More than six weeks since the Bradford County Commission voted to move forward with a proposal to turn an unused warehouse in Starke into an ICE detention facility, the community has come together to protest, reach out to neighbors and gather information.
Anya Griffis is the coordinator for Protect Rural Florida in Bradford, a grassroots effort focused on keeping the community safe, water and land healthy and helping neighbors stay informed. Griffis said she hasn’t seen the commission move forward with any changes on the Douglas Warehouse property. She said this led her to question whether this area was the right site to house people.
“I want to make sure that the environmental reports have been done and people have really had a chance to look at it and make sure that this is what’s right, this is the right location and that this is what’s right for our county,” Griffis said…