San Luis Obispo’s Housing Market Is Pricing Out Cal Poly Employees. A $65 Million Housing Project Aims To Help
The growing demand for housing among Cal Poly faculty and staff is in the process of being answered. “There’s only one long-term solution, which is to build more housing for our faculty and staff,” Cal Poly Corporation CEO Cody VanDorn said. The Cal Poly Corporation...
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Cal Poly dining hall gets new name, teases school’s founding year
Cal Poly’s Campus Dining complex will go by a new name, campus officials announced Thursday. Building No. 19 will be called 1901 Marketplace. The name change, which highlights Cal Poly’s founding year, follows months of gathering campus feedback. The...
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Cal Poly adding more local businesses to campus
The Cal Poly Corporation is working toward incorporating more local businesses on its campus rather than major chains. The university currently works with companies like Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and Subway. However, the goal of having more local businesses on campus is...
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Campus Dining Adds New Vegan Protein Option
Transitioning to a college dining plan already limits food options compared to living at home. Vegan students — who don’t eat any animal products — are limited even further. Now Cal Poly is introducing a new meat substitution option at its dining locations. This new...
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Scout Coffee On Campus To Soft Open On Thursday
On a rainy Sunday evening in 2013, while driving through San Luis Obispo, Jon and Sara Peterson pulled over on Garden Street to take their newborn daughter on a walk through town. On the hunt for the perfect location to launch their coffee shop, the sight of a...
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Food truck villages fill the void during dining hall renovations at Cal Poly
California Polytechnic State University is renovating its flagship dining facility. When the renovations conclude in late 2022, the building will be a state-of-the-art mealtime destination with nine food concepts and plenty of seating. In the meantime, students can...
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Local grocery stores will soon have to donate excess food to feed people and combat climate change
With the combined goal of feeding hungry people and combating climate change, grocery stores and large food distributors must start donating excess edible food instead of wasting it, per legislation that takes effect in January. According to CalRecycle, one in four...
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Food truck ‘villages’ debut on Cal Poly’s campus
To continue foodservice while a facility renovation is underway, Cal Poly Campus Dining recently opened two food truck “villages” where students can order meals. These areas contain rotating food trucks from local favorite concepts, as well as a new truck from the...
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Colleges That Go the Distance for Students with Food Allergies
Allergic Living examines the accommodations and protocols of four colleges that really go the distance for students with food allergies and celiac disease. They are: Vanderbilt in Nashville, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Michigan State in...
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Cal Poly University Housing And Campus Dining Are Asking For Donations In Honor Of World Hunger Day
Nearly a quarter of Cal Poly students experience food insecurity, according to a 2018 California State University (CSU) Basic Needs Initiative Report. To combat this, Cal Poly University Housing and Campus Dining are asking students, staff and faculty to donate to...
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State University Rebuilds for Serving Flexibility, Extends Retail Components
California Polytechnic State University (more commonly known as Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, Calif., welcomes the new 3-story, 35,400-square-foot Vista Grande Dining Complex. The first level contains two retail concepts, along with a registered dietitian’s office....
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Scout Coffee Co. opening third San Luis Obispo location
A locally-owned coffee shop will soon have another San Luis Obispo location. Cal Poly says Scout Coffee Co. will begin serving coffee, pastries and other menu items starting this fall in the yakʔitʸutʸu neighborhood next to the welcome center on campus. “We are so...
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Scout Coffee is coming to Cal Poly. Here’s what the new shop will offer
Cal Poly is getting a new coffee shop on campus for the next school year — and it’s a familiar name to San Luis Obispo residents. SLO-based Scout Coffee Co. will open its third location on the university’s campus on the first day of the fall quarter — Sept. 20,...
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Panda Express And The Habit Burger Grill Are Coming To Campus, Construction Begins In Spring
Chick-fil-A and Starbucks won’t be the only familiar dining option for students on campus, as the Cal Poly Corporation announced a new building renovation set to include The Habit Burger Grill and Panda Express. Formerly the home of The Avenue and 805 Kitchen, Bldg....
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Campus Expands Outdoor Spaces For Students During COVID-19
Cal Poly built new outdoor spaces on campus to allow students to study, eat or socialize with less risk during the pandemic. Cal Poly placed about 200 tables, 400 chairs, 200 umbrellas, and 20 Adirondack chairs on campus, according to a press release. The umbrellas...
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Inside a new college dining facility seeking to shine despite COVID-19
Earlier this school year, Cal Poly debuted a new foodservice venue on its San Luis Obispo, Calif., campus. Through the 35,400-square-foor Vista Grande Dining Complex, was designed to foster interaction and collaboration, some of those elements have been on hold amid...
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