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Council awards Evans Center to Club Esteem to run workforce and youth programs; $10 lease and nonprofit to cover utilities

City of Palm Bay City Council · February 6, 2025
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Summary

The Palm Bay City Council on Feb. 6 selected Club Esteem to operate youth workforce and wraparound services at the city'owned Evans Center. Council approved a one-year lease with a $10 annual fee and direction that the nonprofit cover utilities and Internet; program aims to serve about 60 youth annually.

Palm Bay's City Council unanimously approved awarding the Evans Center to Club Esteem and partner organizations on Feb. 6, citing the nonprofit's workforce-development and wraparound services aimed at at-risk youth.

Staff described a formal request-for-applications process that produced three submissions; one was ineligible and another withdrew. Club Esteem's proposal would serve about 60 Palm Bay youth annually, ages 16 to 24, through career-readiness and workforce-development programs and partner organizations (MECA and CREA) that provide additional services…

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