CROWN POINT â A request for a variance was once again deferred following a dispute over what the actual request was for.Â
City officials shared similar concerns with Pinnacle Treatment Centers and CapGrow Holdings, LLC, following the Monday meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals.Â
After being delayed 28 minutes due to an executive session, the board again considered and deferred a request from Pinnacle and CapGrow to continue operating a group home in the 1700 block of East 106th Place in the Waterside Crossing subdivision.
Pinnacle Treatment Centers is not affiliated with Crown Point-based Pinnacle Hospital.Â
Despite the board s agenda stating the request at hand was a variance to operate a group home, Mark Crandley, Indianapolis-based attorney for Pinnacle and CapGrow, said that wasn t the case.Â
GARY â Youth leaders within the city were encouraged to use their voices during a town hall meeting Thursday at City Hall.
During the first Our Voices Matter Youth Town Hall, youth leaders were asked to share ideas and strategize on public safety, youth engagement, employment, programming and mental health, and economic development in Gary.Â
Youth leaders also were asked to sign a pledge to help reimagine the city through their actions and by using their voice. Your voice matters. This is not the day to be silent. . This is the day to give voice to the concerns that you have; the issues that are â when I say issues, I want to be clear, I m not talking about the negativity. We ve done that for years in the city of Gary, said event co-organizer McKenya Dilworth, who also is the director of The Morning Bishop Theatre Playhouse in Gary.
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