 Central Lakes College had some special visitors today as the Senate Capital Investment Committee made a stop in Brainerd. Our Sarah Winkelman was on campus to hear about the funding request from CLC. That's all part of student success. CLC President Hera Charlier led a tour of the Brainerd campus today for members of the Senate Capital Investment Committee. We're honored to have our colleagues from the Senate here to take a look at Central Lakes College and all the improvements that we'd like to make and how we plan to take care of what we have with asset preservation. Starting off with some basic information about the college and its role in Brainerd. You know, I'm always excited about Central Lakes College. It's such an intricate part of our community. Then moving on to demonstrate the higher education asset preservation request. So that we are not investing in significant repair over time and we don't have damage to our buildings. We really believe in caring for what we have. There are three project priorities on both the Brainerd and Staples campus that total just over $7.5 million. They're not very exciting but they're absolutely critical. We have a significant roofing project here in Brainerd. Another significant roofing project on Staples campus and a number of air handlers and air conditioners that we really do have to replace. Central Lakes College is requesting just under half a million dollars to help with renovations of their student services center. We can create even a more welcoming environment for students, easier to see where to go, and put our student support services both on the student side and the academic side right in the hands of the students. An idea that Senator Kerry Roode is passionate about. And we want to do better for them because our students are changing, the careers are changing and so our college needs to change too. Those ideas will be taken into consideration with other priority requests from around the state. We on the Capital Investment Committee have decisions to make. We've got three and a half billion dollars with the requests and we'll probably have somewhere in the neighborhood of $7 to $800 million in our bills. So now every project is going to be funded. The committee still has many more stops to prepare for the 2018 legislative session. Reporting in Brainerd, Sarah Winkleman, Lakeland News. CLC was granted funding for a renovation project on the Staples campus from the committee in 2014. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.