Local residents donated 103 acres (42 ha) of land for the college's permanent buildings.
The college has nine permanent buildings, the newest being the Instructional & Performing Arts Center (IPAC).
In 1996, the "state" was dropped, resulting in the current name, Chattahoochee Valley Community College.
Subsequent presidents were Dr. James Owen (1980 until 1993), Dr. Richard Federinko (1993 to 2002), Dr. Laurel Blackwell[3] (2003-2010) and Dr. Glen Cannon (2011-2014).
[4] In Spring of 2018, CVCC announced that Mrs. Jacqueline B. Screws was chosen as president after leading Wallace community college of Eufaula.