by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Mar 6, 2023
ACC agrees to buy 20 acres of land for the future Cypress Creek Campus, fulfilling a promise to build a campus within the Leander Independent School District. The campus opens in 1991 as the first ACC facility in Williamson County. A Look Back… The site was...
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Mar 6, 2023
The ACC community and friends celebrate a $2 million renovation of the Rio Grande Campus, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the 1972 election that created the college. A Look Back… The college made several upgrades to the building, which opened in 1916 as...
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Mar 6, 2023
Pressed by the need for more space, ACC announces plans for a state-of-the-art campus in north central Austin. The 35-acre Northridge Campus opens in 1989, and former ACC President Dr. Thomas Hatfield’s vision of creating a multi-campus, open-admission college in...
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Mar 6, 2023
After the college operates without a tax base for almost 14 years, ACC district voters grant taxing authority to ACC. Other school districts and the City of Austin later join the taxing district, and the combination of state and local funding helps ACC keep tuition...
by ACC Office of College Relations & Marketing | Mar 6, 2023
In August 1983, ACC trustees agree to buy 193 acres along Riverside Drive and Grove Boulevard, including an 18-hole golf course, and ACC’s third campus opens the following year. Leasing the golf course to the City of Austin helps defray the cost of buying the property...
