KIDS' CENTER WORK BEGINS NEW $2.4 MILLION FACILITY TO BE DONE LATER THIS YEAR.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Children's Center of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley celebrated Thursday the start of construction of its new, larger building that will both serve the community and be a part of the revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. of Lancaster's north downtown. In a ceremony in nearby City Hall, officials said the $2.4 million, 15,445-square-foot center is expected to be completed late this year at the northwest corner of Jackman Street and Fern Avenue. The building will be used as an outpatient, nonresidential, non-day-care facility for the treatment of abused, neglected and ``at risk'' children. ``They've been in great need for a bigger facility for a long, long time,'' said Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
The new center will be twice the size of the existing center at 1055 West Avenue M. The existing center is so small that staff have had to convert closets into offices and have placed cabinets in hallways. Among those on hand for Thursday's ceremony was Rep. Bill Thomas For other people with similar names, see . William Marshall Thomas (born December 6 1941), commonly known as Bill Thomas, American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979–2007, representing the 22nd District of , R-Bakersfield, who helped the city secure a $1.5 million loan from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the project. Thomas said the new center was a worthwhile project that ``presold presold Of, relating to, or being a new security issue that is sold out before all the specifics of the issue have been announced. In the case of a bond issue, this term usually means that sufficient orders for the issue have been placed before announcement itself'' in terms of getting through the federal bureaucracy. The loan will be repaid over 20 years through grants the city receives each year from the federal government. Preschoolers from the center presented Thomas with a U.S. flag they fingerpainted, using handprints for stars and for the red stripes. The project is part of the city's efforts to revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. an area it calls the North Downtown Transit Village A transit village is a planned development around a transportation hub, such as a train station, with the intent to make it convenient for village dwellers to get to/from work or run errands and travel via a public transportation network. - an area generally bounded by Avenue I, the railroad tracks, Kettering Street and Fern Avenue. The effort includes accommodating social service providers, such as the Children's Center, improving the look of Avenue I, restoring a historic 1940s neighborhood, and bringing in new, affordable housing. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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