Prospective students interested in attending Columbia College, which is located in a rural area near Sonora, California, have, until recently, faced a lack of available on- and off-campus housing. In 1983, a local developer expressed an interest in building and operating student housing on campus. After determining the feasibility and legality of…

The cooperative arrangement of a public agency, Columbia College, and a private builder to construct student housing is described, including legal and college/district requirements. One critical need for planning involves the college's use of student housing during the summer. (MLW)