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Resident urges Springfield council to help keep Phoenix Center open; council to collect contact information
Summary
A resident told council the Phoenix Center, a local LGBTQ and HIV services organization, faces imminent closure due to leadership and frozen state grant funding; the council agreed to collect contact information and have the council coordinator circulate follow-up.
At the March 16 Springfield City Council meeting, resident Justin Courtney told the council the Phoenix Center — a local LGBTQ and HIV services organization — is at risk of permanently closing because of leadership and funding problems.
Courtney said he was not affiliated with the Phoenix Center but had spent the weekend reaching out to private funders. He described the situation as urgent: “This…
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