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Counseling Education Center asks Grand Junction to refund impact fees to close $500,000 gap
Summary
The Counseling Education Center told the Grand Junction City Council it needs a refund of impact fees (the GCP fee) and other support to close a remaining $500,000 funding gap on a renovated Orchard Mesa counseling hub that was partly paid for with ARPA funds.
Hallie Nuremberg, executive director of the Counseling Education Center (CEC), asked the Grand Junction City Council on Nov. 3 to consider refunding impact fees to help finish renovation of an Orchard Mesa counseling center and expand services in a neighborhood with few mental-health resources.
Nuremberg said the nonprofit purchased the building in September 2023 and had used American Rescue Plan Act funding (about $996,006) to expand services. She told council the original renovation budget was about $495,000 but a change-of-use permit,…
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