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EastView... Innovative and Collaborative Space Proposed for TMCC Students and Northern Nevada

Truckee Meadows Community College is planning EastView, a unique structure that provides extraordinary spaces for interdisciplinary learning and community collaboration. Located on the Dandini Campus, EastView will integrate TMCC’s hands-on training programs in technology, culinary arts, hospitality and tourism, and performing arts.

The region is experiencing increased population and job growth that far outpaces the state as a whole. EastView is the answer to combine this growth into a laboratory and training hub to support this incredible economic growth with well-trained and work-ready employees. 

EastView’s ActionLink Center

EastView ActionLink Center

Fostering creativity and innovation inside EastView’s ActionLink Center.

ActionLink, located in the heart of EastView, will be a flexible space designed to foster connections among TMCC programs, industry professionals, students and TMCC faculty. ActionLink is a hub for students pursuing careers in engineering and emerging technology fields such as robotics, as well as coding skills for careers in cybersecurity, financial technologies, and mobile app development.  The center features open-concept tiered seating, a presentation floor and lecture hall, coding rooms and computer lab, engineering and robotics maker’s lab, and collaboration spaces designed for capstone projects. ActionLink epitomizes the STEAM concept of teamwork, creativity, and entrepreneurial mindset which are integrated with science and technology to ensure that students are career-ready for an evolving tech economy.

EastView Concept Video

Learn about Truckee Meadows Community College's proposed EastView building in this animated concept of the project. This transformative space will provide interdisciplinary and experiential learning for programs in technology, culinary arts, hospitality and tourism, and performing arts.

Sierra Culinary Institute

Representing a significant expansion of the existing Culinary Arts Program, this state-of-the-art facility will include a 90-seat restaurant with an advanced catering kitchen and terrace, a demonstration classroom/lab with tiered seating, a student area with a locker room, offices, and storage. With the EastView expansion, capacity in the Culinary Arts degree program will allow for additional degree offerings in Baking and Pastry, Advanced Culinary, and Food Science. The facility also will have the capacity to host regional competitions, social events, and seminars.

Theater for Performing Arts and Technology

EastView will provide a permanent home for TMCC’s performing arts with a new theater. The theater features a 300-seat thrust stage theater, outdoor amphitheater, scene shop, lighting lab, sound recording lab, dressing rooms with a green room, a classroom, and offices. With the theater’s location on the Dandini Campus, TMCC expects to double course enrollment in current Theater and Performing Arts programs as a result of easier access for all students.

EastView Commonspaces

EastView common building space.

The theater will support new certificate programs for stage and event technicians, who manage and operate sound, lighting, broadcasting, mechanized scenic effects, and visualization software. TMCC will be the first and only provider of this type of training and certification in Northern Nevada.

Hospitality and Tourism

EastView will dedicate teaching space to the hospitality and tourism industry. To support and grow the Hospitality and Tourism Management degree program, there will be classrooms and model hotel accommodations, providing students hands-on practice in service, safety, and professional skills. An added benefit is the proximity to culinary and technology facilities, affording faculty the opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Support from Our Community

TMCC’s leadership and administration has thoughtfully planned the EastView project that totals $45M with a groundbreaking date set for 2023/24.  Funding sources for the building include bond financing, philanthropic and grant support and possible state funding that will bring the project to reality. 

EastView will be transformative for TMCC students, faculty and all of Northern Nevada.  It will be a building for everybody, a novel approach to experiential learning that prizes innovation, collaboration, and excellence.