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Commissioner Looking For Non-Profits That Need Space In Century
June 18, 2013
Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry is reaching out to the Century Town Council and the Century community in an attempt to put empty county real estate to good use for area non-profits.
One half of the old county health department building on Church Street in Century was left empty when a dental provider pulled out of town; the other half of the building is occupied by the non-profit faith based Health and Hope Clinic. Barry told the Century town council Monday night that Escambia Community Clinics may be able to provide dental services in the building, if not the space is available.
Next door, the former 1,664 square foot post office building is owned by the county and is also available space.
“I want to see these taxpayer assets utilized,” Barry said. “I want to see some non-profit in there that’s doing some good for this community.”
The space cannot be leased to any for-profit business.
Anyone wishing to make suggestions on how the buildings can be utilized can do so in the comment section below, or call Barry’s office at (850) 595-4950.
Comments
4 Responses to “Commissioner Looking For Non-Profits That Need Space In Century”
Our BOCC gives millions of our tax dollars to non-profits each year.
Surely Mr. Barry can review the list and make some calls.
Along with maintenece fees, As long as these properties are owned by the county, they are not generating property taxes.
There are other county properties that ARE leased to fro-profit-businesses.
Why are these excluded? unless it is a deed restriction of some sort.
The dental provider, ProMed Dental Clinic, pulled out of this location and will likely pull out of Molino due to the fact that they weren’t making the amount of money they wanted. For a company like this one, its all about the benjamins, a couple of the employees might have actually cared about the patients.
I think a better use of resources could be to sell many of the county owned properties. If the county buys property , as long as the county holds it , it can end up being a drain on tax paying citizens to maintain it.
A Manna Food Pantry is needed in Century.