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YEAR h%0 REPORT 1974 <br />TRI COUNTY REHABILITATION CENTER (FORMERLY PIONh;kR) <br />l <br />TO THE COUNTY C0I0iISSIONLRS OF INDIAN RIVER COUAiTYs <br />It has been my pleasure to serve as representative of Indian River County <br />on the board of Trustees of the above center for the past three months. <br />Our County presently has eleven residents that are being served by the <br />center and they are Bussed daily to Stuart for their training. You have <br />currently pledged 35uuU towards the support of this center. <br />For those of you unfamiliar with the project, it is located in a building <br />• originally built as a bowling alley located on Highway #1 about two miles <br />south of Stuart City limits. The property has recently been appraised at <br />S275,UUU. This years budget is around $17U,Uuu and a good proportion of <br />this is being supplied by the State Division of Rehabilitation and the <br />State Dept. for Mentally Retarded. These divisions now approve this <br />Center for these services. <br />Many improvements have been made this past few months. Anaddition of <br />175b square feet lean to metal building was added to the rear of the main <br />building. The 26,000 square feet of roof on the main building was coated <br />with two coats of Randustrial roof coating. The main building was com- <br />pletely painted. A 36x2U Work Evaluation room was partitioned off in <br />the main building. The kitchen was greatly enlarged for expanded client <br />instruction in food preparation and related food services. Many other <br />electrical and plumbing additions were made. All of this takes money which <br />has to come from various donations and from the three counties involved. <br />These improvements totaled nearly $20,000.. <br />We should be proud to be a part of this enterprise. We do need help from <br />various civic minded organisations in this county and we have not con- <br />tributed our share for these much needed improvements and others that are <br />needed. We plan to ask several' organisations in this county in the near <br />future for help in --these endeavors. <br />There are very few centers in Florida that are supplying the varied pro- <br />grams that are now being offered by this center. It is a going enter- <br />prise and I ask the commissioners to lend their full support to make this <br />Rehabilitation center a permanent ongoing project. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Nathan C. D-avies <br />Dec. 17, 1974 <br />-4- <br />_ <br />I0oK 1 Fac1224 <br />