposition they faced and the support they found in unusual places.
It is the story of how ordinary people living ordinary lives did
something truly extraordinary that changed the course of local
history. And it is the story of the people equally dedicated, who
carried it on.
Linn-Benton Community College got its start in 1966 when a group of
local businessmen and women petitioned the state of Oregon to hold
an election to establish a community college district. Discussions
had gone on for some time about a community college to serve the
residents of Linn and Benton Counties, but the state of Oregon, in
its legislation to establish community colleges in 1959, planned
that community colleges in Salem and Eugene would meet this need.
So the creation of a community college district located in Linn and
Benton Counties was a grass roots effort that succeeded due to the
determination of many local citizens who donated hours, and years,
of their lives to make it happen. Linn-Benton Community College
celebrated its fortieth anniversary in fall 2007 having served some
six hundred thousand students. Considering the changes that have
taken place in the local economy in the last forty years, it is
difficult to imagine what the citizens of Linn and Benton Counties
would have done without their community college. This is the story
of how those early supporters accomplished this feat, the
opposition they faced and the support they found in unusual places.
It is the story of how ordinary people living ordinary lives did
something truly extraordinary that changed the course of local
history. And it is the story of the people equally dedicated, who
carried it on.
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