For years, CCS has operated in rented spaces below ground that are vulnerable to flooding. As climate conditions worsen, this model is no longer sustainable. The Campus Renewal Project will ensure long-term stability, equity, and resilience.

CCS had the opportunity to purchase the Old Telegraph Building and to transform it into an asset for our students and community. Recognized as a priority regional economic development project, this renovation is supported by a broad coalition of partners who recognize CCS’s profound impact on the region’s cultural and economic vitality.

Together with the Old Post Office building, purchased and renovated by CCS 13 years ago, these two historic sites will provide a permanent home for our programs, partnerships, and engagement, ensuring that we can continue to serve as a cornerstone of Vermont’s arts ecosystem and support a community of cartoonists whose work reaches audiences worldwide.

We are in the final phase of this project and invite you to help bring it across the finish line.

Your gift will:

- Secure a fully accessible, above-ground campus.

- Expand programs that serve students, educators, and the public.

- Revitalize a long-vacant and dilapidated historic building.

- Strengthen downtown vitality and the regional economy.

- Advance the field of cartooning.

- Empower future generations of artists.

Thank you for your support!

Learn more about this project at cartoonstudies/telegraph