Guilford County’s plan to renovate the Lee’s Chapel Residential Treatment Center to help recovering addicts just got moldy and therefore more expensive.
At the upcoming Thursday, Aug. 7 meeting, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve a $632,284 increase to the construction contract for the project. That unexpected price hike is largely due to mold discovered in May during demolition and interior work on the facility, which is being upfitted to meet state health regulations for residential treatment services.
The Lee’s Chapel project has been in the works for more than a year as part of a broader effort to expand local mental health and substance abuse treatment options…