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Community center plan moves ahead in Northwest Jacksonville

A sign shows the future site of the Dr. Charles B. McIntosh Community Achievement Center.
Corey Perrine
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Florida Times-Union
A sign shows the future site of the Dr. Charles B. McIntosh Community Achievement Center.

The Kappa Alpha Psi Jacksonville Foundation fraternity took one step further Tuesday night to opening a new community and health care center in Northwest Jacksonville.

With unanimous support, City Council approved a $500,000 grant to the organization – bringing the group to the next steps of securing permits and, finally, construction.

The foundation partnered with Wolfson Children’s Hospital and Sulzbacher Health Center to create and operate the center, meant to expand existing mentorship programs to Black students, as well as provide medical services to all members of the community in an area where clinic closures have already affected the community harshly.

Read the rest of this story at the Florida Times-Union, a WJCT News partner.