The Domestic Violence Resource Center (DVRC) is nearing its goal of raising $25 million for a new shelter and resource center. But the organization still has to find roughly $3 million more before it can break ground.
The new 40,000-square-foot facility will aim to restore dignity to people who often arrive with little more than fear and uncertainty, according to Kristen Kennedy, the center’s executive director.
“We want the building to be part of the healing process, so that when somebody walks in, they just feel like the walls wrap them in healing, and that they can feel this sense of ‘I belong here,’” Kennedy said.
Currently, the center’s 25-bed shelter struggles to meet demand. Over the past three years, there has been a 22% increase in clients served…