By Jennifer Collins
To meet the growing demand for affordable housing and care and services for the aging lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) population in the Dallas community, Resource Center has launched a $4M capital campaign for the construction of LGBTQ-friendly affordable senior housing.
Artist rendering courtesy of The Resource Center
The campaign is led by community advocates Lynn McBee and Phil Clemmons. The Center has partnered with Volunteers of America and developer Matthews Southwest and has purchased property in the Oaklawn neighborhood of Dallas, which is historically significant to the LGBTQ community. With a recent donation of $150,000 by longtime Center supporters Stephen Tosha and Stephen Strecansky, the Center has crossed the $1 million mark of the campaign. Tosha says: “We feel grateful to be able to give support to this worthy project as we believe the need is so great in our community. The community has supported us in my business, and it is our mission to give back to the LGBTQ community.”