What’s happening?
The college is in the planning stages of a two- or three-story health professions building meant to cater to students vying for licenses in vocational nursing or emergency medical service training, which began at the Richmond campus this spring, President Betty McCrohan said.
She said she anticipates construction will take up to two years once groundbreaking commences, and is eyeing a 2026-27 opening. The increased health care programming coincides with opening the new building, McCrohan said.
“We've been providing health professional training, but we don't have the adequate facilities in Richmond,” she said. “This should really enhance our ability to serve the community.”
McCrohan cites Memorial Hermann Sugar Land’s $231 million expansion project set to be completed in 2026 as one reason for the growing demand for health care professionals in Fort Bend County.
“Sugar Land is becoming like a medical center all in itself,” McCrohan said. “The demand is very high for technicians in the field.”
According to 2022 five-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, more than half the population in Sugar Land is over age 40. Fort Bend County’s older population also increases the need for health care, McCrohan said.
