Lake City Community College (LCCC), located near Lake City, Florida, was founded in 1947 as Columbia Forestry School (CFS). Lake City, known then as the "Forestry Capitol of the World", converted structures that remained from a World War II pilot training air base into an educational facility.
The school is physically located at the southeast corner of the Lake City Municipal Airport. The first few years had extremely low enrollment and lower fun...
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Lake City Community College (LCCC), located near Lake City, Florida, was founded in 1947 as Columbia Forestry School (CFS). Lake City, known then as the "Forestry Capitol of the World", converted structures that remained from a World War II pilot training air base into an educational facility.
The school is physically located at the southeast corner of the Lake City Municipal Airport. The first few years had extremely low enrollment and lower funds, causing the college president to appeal to the Florida Legislature for help with funding and administrative support. The University of Florida assumed management of the school, and, in 1950, CFS became the University of Florida Forest Ranger School. In 1962, the school was selected to join the newly created network of 28 state community colleges as Lake City Junior College and Forest Ranger School. Following a campus fire in 1963, many of the wooden buildings were replaced with brick, giving the school a more permanent and collegiate air....
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