LGBT Community Center may face closure
This San Francisco LGBT Community Center may face closure if the city does not approve funds to help it. (courtesy of sfgate.com)
A San Francisco LGBT Community Center seeks a city bailout of $1 million.
After eight years of business, the LGBT center may face closure if the city does not grand public funds to afford mortgages on the building.
“Clearly, it’s unprecedented,” said Community Center Supervisor David Campos said of the bailout proposal. “But I do believe there is something unique about the role the LGBT Center plays – not only in the life of the community, but the entire city.”
Along with renting out rooms for other community groups, the LGBT Center offers counseling, job training, HIV prevention programs and art programs.
If this bailout is approved, it will be the first time the city ensured a nonprofit organization’s mortgage payment with general funds, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
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On behalf of the SF LGBT Community Center, I’d like to take a minute of your time and respond to recent media reports. The Center serves over 9,000 people each month; hosts over 3,000 activities each year; pilots groundbreaking services, and reaches LGBT community members most in need. What we are not is in foreclosure – nor are we asking the City for a $1 million bailout. Please read our complete statement: http://bit.ly/9dWhrD (PDF).