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FOUNDATION RAISES LAST FUNDS TO FINISH RECORD STREET CENTER
Susan Voyles
Reno Gazette Journal, NV
June 12 2007
After almost 25 years of searching, planning and building, the last
$1.5 million in grants has been raised to build the last piece of
the Reno Community Assistance Center, an $11.6 million family shelter
and social services building.
The bidding process already is under way for a contractor for the
fourth building on the Record Street campus, and construction could
begin by July for an opening next August, said Maureen McKissick,
city grants manager. The last $1 million came from a grant from the
Lincy Foundation in Beverly Hills, while $500,000 came from the local
E.L. Cord Foundation.
Bob Rusk, a local businessman who once vowed not to cut his hair until
the job was done, said the struggle to build the homeless services
center has gone on for almost 24 years.
He credits Mayor Bob Cashell for finding a suitable site and raising
most of the money.
Cashell already is working for transitional housing for people after
they leave the shelter. But McKissick was the star on Monday, winning
applause at a council caucus meeting. Cashell explained how she
found and raised the last $1 million from the Lincy Foundation. The
foundation gives away about $27 million a year, mostly to hospitals,
but it is also known for a $60 million donation to rebuild Armenia.
For the family shelter, Reno has provided $4.6 million, while Washoe
County recently committed $1.5 million and Sparks has agreed to donate
$188,000 in federal grant money. A number of others donated $69,600
in response to the Nell Redfield Foundation's challenged to match
its $1 million donation.
The 50,000-square-foot building will have ReStart social services and
the Good Shepherd Clothes Closet on the first floor. The second floor
will contain the HAWC health clinic and the Nevada AIDS Foundation.
The third floor will contain the family homeless shelter, providing
22 family units for 102 people and six single-mom units. The roof
will have a fenced playground for children and people in the family
shelter will have a separate elevator.
A women's shelter and offices for Reno officers who work with the
homeless now is being finished in the first floor of the men's drop-in
shelter. The campus also includes St. Vincent's Dining Hall and the
Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission.
Anne Cory, former United Way director who got homeless providers
working together starting in the 1990s, said the "persistent" mayor
and the council should be congratulated.
"Reno will have a model facility to help our most vulnerable
individuals and families turn their lives around," she said.
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Susan Voyles
Reno Gazette Journal, NV
June 12 2007
After almost 25 years of searching, planning and building, the last
$1.5 million in grants has been raised to build the last piece of
the Reno Community Assistance Center, an $11.6 million family shelter
and social services building.
The bidding process already is under way for a contractor for the
fourth building on the Record Street campus, and construction could
begin by July for an opening next August, said Maureen McKissick,
city grants manager. The last $1 million came from a grant from the
Lincy Foundation in Beverly Hills, while $500,000 came from the local
E.L. Cord Foundation.
Bob Rusk, a local businessman who once vowed not to cut his hair until
the job was done, said the struggle to build the homeless services
center has gone on for almost 24 years.
He credits Mayor Bob Cashell for finding a suitable site and raising
most of the money.
Cashell already is working for transitional housing for people after
they leave the shelter. But McKissick was the star on Monday, winning
applause at a council caucus meeting. Cashell explained how she
found and raised the last $1 million from the Lincy Foundation. The
foundation gives away about $27 million a year, mostly to hospitals,
but it is also known for a $60 million donation to rebuild Armenia.
For the family shelter, Reno has provided $4.6 million, while Washoe
County recently committed $1.5 million and Sparks has agreed to donate
$188,000 in federal grant money. A number of others donated $69,600
in response to the Nell Redfield Foundation's challenged to match
its $1 million donation.
The 50,000-square-foot building will have ReStart social services and
the Good Shepherd Clothes Closet on the first floor. The second floor
will contain the HAWC health clinic and the Nevada AIDS Foundation.
The third floor will contain the family homeless shelter, providing
22 family units for 102 people and six single-mom units. The roof
will have a fenced playground for children and people in the family
shelter will have a separate elevator.
A women's shelter and offices for Reno officers who work with the
homeless now is being finished in the first floor of the men's drop-in
shelter. The campus also includes St. Vincent's Dining Hall and the
Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission.
Anne Cory, former United Way director who got homeless providers
working together starting in the 1990s, said the "persistent" mayor
and the council should be congratulated.
"Reno will have a model facility to help our most vulnerable
individuals and families turn their lives around," she said.
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