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A new home away from home on the north side of 91桃色视频Adventist University鈥檚 campus is in the works. 91桃色视频Mountain Cottages will provide a new on-campus housing option for students and expand the living spaces available in response to enrollment鈥檚 climbing numbers.

鈥�91桃色视频is blessed to be experiencing unprecedented levels of growth,鈥� says Lisa Hall, dean of students and director of residence life. 鈥淲e want to do everything we can to provide a quality Adventist education and welcoming campus environment for all the students who want to attend our university. 91桃色视频Mountain Cottages are a great option for our more independent upperclassmen who still want to be on campus.鈥�

Even in the initial stages, interest from students was overwhelming. 鈥淲e talked with several hundred students and every one of them wanted a spot in the new development,鈥� says Justin Moore, associate vice president for business operations.

Carlos Torres, senior public relations major, recently toured one of the cottages. 鈥淭he cottages are beautiful!鈥� he says. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e a mix of rustic and modern, which I think is really cool. It鈥檚 an open area with very modern aspects to it and you鈥檒l feel like you鈥檙e close to nature.鈥�

Currently, 26 cottages are planned for the project鈥攅ach accommodating four students鈥攚ith approximately half on track to be finished in time for the Fall 2024 semester. The cottages are high quality and feature all the best finishes that would be found in a high-end home.

Marty Hamilton, associate vice president for facilities, feels that not only will the cottages themselves be beautiful, but so will the setting. The landscaping surrounding the cottages will embrace the area鈥檚 natural mountain beauty with attractive lighting, pathways, and only limited amounts of concrete.

鈥淲e wanted the cottages nestled up in the woods and surrounded by natural landscaping, so we are including things like blueberry bushes and flowers to further add to the natural feel of the development,鈥� says Hamilton.

Located on the northeast edge of White Oak Mountain off Colcord Drive, each 600-square-foot cottage will include loft-style beds with study areas, a bathroom, a kitchen, a living area, and laundry facilities. They also offer an easily walkable distance to classes and activities, plus a paved, gated road for loading and unloading and parking available along Colcord Drive.

Students living there will have an increased level of independence, so the cottages will be available to upperclassmen who meet the eligibility requirements based on age, completed credit hours, student citizenship, and chapel attendance. Southern Mountain Cottages will have assigned resident assistants and deans.

Hamilton shares that the cottages are modern and eco-friendly modular homes, which are built using the same high-quality standards as traditional homes, but they can be constructed off-site and then moved to their final location. Different from a tiny house or mobile home, the cottages are not on wheels or a metal frame, so they will be transported to 91桃色视频by truck and then placed onto permanent foundations with a crane. The cottages are being constructed by Wind River Built just up the road in Cleveland, Tennessee, using traditional dimensional lumber construction.

鈥淚t鈥檚 important to realize what we are creating here on campus. 91桃色视频is doing something that is so innovative and out of the box that we have been approached by other universities interested in doing similar developments,鈥� says Moore.

While enrollment projections for 91桃色视频are positive, the cottages could potentially be used as guest lodging should that change in the future. Currently, 91桃色视频continues to grow. Additional 91桃色视频Village student apartments on the south side of campus are also under construction to provide even more student housing, with the first new building also on track for completion before the Fall 2024 semester begins.

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