PRESS RELEASE
1770 MATHERS AVENUE, WEST VANCOUVER, B,C,

926- 5551

November 21, 1972

An event of considerable importance to the North Shore occured today
when Capilano College held an official sod turning at its new Lynnmour
site in North Vancouver,

This event marked the commencement of

construction on Phase I of the planned College facilities on that
site.
Over 100 people from the staffs and governing bodies of the
College, school districts, and District administration, were on hand
for the Lynnmour sod turning occasion,

Those officially wielding the

shovel were Mayor Andrews of the District; Bae Wallace, Chairman of the
College Council; Alf Glenesk, College Principal; Mary Griffiths,
President of the College Student Association; and Sonja Sanguinetti
of the College Faculty Association,
The four year old College, which is presently enrolling over 1400
students, has been trying to acquire a site for its own buildings
for over three years.

The Lynnmour site is located off Lillooet Road

in North Vancouver, on a ridge between Seymour and Lynn Creeks,
The Lynnmour Phase I facilities now under construction will contain
over 33,000 square feet of new buildings and some 17,000 feet of
existing College relocate,1ble buildings which will be moved onto the
site.

The new centre is basically to consist of classrooms, Media

Centre and Science Labs,

It is expected that the new centre will

be open to College students for the Fall term of next year,

A community college serving North Vancouver,
West Vancouver, and Howe Sound

The Lynnmour development will be the first of three projected
College facility centres in the College district; another is being
planned for West Vancouver, and eventually a centre will be set up
at Squamish.

This $1,09 million Lynmnour Phase I will be the first

extensive facility that the College has been able to design and construct
for their own particular needs.
Architects for all Capilano College facilities are the consortium
of Harrison, Plavsic and Kiss.

The contractor for this Lynnmour

Phase I development is Stevenson Construction.
Capilano College was one of the first of the new public community
colleges in the province, and is now one of the largest of the nine
new institutions.

It was set up primarily to serve the areas of

North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Howe Sound,

Since Capilano College's

opening over 4500 persons have taken courses at the College, either
on the Academic university transfer program, or on the profession­
oriented Career Programs.