Time-Shared Campus

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“Fifteen years in the making, ECCL is one of the nation’s first joint-use facilities where City and School cooperatively occupy a shared site. 

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So novel was the City-School district partnership that it required state legislation to modify the California Educational Code, which prior to enacment restricted nonschool use of school buildings.

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School Board President John Affeldt stated, Communities across the nation will be looking to Emeryville to emulate our unique partnership.” 

​-- Betel Yona, Urban Land Institute 

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Extensive community outreach & engagement were incorporated from the initial planning. This complex city-wide block was designed and built with the diverse users of the city in mind. With a tight schedule, we broke up the deliverables into multiple packages for a fast-track navigation through DSA.