Blessing Project shifts fixed-site plan after permitting/brownfields issues; committee to fund mobile outreach

Jun 5, 2026

Staff reported the Blessing Project must change its fixed-site location because of permitting and a brownfields designation; the committee will allow funding to support mobile outreach and pop-ups while the organization resolves site issues.

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Staff (Rachel, S4) told the committee that one grantee, the Blessing Project, will adjust its fixed-site plan because the intended Lytle Cove Road location has permitting constraints tied to a brownfields designation. Staff said the property is a former industrial site with contamination-related permitting requirements that make the current location unsuitable for the nonprofit's planned fixed-site activities.

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