GraceWay made a big leap recently when it secured the final bit of funding it needed to build its homeless shelter for families, a project that CEO Chrystal Netherton said is over 16 years in the making.
“They did a needs assessment back 16 years ago and found that in the community, there was a huge lack of food security for our citizens, and then also clothing for children, there was a huge need for that. Then most of all was homeless families experiencing homelessness.,” she said.
On an Aug. 5 County Commission meeting, St. Lucie commissioners voted to award GraceWay Village with 2.9 million dollars in rescue plan funding that was left over from the COVID-19 pandemic…