Orlando city commissioners signed off on a sweeping renovation of the Christian Service Center, which is poised to transform a facility with limited amenities into the region’s first comprehensive day services center for the homeless.
The unanimous vote moves forward a package of funding totaling just over $6 million, with money from the city’s Accelerate Orlando account going toward construction costs and the Community Redevelopment Agency committing about $1.1 million for the renovations, plus $900,000 over three years to help fund operations.
“This is a historic day,” Mayor Buddy Dyer said following the vote. “Since the first day I became mayor we’ve been talking about this specific issue…this is the first but we need a number of not as large, but smaller ones throughout the region.”
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