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Washoe County manager outlines 2025 priorities: CARES campus housing, behavioral health center and Sun Valley investments
Summary
County Manager Eric Brown gave an annual update to the Sun Valley Citizen Advisory Board outlining priorities including supportive housing at the CARES campus, $14.5 million for upgrades to the former West Hills hospital for behavioral health services, a planned Sun Valley Boulevard rebuild, election-system investments and budget constraints.
Washoe County Manager Eric Brown told the Sun Valley Citizen Advisory Board on Feb. 1 that 2025 will focus on multi-year initiatives including supportive housing, behavioral health facilities and infrastructure investments.
Brown said the county completed construction of the CARES campus shelter and resource facilities and has secured approximately $20 million in state funding to develop roughly 50 supportive housing units on the west side of the CARES campus. "A lot of these people have jobs. They're earning money, but they can't afford the rents," Brown said, explaining the intent to move people from shelter to permanent housing.
On behavioral health, Brown said the county secured $14.5 million from the state interim finance committee to renovate the former West Hills…
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