At 10:00 a.m. this morning, FAMU will receive the deed to Crestview, Florida’s Alatex building. Officials from FAMU, the City of Crestview, and state government will attend the signing ceremony. The Marching 100 will also perform.In December, the Crestview City Council approved the Tallahassee-based Cason Environmental & Demolition Service company’s bid to remove asbestos and lead-based paint from the Alatex building. State law required those contaminants to be removed before the building’s title could be transferred to FAMU.
According to the Crestview News Bulletin, the cleanup cost $98,450. FAMU will spend $7M to renovate the facility. The project is expected to bring $3M to $6M into the city’s economy each year.
FAMU’s Crestview Education Center will be an interdisciplinary campus. According to the authorizing legislation, the center will offer "instructional programs leading to the PharmD; B.S. or M.S. nursing; master of public health and doctorate of public health; and health care management, health administration, occupational therapy, and physical therapy."
The Crestview center will be FAMU Pharmacy’s first degree-granting satellite location. The pharmacy school’s campuses in Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa do not offer full degrees. They are used as clinical training divisions for advanced students.
FAMU plans to launch the Crestview pharmacy program in fall 2011 with 40 students.