Town & Gown Tallahassee

TAG Tallahassee

An initiative partnering Florida State University, The City of Tallahassee, Florida A & M University, Leon County, Tallahassee Community College to create a stronger bond between the town and our colleges to the benefit of both.  Supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, it seeks the best practices from around the country in town and gown relationships.

From the press release announcing the TAG Tallahassee initiative:

Imagine Florida’s capital city without state government – without the Capitol.

It doesn’t register. Tallahassee was carved out of North Florida woods almost 200 years ago because leaders of the state wanted a convenient capital city. It’s why Tallahassee is here.

Now imagine Tallahassee without Florida State University. Or Florida A&M. Or Tallahassee Community College.

“Tallahassee without its major universities and community college would be like a three-legged stool with only one and a half legs,” said Mike Pate, former publisher of the Tallahassee Democrat. “It would fall over.”

Find the rest of the press release here. 

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