UCAN currently operates a shelter for men that provides a place to stay, life-skills training, health care and hygiene, and local church connections. We only want to do it if we can do it great.” We want to be part of that team, and we want to be able to do it in our lane. “So, we’re thankful for the community that’s already addressing all of these issues. Then also with the approval and the forward motion of the Lofts down at Community Helping Hands, there’s going to be a lot of resources for women and children very soon - sooner than what we would have been able to provide with this project. “The Salvation Army has a new women and children’s (shelter) for domestic violence coming around. “You know the saying that it takes a village holds true as Chautauqua Opportunities has an 18-bed women’s shelter coming around the corner,” he said. He also alluded to other local organizations that are either building new women shelters or are in the process of moving to new facilities. “One of the board members even mentioned, ‘Hey, what would be the possibility if we found some land that we could actually build our own and make it to specifications that we would want.'” “We’re going to continue to look at existing buildings in the city of Jamestown,” he said. He wants UCAN to be “good stewards” with money that has been raised or donated for a facility. Wadin said the organization is committed to establishing a women and children’s rescue shelter. Tomonori Totani, an astrobiologist with the University of Tokyo is proposing that the search for life beyond Earth be expanded to the study of space dust. “I’m very concerned about the financial position and not having the financials in place for that shelter, which is a huge component of this.” “I’m very supportive of a women’s shelter,” Mayor Eddie Sundquist said at the August 2021 JURA meeting.
To borrow money for a women and children’s shelter, UCAN hoped for the city’s lien to be “subordinated,” meaning the city would not be in the first position should there be a foreclosure on the property. The issue came up during a meeting of the Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency in which UCAN sought to borrow $187,000 to purchase and renovate the property while it had an outstanding lien of $123,000 for its West First Street building.Īt the time, Jamestown held the lien due to federal grant money it provided for facade improvements to the men’s shelter. Wadin said one offer for the building already has been received while others have expressed interest.įive months after UCAN said it was attempting to buy the North Main Street building, the city’s mayor expressed financial concerns with the multi-million dollar project. UCAN board members this month voted to put the property up for sale. “We didn’t feel it was wise to continue having them do work if we were going to continue racking up a bill knowing that we probably weren’t going to be able to get this project going forward,” he said.ĭiscussions recently took place with city officials regarding the project.
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