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Rebuild Bay details repairs, services and lease changes at AD Harris Learning Village
Summary
Rebuild Bay executive director Donna Pilson told the CRA workshop that AD Harris has completed major repairs, launched a food pantry and hot meal service, and is converting space for a digital 'lift zone'; she asked the city for help on campus plumbing and electrical tracing while moving tenants to shorter leases to stabilize operations.
Donna Pilson, executive director of Rebuild Bay, gave the CRA a progress report on the AD Harris Learning Village, describing repairs completed, new community services and remaining infrastructure needs.
Pilson said Rebuild Bay’s team worked through ‘‘about a year and a half’’ of assessments and prioritized stabilizing operations and programming. ‘‘It’s such a great opportunity to do something with that facility,’’ she said, and listed completed work in the kitchen (a new freezer and an upgraded fire-suppression system) and the installation of four tankless water heaters. She said the organization submitted delayed-maintenance receipts to the CRA for reimbursement and leveraged donated labor and rebates to cut costs.
Pilson said the campus continues to reveal maintenance problems as it is used more: recurring plumbing backups have affected toilets and kitchen distributions, at one point covering the kitchen floor with water. She reported that city maintenance had been…
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