History
In 1964, area residents met to consider establishing a community college in Lake County. After the group had gathered enough evidence to justify its establishment, the local League of Women Voters petitioned successfully to place the issue on a countywide ballot, and it passed in 1965; the passage of the related levy passed in 1967. Classes began later that year in various locations in Painesville; the college purchased land for its current permanent location in Kirtland in 1968, with classes commencing there in 1971.
In 1968, 400 acres of land the community college is built upon, including Mooreland Mansion,was purchased by the Lakeland Community College Board of Trustees.
Lakeland's mailing address was Mentor from 1971 to 1994. (About a quarter of Lakeland's property extends into Mentor.)
Lakeland was the site of training camp for the Cleveland Browns from 1982 to 1991.
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