Institute Resolves to Relocate
Board Directs Search for Permanent East Coast Campus
The John Jay Institute's Board of Governors resolved to relocate the Institute from Colorado to the northeastern region of the United States, preferably to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This decision is contingent upon finding the friends, funding and facilities to support the move. The Board's decision is principally motivated by its organizational strategy to directly engage American society at its cultural, civic and commercial centers of influence.
As an inter-collegiate organization committed to developing principled public leaders, the Institute desires to lead and inspire not only its students and supporters, but other faith-based non-profit organizations in a vanguard effort to re-engage America's first cities. The Institute's first choice of relocating to Philadelphia is informed by the city's symbolism as America's birthplace, its historical significance to John Jay and the other American founders, its abundant archeological and architectural features of America's founding, its strategic location in the heart of the northeastern "Megapolis", and the lower operating costs relative to the region.
"I couldn't be more pleased with this decision," said Dr. Claude Pressnell, Chairman of the Board. "It makes both strategic and operational sense. I can't think of a better place to inspire young leaders with America's constitutional principles than Philadelphia. America was born in Philadelphia. It's the logical place to re-commit and re-inspire leaders with the American ideals and institutions that made this country great."
In the months to follow, the Institute will be planning for and seeking the funding to effect its relocation to the northeastern United States.
