This is the Mitchell Center:

It’s kind of tucked away in the Dunbar Neighborhood:

It’s got deep historical roots:

Since the 30 year lease is coming to an end, the City decided to open up for bids to nonprofits:

In the end, staff recommended the Calaboose African American History as the best choice.
I’m not exactly sure where the $400K is going to come from for the estimated repairs, but certainly the Calaboose folks will be good stewards of this property.
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Workshop #2 was about the Utility Billing Assistance program. It’s still being hashed out; I’m going to leave this alone for now.