P: In fact, they ripped all of that up.

R: We are hoping that one of these days the railroad will donate that little piece of
 property to us.

P: Is that possible?

R: I think so, yes.

P: It would enhance the looks of the area.

R: Yes, it would.

P: Even if you did no more than just landscape it.

R: That is right. So, Charlie Blount [Gainesville automobile dealer] was president of
 our endowment corporation.

P: Is this the car dealer?

R: Yes. Charlie became a good friend of the college over a period of time, kind of out
 of the blue. He really got very interested.

P: He is really a very solid person.

R: Yes, he is, apparently. He said, "Well, I think we ought to undertake it. Privately,
 I will be a major contributor myself, when the time comes." So, in fact, as you know,
 this happened. We got all this from the city and we began the job with a certain
 amount of money up front, and we got a lot of support.

 We got a big check from Santa Fe Health Care, and we got a big check from this
 one, that one, the other one. When I left, we had raised about $550,000 or $600,000
 and were still working. From what I understand, in the end, Charlie probably put
 out a big hunk of money, maybe $100,000. I think they either have made it or are
 within spitting distance. I know that not so very long ago North Florida Regional
 Hospital came through with a big hunk too.

P: What is taught down there?

R: It is a combination of the learning lab concept I told you, so that if we can attract
 these black students, or black drop-outs, whatever they are, to come in, we will work
 with them to get them up to the level they have to be, under the state requirements,
 to be admitted to college classes. We also offer general college classes for people
 who find it convenient to go there. We do a lot of community education there. We
 do a lot of special courses for government, for businesses. If businesses want their
 clerks to come and learn something about computers, Lotus or something like that,
 we teach those kinds of things.

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