Overview
The Blount Center offers a wide variety of community programs that cater to diverse learning styles and environments.
EGI
East Gainesville Initiative (EGI) empowers and assists the citizens of East Gainesville through educational outreach for all ages, vocational training, community events and access to today’s necessary technology.
GRRATE
Guitars, Rocketry, Robotics Advanced Technological Education (GRRATE) is a project funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Through innovative project-based learning, GRRATE helps students gain the competencies and self-efficacy needed to succeed in STEM fields.
Business Incubators
Whether you need specialized training to reach your career goals, represent a business needing cutting-edge training for your employees, or are an entrepreneur seeking business support, SF's Center for Innovation and Economic Development (CIED) is here to meet your needs.
Community Ed
Choose from a wide variety of recreation and leisure non-credit classes to learn a new skill or advance your current knowledge level in the activities you already enjoy. Community Education is open to everyone, so you don’t need to be a Santa Fe College student or staff.
Continuing Ed
Continuing education provides educational opportunities through innovative programs that serve the continuing education and workforce needs of our community. For flexibility around your specific needs, we offer a wide variety of courses in a classroom or online format.
Gainesville Harvest Food Pantry
Gainesville Harvest distributes thousands of pounds of nutritious foods from local stores and restaurants to areas of need in Alachua and surrounding counties. The Gainesville Harvest food pantry at SF Blount Center is located at the DC building's learning commons. Focused on reducing food insecurity, hunger, and poverty among our local students, the Blount Center currently has two pantries on campus. The first pantry includes a stock of non-perishable food items donated by Gainesville Harvest which is made available upon request during regular business hours. The second option consists of weekly contributions of perishable food items from Publix stores which must be distributed within 48 hours. It is open to everyone of the SF community who have limited food choices due to finances or who simply cannot afford food at all.