Learning and lab space
Plans for the second phase of the rollout
include renovating the college's physical
plant building to become the NWACC
Cycling and Technician Education Center
(C-TEC). The Cycling and Technician
Education Center would house the bicycle
technician program and offer a learning
and lab space for future BIEA-accredited
programs and community members. Plans
for the center include:
• Space for changing and hygiene stations
for those cycling to campus.
• A bicycle repair station for those cyclists
using the trailhead.
• A skills course or single track to test out
bicycles.
The center will serve as a link between the
community and the region's growing cycling
industry.
Focus on diversity
Part of the Walton Family Foundation
grant metrics include a very targeted, data
informed, recruitment strategy. "At this
time, partnerships are being established
with various groups and we are formulating
recruitment strategies as it relates to Latinx,
BIPOC, and the LGBTQ community,"
Bolinder said. "Hopefully, those strategies
will include some sort of scholarship
offerings for those communities as well."
Bolinder also thinks the BIEA is an
important partner for NWACC's diversity
outreach for the program. BIEA's mission
includes supporting programs that are
9
Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce
