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Counseling Education Center asks Grand Junction to refund impact fees to finish Orchard Mesa facility
Summary
The Counseling Education Center (CEC) told the Grand Junction City Council it needs roughly $500,000 more to complete renovations in Orchard Mesa and asked the city to consider refunding impact fees and other help; staff was directed to prepare a supplemental appropriation ordinance for council review.
The Counseling Education Center asked the Grand Junction City Council on Nov. 3 for help closing a roughly $500,000 funding gap to finish renovations on a new Orchard Mesa facility that will expand local counseling capacity.
Hallie Nuremberg, executive director of the Counseling Education Center, told the council the nonprofit was awarded ARPA funding (listed in the project packet as about $996,006) and used that with other grants and donations to buy and begin renovating a historic home in Orchard Mesa. She said an originally estimated $495,000 renovation budget rose during…
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