WENTZVILLE — St. Charles Community College has purchased 55 acres of woods and grass pastures west of Wentzville for a multiphase campus expansion.
Construction on the college’s third campus, at the southeast corner of the intersection of Schaper Road and Interstate Drive, is set to begin this fall and cost $35 million. The site is about 20 miles west of the main campus and is expected to open in 2025.
“This location puts us closer to more of our service area,” said John Wiemann, a former state representative who now works as the college’s vice president for workforce and strategic initiatives. “Western St. Charles County was a great spot for us to put this campus.”
But the new developments also usher in the arrival of urban sprawl to this corner of forest and pasture. Across the street from the proposed campus, a real estate partnership is…
