The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder will hold a public meeting on the Williams Village student housing expansion project on April 4 at 7 p.m. at Stearns Central, room 179, in the Williams Village complex.
According to Derrick Watson, project coordinator, the purpose of the meeting is to introduce residents to the new developers of the project, American Campus Communities, and to provide an update on the status of the project.
The addition of on-campus housing is a priority for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder, the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Board of Regents and the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Commission on Higher Education, as articulated in the Campus Master Plan. At full build-out, the project will accommodate 1,992 non-freshman undergraduate and graduate students.
A follow-up meeting on construction logistics is planned for May 30. Phase I is scheduled to begin in early June.
American Campus Communities plans to make 496 beds available for occupancy in 2003 and 496 more in 2004, for a total of 992 beds. Housing for an additional 1,000 students would be available in fall 2008, given favorable market conditions.
American Campus Communities also operates a new housing community, University Village at Boulder Creek, designed specifically to meet the housing needs of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ students and new faculty. For more information on this facility, visit the Web site at
For more information on the Williams Village project, visit the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Housing Department Web site at www-housing.colorado.edu, or call Watson at (303) 735-0802.