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High Springs meeting spotlights deteriorating city‑owned St. Madeleine’s building; residents suggest consolidating nonprofits into vacant properties
Summary
Residents and city speakers at a High Springs meeting raised concern that the city‑owned building leased to St. Madeleine’s is deteriorating and urged the city to address repairs; some suggested consolidating local nonprofits and clubs into other vacant municipal properties to reduce maintenance burdens.
At a High Springs meeting, residents and city speakers urged the city to address deterioration at the city‑owned building leased to St. Madeleine’s and discussed consolidating local nonprofits and community groups into vacant municipal properties.
Speakers said St. Madeleine’s provides regular food and other services to High Springs residents and that the building’s condition puts that service at risk. “Almost a thousand residents from High Springs alone, that that come regularly,” said Resident 2, describing the nonprofit’s client base. Resident 2 also said St. Madeleine’s is run largely by volunteers: “there’s only 1 hired person there, the director. The rest of it's all done by volunteers.”
Councilmember 1 emphasized the city’s legal responsibility for building…
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