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Micanopy community center warns of funding shortfall; commissioners refer countywide review of rural resource centers
Summary
Bishop Chris Stokes told the board the Willie Mae Stokes Community Center is close to collapse financially after building repairs and delayed reimbursements. Commissioners directed staff to gather information on similar outlying resource centers and bring a policy discussion in March.
Bishop Chris Stokes of the Willie Mae Stokes Community Center told the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners that his organization is running an urgent shortfall after emergency repairs, ongoing operating costs and delays in reimbursement from grant programs.
Stokes said the center currently serves dozens of families daily, runs a food distribution program and supports a school‑aged program that can serve 74 children on a full day; he said two of the center's buses are near the end of useful life and that staff have spent personal funds to keep operations running. He asked the commission for quicker help than the calendar of policy meetings might allow.
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