Vanderbilt University is officially coming to downtown West Palm Beach.
Tuesday, county commissioners approved a graduate campus after months of discussions.
Vandy will bring in a business, artificial intelligence, data science and innovation graduate campus between Fern and Datura street along Tamarind Avenue.
“We won’t be known necessarily just for our golf courses and our beautiful beaches and our shopping but now for the caliber of our students who are going to be coming into our business world as top notch,” said Palm Beach County Mayor Maria Sachs.
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The county commission meeting was filled with community members, some of whom are Vanderbilt alumni, speaking in favor of bringing the campus to the area.
Many credit the university’s efforts to give back to the community.
“The university that’s in the top 20 in the country has chosen us, Palm Beach County, to be their site for graduate school and artificial intelligence and computer literacy school,” said Sachs.