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Vision Resource Center urges larger county grant; commissioners move to lease space for $1 a year
Summary
Vision Resource Center leaders and family members described services for blind and visually impaired county residents during public comment on May 19 and requested larger county support; later the board authorized public notice of an intent to lease county property to VRC for three years at an annual rent of $1 with utilities paid by the landlord, to be finalized at a later meeting.
Speakers during the public comment period on May 19 urged the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners to increase funding to the Vision Resource Center (VRC), a local nonprofit providing services to blind and visually impaired residents, and explained what the organization does for clients and families.
Terry Thomas, executive director of the Vision Resource Center, told commissioners the organization served more than 2,100 people in 2024 and asked the board to increase a community-impact grant request from $10,000 to $50,000 specifically to support staff salaries. Thomas said the VRC does not receive steady state or federal funding and relies on local support to deliver independent-living training, assistive-technology services and youth programming.
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