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Please join us for a presentation and discussion on a proposed project to address the needs of high-functioning autistic (HFA) adults at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, in E. H. Butler Library 210. The project is a unique residential center that would combine apartment units for HFA adults, companion apartments for family members, a recreation center, and a resource center offering educational and social training and access to postsecondary education. A unique feature of the center would be an on-site indoor fish farm that raises and sells a proprietary breed of the highest quality freshwater Coho salmon, with the profits helping to sustain the project.

Partners from the local business, governmental, and service communities actively support the project. A preliminary site has been identified in Black Rock. Faculty and staff members from the Center for Excellence in Urban and Rural Education and the Exceptional Education Department participated in some preliminary meetings and are committed to working on the project. Opportunities are available for other campus departments and centers to become involved on a number of levels. 

A meeting will also be held at 5:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210 for community members who are working on or are interested in the project. You are welcome to attend that meeting as well.

RSVP to Diane Mercuri, ext. 3610.

Visit http://devillecommunity.net for more information on the project.