Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and others cut the ribbon at the new Veterans’ Unity Point resource and support center at the Kenwick Community Center Thursday. Anne Vandervort is the senior director of veteran services for Volunteers of America Mid-South.
“It’s just a place for veterans to come to decompress, to have no agenda, like you don’t have to come here because you need something. You come here just because you need a friend. You just need somebody to be with. And then we will be here. We will be here in the background to offer those services,” Vandervort said.
The Kenwick Community Center is in City Councilmember Liz Sheehan’s district. She’s a member of the city’s Commission on Veterans’ Affairs, which advocated Veterans’ Unity Point…