Edmonds celebrates New Start Center with ribbon cutting
EDMONDS — About 100 people crowded inside Edmonds’ New Start Center Monday to celebrate its opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The New Start Center will offer 90-day transitional housing for up to 45 residents, along with life coaching, permanent housing support, addiction treatment and therapy. The YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish will begin accepting referrals this week for the center, with residents expected to move in within the next three weeks, YWCA spokesperson Annalee Schafranek said during the event.
“I’m ecstatic that we can actually make an imprint in this community, even with the challenges that we’ve been facing,” said YWCA Chief Executive Officer Maria Chavez-Wilcox said in an interview after the ceremony. “If you don’t give people a chance to move forward, they’re not going to have anywhere to start.”
The services offered by the New Start Center will actually make an impact on homelessness, she said.
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