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Madera County accepts $10 million Strategic Growth Council grant to build Community Resilience Center, board approves partnerships
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to accept a $10 million grant from the Strategic Growth Council and to enter partnership agreements to plan and implement a Community Resilience Center intended as a year‑round community hub and the county’s first 24‑hour emergency shelter.
Madera County supervisors voted to accept a $10,000,000 Strategic Growth Council grant to develop a Community Resilience Center and authorized partnership agreements with county departments and local nonprofit organizations.
Sarah Boss, director of Public Health, told the board the grant will fund a facility “aimed at climate and community resilience” that combines emergency shelter capacity with year‑round programs such as mental health support groups, nutrition education, workforce development and climate‑smart demonstration landscaping. “This center would serve as the first 24‑hour emergency shelter in Madera County,” Boss said.
The center is planned for a county‑owned parcel adjacent to the county public health and social services campus and across from Virginia Le Rose School. Boss said planned features include indoor/outdoor multipurpose space, a commercial kitchen, shower and…
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