Future of CCC property will slowly emerge

PLATTSBURGH — The re-location of Clinton Community College will make their attractive campus at Bluff point available for re-development by the county.

While there is great anticipation and excitement about what to do with the majestic property, nothing will happen overnight.

“This is not about being fast, it’s about being right,” Clinton County Legislature Chairman Mark Henry (R-Area 3, Chazy) said.

“That property is going to be there for a very long time, and I’d much rather we get it right than we get it quick.”

CCC is scheduled to move onto the campus at SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall of 2025. The two-year college opted to move after declining enrollment made it no longer feasible to maintain such a large campus.

The school has been at the Bluff Point location in the Town of Plattsburgh since the late 1960s.

The county, which owns the property, is charged with the responsibility of re-development.

FIRM STUDY

The Clinton County Industrial Development Agency hired the Albany firm PCL at a price of $84,715 to conduct a feasibility study of what could be done with the property.

That study is expected to be done sometime in mid-2025.

Henry said the county will discuss the findings and provide an opportunity for public input as the process moves along.

CCC receiving accreditation from Middle States Commission on Higher Education was a key part of the process.

“Theoretically, had they (CCC) not received accreditation the college would not exist and then we would be back at square one as to what we are going to do, and we would kind of have to start over,” Henry said.

“The accreditation process cements the re-location for the college. It’s all linked together.”

The accreditation was given through the 2029-30 school year.

Henry said once the college leaves the Bluff Point campus next fall, the re-development process will likely speed up.

“There is going to be a lot involved,” he said.

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