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Former Prison May Become Home For Adults With Special Needs
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2015/03/10/former-prison-home/20119/A 200-resident community for adults with autism and special needs could take over the former Indian River Correctional Institution.
Organizers of Bigger Dreams Inc. plan to modify the former state prison buildings, creating a community where adults with special needs can live independently and receive training for local jobs.
Family members of the adults with special needs and unrelated retirees also eventually could live in their own homes on the property, said Oliver Edwards, one of the nonprofit’s organizers....
“What’s there is a great starting place for what we’re trying to do,” Edwards said. He said the Bigger Dreams Academy would have a working farm and about 125 employees.
Organizers of Bigger Dreams Inc. plan to modify the former state prison buildings, creating a community where adults with special needs can live independently and receive training for local jobs.
Family members of the adults with special needs and unrelated retirees also eventually could live in their own homes on the property, said Oliver Edwards, one of the nonprofit’s organizers....
“What’s there is a great starting place for what we’re trying to do,” Edwards said. He said the Bigger Dreams Academy would have a working farm and about 125 employees.
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