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La Center residents ask planning commission for dedicated youth community center
Summary
At the June 10 La Center Planning Commission meeting, Melissa Flat of La Center United urged commissioners to support a dedicated community center for youth, citing rapid program growth, a waitlist of about 40 children and limited storage and volunteer capacity.
Melissa Flat, a La Center resident speaking on behalf of La Center United, told the La Center Planning Commission on June 10 that the community needs a permanent youth community center to replace the volunteer-run teen loft now hosted at La Center Church.
Flat said the program, run entirely by volunteers and donations, grew from two or three youths when it began about eight years ago to more than 80 this year, with roughly 40 children on a waiting list because the group…
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