Fresno City College’s West Campus comes with big promises to the people of southwest Fresno, from dual enrollment opportunities for high school students, to cutting-edge technical training in building electric vehicles.
But talk of these promises incited a tense back-and-forth between west Fresno residents at a community meeting Thursday night.
Will the campus live up to these promises to a community “under siege,” as community members described it, or fall prey to gentrification?
Situated on Church and Walnut avenues, the $86.5 million campus will offer proximity to higher education that southwest Fresno has never seen before, city college leaders said.
