Of Converted Motels, Sober Living Homes and Phases of the Spaghetti Bowl
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Lively and constructive discussions were had on our socials this week on the concept of workforce housing, with a company repurposing local Motel 6s charging $1,100 for 200 square feet, the costly, never ending, perhaps misguided designs to improve our much derided Spaghetti Bowl, and thinking of the proliferation of sober living homes here and elsewhere, facing more scrutiny.
“I'm interested in seeing more coverage on this subject, particularly if these sober living facilities require completion of a 12 Step program or similar spiritually based sobriety program. From the outside, it seems that there is a lot of pressure to follow a particular religion in these environments even if it is not explicitly stated in the rules,” Heather Carpenter wrote on our Facebook.
“This makes me wish so many of the government funded facilities hadn't been shut down years ago,” former mayoral candidate Judi Rought added.
“Most group homes in our state are poorly funded, poorly regulated and are doing the best they can with an incredibly difficult population. As with most things in nv the issue is a dearth of resources and a substantial lack of qualified professionals who use validated methodology to treat individual diagnosis running the homes,” Jamie Stetson wrote as part of her comment.
Still on our Facebook, which has seen an upsurge of activity in recent months, there were over 200 comments and 50 plus shares about our post looking into the conversion of Motel 6s into “workforce housing.”
“So what they're saying is you make too much for any assistance but you make too little to live so we're going to cram you into these crummy little studios,” Jeff Albrecht wrote.
Earlier in the week, an update on Phase 1 of the five-phased planned upgrade to the Spaghetti Bowl was met with several residents saying they try to avoid it entirely. “I may not live long enough to see this change!” wrote Ana Aguirre.
Our Weekly Reporting Highlights
What's That Construction Project? Two Converted Motel 6s
Ideas for Progress: Should We Set up a Local Bail Freedom Fund?
William Platt, A Long Standing Local Dentist Eases Into Retirement
A Chance Encounter with Steve, a Downtown Artist with Plans for a Community Gallery
