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HomeMy WebLinkAboutUNITED WAY HOUSING SERVICES DAY CENTER - PDP - 30-06 - MEDIA - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING (4)News of record/2 State/3 Comics/4 Monday, August 28, 2006 City editor: Pat Ferrier, 224-7742 Local ♦ Fort Collins Coloradoan SECTION B E-mail: CityNews@coloradoan.com City opens door to homeless -center talk By SARA REED SaraReed@coloradoan.com Residents will have one more chance tonight to weigh in on a day -services center for the homeless and near -homeless proposed for northeast Fort Collins. The United Way of Larimer County wants to build a 10,000-square-foot facility on the northwest corner of Conifer Road and United Way of Lamner County proposes fac' 'ty near Conifer --Blue Spruce Blue Spruce Drive that would act as a central point for social services, but resi- dents worry that it would lead to an increase in crime and a decrease in property values. The city of Fort Collins is hosting a neighborhood informational meeting about the proposed center from 630 to 8 pin. at Grace Fellowship Church,1201 N. College Ave. Gordan Thibedeau, ex- ecutive director of the United Way of Larimer County, said it's been a while since residents in the area have been updated on the project and he wants to use the meeting to let them know of some of the changes that have occurred in the plan. Most notably, Thibedeau said, is that there is a tenta- tive agreement that Catholic Charities North- ern would open a day shel- ter in the area for people who do not want to use the services at the center but need a place to go during the day, Thibedeau said. There are concerns from residents, he said, that peo- ple will just hang around the area after they learn it's not a day shelter. "That does, I believe, an- swer the major concerns from residents," Thibedeau said. Thibedeau said he hopes to submit to the city a for- mal application to build by the middle of September and to have the center open by Thanksgiving 2007. Want to go? The neighborhood meeting on the United Way Housing Services Day Center is scheduled for 6.30 to 8 p.m. at Grace Fellowship Church, 1201 N. College Ave. Con- tact Steve Olt, city plan- ner, at 221-6750 for more information.