Heartland Community College - Renovations/Additions

Renovations/Additions

Heartland has recently began renovations which would double the campus's current size. Heartland has planned to add by 2010: 3 new sports complexes including a Gymnasium, Soccer Field, and Baseball Field. Other buildings are a Student Center, Fitness Center, Classroom Building, Multipurpose Auditorium/Business Conference Center, Child-Care Center and Receiving Building. These additions are estimated to take enrollment from 4,500 to nearly 8,000.

As of December 8, 2008, groundwork has begun on five of the additions. The Child Care Center, situated at the northeast corner of the current campus, is already near completion and is scheduled to open for the Spring 2009 semester. Along the east side of the campus, the framework for the Fitness & Recreation Center and the Community Education Center are in an advanced stage of completion, but significant work still needs to be done before the facilities will be available to the students and faculty.

To the north of the ICB, work on the ICB II building, which will be situated perpendicular to the current ICB and connected with a skyway, has progressed significantly as well. Groundwork has begun on the Student Center, located at the north end of the SCB, but no significant construction has been completed as of this point in time.

In addition to the Hawks baseball, softball, and soccer teams, the on-campus stadium The Corn Crib will be home to the Frontier League's Normal CornBelters when they begin play in 2010.