diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/pageDataGetter/ClassGroupPageData.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/pageDataGetter/ClassGroupPageData.java
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+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.pageDataGetter;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.VClass;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.VClassGroup;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.DisplayVocabulary;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.VClassGroupCache;
+
+/**
+ * This will pass these variables to the template:
+ * classGroupUri: uri of the classgroup associated with this page.
+ * vClassGroup: a data structure that is the classgroup associated with this page.     
+ */
+public class ClassGroupPageData implements PageDataGetter{
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ClassGroupPageData.class);
+    
+    public Map<String,Object> getData(ServletContext context, VitroRequest vreq, String pageUri, Map<String, Object> page, String type ){
+        HashMap<String, Object> data = new HashMap<String,Object>();
+        String classGroupUri = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getPageDao().getClassGroupPage(pageUri);
+        data.put("classGroupUri", classGroupUri);
+
+        VClassGroupCache vcgc = VClassGroupCache.getVClassGroupCache(context);
+        List<VClassGroup> vcgList = vcgc.getGroups(vreq.getPortalId());
+        VClassGroup group = null;
+        for( VClassGroup vcg : vcgList){
+            if( vcg.getURI() != null && vcg.getURI().equals(classGroupUri)){
+                group = vcg;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if( classGroupUri != null && !classGroupUri.isEmpty() && group == null ){ 
+            /*This could be for two reasons: one is that the classgroup doesn't exist
+             * The other is that there are no individuals in any of the classgroup's classes */
+            group = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getVClassGroupDao().getGroupByURI(classGroupUri);
+            if( group != null ){
+                List<VClassGroup> vcgFullList = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getVClassGroupDao()
+                    .getPublicGroupsWithVClasses(false, true, false);
+                for( VClassGroup vcg : vcgFullList ){
+                    if( classGroupUri.equals(vcg.getURI()) ){
+                        group = vcg;
+                        break;
+                    }                                
+                }
+                if( group == null ){
+                    log.error("Cannot get classgroup '" + classGroupUri + "' for page '" + pageUri + "'");
+                }else{
+                    setAllClassCountsToZero(group);
+                }
+            }else{
+                log.error("classgroup " + classGroupUri + " does not exist in the system");
+            }
+            
+        }
+                    
+        data.put("vClassGroup", group);  //may put null            
+        return data;
+    }        
+    
+    
+    public String getType(){
+        return DisplayVocabulary.CLASSGROUP_PAGE_TYPE;
+    } 
+    
+    protected void setAllClassCountsToZero(VClassGroup vcg){
+        for(VClass vc : vcg){
+            vc.setEntityCount(0);
+        }
+    }
+}
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