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FYI: B/CS Growth and Traffic Symposium April 4th, 2006:

It looks like they are including College Station a lot better these days in their plan. I remember seeing the roadway plan a few years ago that had them turning University Dr E in a Northerly direction and connecting to Harvey Mitchel North. Essentially creating a loop ignoring College Station's existence.

Wow, this is a lot of proposed roadway (Like the 75% of "Loop" SH47):

Could that guy take any longer to tell a story about not going the posted speed limit? What a waste of bandwidth.

Here's something from another site about this area:

Awesome! I never thought it would happen.

President Robert Gates and other high-ranking A&M officials held two public forums to announce the university's plans to seek a $450 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security that would be used to build the 500,000-square-foot National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility on 30 acres. Garry Adams, who is coordinating the project, said A&M has determined the site would be within a 110-acre area in Research Park at the corner of Harvey Mitchell Parkway South and Raymond Stotzer Parkway. The university could face competition from as many as 18 other entities vying for the facility, but Gates said he thinks A&M's broad-based programs make College Station an optimum site. After a final site is chosen, construction would likely begin about 2008 and take about four years, Adams speculated. Then it would take another year to commission the building, or ensure that it is redundantly safe and secure, Adams said. If the facility is built in College Station, it would change the face of the university and the local economy, officials have said. Beyond the initial $450 million building project, the facility would employ some 300 federal workers, including many scientists who could potentially have dual appointments to also teach at A&M. Also, spin-off technologies would require additional facilities in the area, Adams said. Gates, a former director of the CIA, said A&M could be at the center of creating vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments against pathogens that could potentially harm the nation's food supply and threaten the national economy. "This proposed federal research lab is envisioned as playing a critical role in the nation's defense against bioterrorism and emerging diseases," he said. "Securing such a facility would literally place Texas A&M in the vanguard for cutting-edge research and discovery and enhance the economic landscape for this community." http://www.theeagle.com/stories/032206/am_20060322001.php

I thought they were just cleaning it at first. It would be all white in one section one day, and then the next day it would be tan again. This orange confuses me though. Why havn't they taken off the "University" part on this side yet? It's kinda strange.

Are they painting University Tower Orange and White???

That is actually a good idea, and thus it won't happen. I was going to say Blinn is way to big for it to be doubled as a high school since we are comparing 10,000 students to 2,000 students, but it's actually comparing 10,000 college students that are there 15 hours a week (not factoring in the Ags that only take one class there) compared to a HS student that is there 32+ hours a week. With any additional space being used as office space for the school district it seems like a good fit. It would be nice to get rid of that horrible "two campuses in the same location" concept that Bryan HS has by destroying it. Blinn becoming a 4 year college would help it's reputation and help retain all those college kids Bryan is loosing after year two when those students can't get into A&M. Why let them all go to SHSU or whereever when they could graduate here? I wonder at what rate A&M will grow in the future. A&M is not out of space to grow like it's brother in austin, so surely the student population will grow. Just looking at all the square footage of building space the Campus Master Plan shows makes you think that this University may see 10,000+ more students in 20 years.

I'm really suprised College Station declined that offer to build a joint golf course at University and 6, expecially since CS doesn't have a Muni of it's own and they already invested so much money in that area.

I wonder if they will keep the existing building or rebuild. I hope for the latter, but the way things go around here it seems more than likely they will just do a cheep renovation. In reference to another thread, it would be nice if they started building it more upscale like this: .

I just wanted to bring this up again since someone else sugested it in the "Other Texas Places" forum.

Why did they decide to build the college in such a "ghetto" area? A good idea would have been to build it where Bryan Muni is to revitalize that area and give "college ave" a bigger meaning. Could you imagine the change between TAMU to there not only on College Ave but on Welborn and the entire area inbetween. I also wish it wasn't so community college looking and was developed more like Blinn at Brenhem.

A Starbucks is coming to Northgate in place of "University Book Store" along with some kind of sandwich place. The University Book Store has moved to Southwest and Welborn.

I agree with everything y'all said. That area needs redevelopment big time and that land should've been used as a big first step. As of right now you can't get Downtown from CS without going through some "ghetto" area, and that's a big problem. A golf course on the floodplain at University-Rudder is a great idea. It would add a lot to the whole upscale business park idea they are going for over there.

That picture leaves out the two massive indoor facilities that will be built in the next couple of years right next to it.

It's the biggest stadium in Texas right now. What is redneck about a $100 million project? And by the way, it's not named after "The Woodlands, Texas", the company has properties all over the country that are called "The Woodlands of...".

With all these improvements it's strange that the higher ups want to get rid of a home game and move the A&M-tech game to Dallas.

In other news, some renderings were found of the new Indoor Athletics Practice Facility today. Looks like it will be pretty massive. 80ft tall. (by comparsion, Kyle Field is 180 ft tall)

Now

The Athletic Department funds are separate from the University's funds. This $12 million much needed scoreboard upgrade project will be paid for by the advertisements that will be displayed on the screens. You should check out the $300 million in spending for academic buildings that we have going on right now as well and you will see where our priorities lie. Articles from this past Tuesday: http://www.thebatt.com/media/paper657/news...www.thebatt.com http://www.thebatt.com/media/paper657/news...www.thebatt.com Do a little research before attacking your own university.

http://www.aggiefans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5748

I suggested that here ( http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=3377 ) but their was no response from the staff...

Like how it is right now