Priority One CV

05/25/2021

Do you have big dreams of attending a high-quality four-year university? California is planning to build a new California State University (CSU) Campus, and we need YOUR help to tell our state leaders to build it in the Coachella Valley!

Click to send a message to your elected officials and let them know that young adults in the Coachella Valley need a CSU campus nearby:

California is planning to build a new California State University (CSU) Campus. We need your help to tell our state leaders to Build it in the Coachella Valley! With a few clicks below…

04/23/2021

Residents of the Coachella Valley deserve access to closer higher education opportunities. That’s why legislators should bring the next CSU campus to Palm Desert. Tell legislators to support this shovel-ready project.

https://priorityonecv.com/sign-our-petition/

04/12/2021

Thank you to Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and Assemblyman Chad Mayes for working to bring a new California State University (CSU) campus to our Coachella Valey!

Nonprofit was started last year by Palm Desert to continue to lobby Sacramento to be site of next independent campus.

04/09/2021

Great article by the Uken Report on our work to bring a four-year California State University to the Coachella Valley.

In the fast-growing Coachella Valley, it’s more important than ever to provide more higher education opportunities to its diverse population. That is why Priority One Coachella Valley is launching a new campaign to highlight the needs and opportunities that a new independent California State University (CSU) campus can address.

Priority One Coachella Valley is launching a campaign to highlight the needs that a new California State University (CSU) campus can address.

04/08/2021

California is planning to build a new California State University (CSU) Campus. We need your help to tell our state leaders to Build it in the Coachella Valley!

With a few clicks below, you can send that message directly to your elected officials’ inboxes.

California is planning to build a new California State University (CSU) Campus. We need your help to tell our state leaders to Build it in the Coachella Valley! With a few clicks below…

04/08/2021

A fully utilized California State University in the Coachella Valley would create:

One-time impacts:

✅ $710 Million in total project costs
✅ $1,016 Million total economic impact
✅ 8,380 Jobs
✅ $100 Million in tax impact

Annual Impacts:

✅ $189 Million in off-campus spending & operational expenditures
✅ $289 Million total economic impact
✅ 2,635 jobs created
✅ $88 Job income impact
✅ $26 Million tax impact

https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1/clients/palmsprings/PDC_Phase_5_EIS_web_ff850776-89e9-4181-8ec1-e9960e49fea9.pdf

03/30/2021

https://kesq.com/news/2020/07/21/csu-studying-palm-desert-as-possible-site-for-new-campus/

A report on five possible sites for a future Cal State University campus, including Palm Desert, says that none of the sites would be a suitable candidate based on enrollment alone, according to report presented today to the CSU Board of Trustees. Read the full report Download The board on Tuesday m...

03/24/2021

“We have a campus with buildings, with facilities, with infrastructure, with roads, curbs, gutters and parking lots …,” Councilman Sabby Jonathan said during a recent meeting with The Desert Sun’s editorial board.

Along with Palm Desert, the other four sites being considered are Stockton, Concord, Chula Vista and San Mateo County.

12/03/2020

This case study demonstrates the desert community’s collective need, commitment, and enthusiasm for establishing the 24th California State University (CSU) in the Coachella Valley.

It details how the necessity for affordable higher education is greater in the desert region than in any other location in the state of California, as well as how the community is aligned and prepared to swiftly shepherd the development of CSU Palm Desert.

https://cvep.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CVEP_CSU-Palm-Desert-Report_05-05-20.p